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An 11-year-old girl’s battle with scoliosis takes an unexpected turn after a surgery in NJ leaves her fighting for her life. Watch Yaniv Fadlon share the gripping account of his family’s despair, his experience at the Ohel, and the miraculous recovery that defied medical expectations and forever changed their lives. Watch on YouTube: 

Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data — including in states that are battling outbreaks this year. A Johns Hopkins University study, published in JAMA this week, illustrates where more vulnerable communities are located. The results mirror trends established at state and national levels: Routine childhood vaccination rates are dropping. “When you look at the state level or national level … you really don’t see those drastic drops. Those are there. They’re real and they’re really problematic,” said Lauren Gardner, an expert in infectious disease modeling at Johns Hopkins University who is the paper’s senior author.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued a stern ultimatum on Wednesday to California’s High-Speed Rail Authority, warning that the federal government may revoke billions in grant money after the agency spent close to $7 billion over fifteen years without constructing a single inch of track.
A comprehensive 310-page review outlined numerous missed milestones and runaway costs. Duffy gave the state agency until July 11 to justify its performance or risk losing nearly $4 billion in federal funding. “This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget,” he stated.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields as the deadlock over the war drags on and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Russia’s ceasefire proposal. The U.S. president said in a social media post that his lengthy call with Putin “was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.” It’s the first time Trump has weighed in on Ukraine’s daring attack inside Russia. The U.S. did not have advance notice of the operation, according to the White House, a point Trump emphasized during the call with Putin, according to a Putin’s foreign affairs adviser. The U.S.

Donald Trump has denounced what he calls a major deception involving Joe Biden’s mental condition and the use of an autopen during his time in office, describing it as one of the most significant scandals in U.S. political history. He asserted that only the 2020 election ranks higher in terms of political wrongdoing.
“With the exception of the RIGGED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020, THE AUTOPEN IS THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDAL IN AMERICAN HISTORY!!!” Trump declared in a post on Truth Social early Wednesday morning.

Israel signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record, the country’s defense ministry said Wednesday. Over half the deals were with European countries. The contracts — a 13% increase from 2023, itself a record year — came despite Israel’s international condemnation and isolation over the nearly 20-month war in Gaza. Some of Israel’s closest allies, including Canada and France, recently stepped up their censure of Israel’s actions in Gaza, and the U.K. suspended free trade talks. Some critics of Israel’s conduct in the Palestinian enclave have called for countries to suspend trade with it. Some countries have taken steps to suspend defense contracts with Israel.

A group of four men broke into a historic New York lighthouse along the Hudson River, set a fire and vandalized the interior, destroying valuable antiques, furniture and other items. The Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow, built in 1883 and now on the National Register of Historic Places, had just undergone a two-year, $3.4 million renovation and reopened to the public last fall, Westchester County officials said. A county parks worker saw smoke coming from the conical, five-story lighthouse on Saturday morning, then discovered the damage, county police said. Police and firefighters responded and put out a small fire with extinguishers. The flooring on the first level was heavily damaged. Antiques, furniture and other historically significant items were destroyed.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires started making air quality worse in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal government. The fires have forced thousands of Canadians to flee their homes and sent smoke as far as Europe. In the U.S., the Midwest is bearing the brunt. Smoke lingered on the skylines of cities from Kansas City to Minneapolis, and a swath of the region had unhealthy air quality Wednesday, according to an Environmental Protection Agency map. Iowa issued a statewide air quality alert through early Thursday, urging residents to limit certain outdoor activities and warning of possible health effects due to the thick smoke.

For the first time in 17 years, a new Sefer Torah was brought into the main beis medrash of Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. The event, held on Tuesday, Isru Chag Shavuos, marked a poignant milestone and drew thousands.
The Sefer Torah was dedicated l’ilui nishmas the Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Gershon Edelstein zt”l.

President Trump held a phone call on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, describing it as a serious exchange but cautioning that it was “not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace” in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
Following the 75-minute discussion, Trump revealed, “We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides,” emphasizing that both countries had carried out recent strikes.
He added that Putin was adamant about retaliating for the latest Ukrainian strike, stating, “President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.”

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