Record Temperatures, Fire Dangers

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Unseasonably warm temperatures have spread across the eastern seaboard and extended into areas all the way to the Mississippi River.

The temperatures are typical of early July rather than early April.

New York City broke an 81-year-old temperature when it hit 90-degrees in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Records were also broken Tuesday in the New York City region.

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Merkos Shlichus – a Kiwi Success!

Canterbury, New Zealand [CHI] — Fourteen Rabbinical Students returned to the Chabad headquarters in Canterbury, after spending their Pesach in various cities throughout the island, organizing sedorim, distributing Matzah, Kosher wine, and other Pesach essentials. “It was a success far beyond all our expectations!” says Rabbi Shmuel Kopel; director of Chabad of Otago, who helped coordinate the island wide Shlichus.

Video: Rabbi Gerlitzky asks to say Lechaim

The date, 3rd of Cheshvan 5768, 66 years to the foundation of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Montreal, after Maariv Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky, from the elder of the Gaboim, askes everyone to say Lechaim and be b’simcha.

VIDEO: Frum Families Involved In Serious Thruway Crash

There was a major accident on the New York State Thruway involving three Frum families. The accident took place at about 5am early Wednesday morning. The families were on their way home, after spending time away for Pesach.

U.S. Approves Targeted Killing of American Cleric

By Scott Shane for the New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday.

Thousands May Lose Rental Vouchers

By Cara Buckley for the New York Times

NEW YORK — Because of a $45 million budget gap, the New York City Housing Authority may have to revoke rental-assistance vouchers from more than 10,000 low-income tenants, a drastic move that could cause families to lose their apartments.

Jews Attacked while on Tahalucha

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A father, son and another older Jewish man were attacked and injured while on Tahalucha. The incident took place on Eastern Parkway near the entrance to the botanical gardens where a number of black youths pelted them with stones, striking the group and injuring them.

NYPD Busts Alleged Drug Sellers at Retail Stores

Some stores on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, don’t only offer up food, music and clothes; you can even get your drug fix, according to police. That is, until Today, Tuesday.

The NYPD made a sweep of the neighborhood, putting an end to the drug dealing at six different businesses, police said. Cops busted variety stores, a music store, and three take-out restaurants.