According to the Kosel Heritage Foundation, 150,000 people visited the Kosel over Shabbos Chazon/Tisha B’Av.
Tens of thousands of mispallalim made their way to the Kosel to mourn the destruction of the Batei Mikdash, including families and single persons.

A Tennessee convict suspected of killing a corrections administrator before escaping prison on a tractor was captured Sunday seven hours after homeowners recognized him on their outdoor surveillance camera, authorities said.
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Afghanistan’s president on Sunday rejected foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to be closing in on a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table.
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Six elderly men were attacked while walking to Shul in the heart of Williamsburg, Monday morning.
It happened just after 6:00AM, when the suspect(s) carried out a string of what appears to be attempted robberies.
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Young people have marched from a Catholic church in Mississippi to a town square to protest recent immigration raids on chicken processing plants that detained hundreds of migrants.
Even as President Donald Trump and local Republican allies defend the raids, churches are emerging as sources of spiritual and material aid to the migrants.

ALASKA — Biological oceanographer Sonia Batten experienced her lightbulb moment on the perils of too many salmon three years ago as she prepared a talk on the most important North Pacific seafood you’ll never see on a plate — zooplankton.
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Fifteen outgoing flights were delayed at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday morning, August 12, 2019. According to officials at the airport, the cause for the delay was a malfunction of the luggage sorting system.
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HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Shlita, 96, had been admitted to Bnei Brak’s Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital after feeling weak following the fast. According to Dr. Moti Ravid, the rav has been admitted to an intensive care unit.
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A black bear broke into a Colorado house over the weekend and left by breaking through a wall “like the Kool-Aid Man.”
Estes Park police say the break-in occurred Friday night and that the animal was likely attracted to trash.

A new ruling occurred in a small claims court in Israel on Thursday when an airline was ordered to reimburse six family members $11,000 after the family missed their scheduled flight to Uman.
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