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Saturday, August 15, 2026 · 37 stories
The police said a man on Friday night struck a congregant at the prominent Upper East Side synagogue, as Jews in the city contend with threats, fears and internal divides.
The man began to experience a life-threatening medical emergency shortly after being taken into custody and rejecting medical assistance.
The report from New York City’s Health Department found that pollution improved slightly in Manhattan and did not worsen in other boroughs.
Quake struck Flores region early on Saturday, prompting thousands to seek higher ground for fear of a tsunami A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia has killed at least 47 people, causing widespread panic and collapsing buildings and homes in a region prone to deadly seismic events. Yohanna Embu, a resident of Sikka, a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province, said a number of buildings had been damaged by the strong shaking and panicked people ran to higher ground. Indonesian authorities said residents were trapped in several buildings in the affected area.
Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges. Mangione has pleaded guilty to stalking charges in connection with the death of Brian Thompson, a health care executive.
Larry Montes, 46, faces a slew of hate crime charges and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to ease fears among Jewish New Yorkers in the wake of recent anti-Semitic violence. About 10% of the New York City population, yet accounts for a large majority of the hate crimes are actually against the Jewish community, more than 50%," said city council speaker Julie Menin. MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan (WABC) -- There is heightened security at Central Synagogue in Midtown East after a hate crime attack rattled Jewish New Yorkers.
Among those killed in the strike on Ansar included three children and two women, state media reports Eleven people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, authorities say, in one of the deadliest days of attacks since an agreement aimed at reducing hostilities was announced in June. Israel strikes south Lebanon after two soldiers killed by explosion Lebanese army says troops deploying in 'pilot zone' after. The June ceasefire framework calls for Hezbollah to disarm, Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon and the Lebanese army to deploy across the area.
Watch: Firefighters rush to contain wildfire in Belgian nature reserve Firefighters battled a wildfire tearing through Belgium's largest nature reserve on Saturday, with the blaze described as the country's worst in recent history. The aftermath of the fire in a scorched area of the nature park, pictured on Saturday Gregory Melotte, one of those working to extinguish the blaze, told Belgian. Residents were ordered to evacuate two nearby villages as the flames consumed a third of the High Fens, with local officials warning the fire - which had been burning since Friday - could reach homes.
Watch: Buildings partially collapse in Indonesia after 7.7 earthquake Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday's major earthquake which left at least 47 people dead. Preliminary data shows that 24 fatalities had been recorded there, meanwhile 17 deaths were recorded in East Manggarai province, three in Sikka province, and at least one in each of the Ngada, Ende and West Manggarai provinces. The earthquake struck around 600 miles (1,000km) away from Bali Rescue teams worked tirelessly through the day to free those trapped under the rubble While a tsunami warning.
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott about the with Iran and the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who have had their U.S.