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A New Jersey imam has died after he was shot outside a Newark mosque on Wednesday morning. The shooting occurred near Masjid Muhammad-Newark at the corner of Camden Street and South Orange Avenue around 6:15 a.m. Where a gunman confronted the spiritual leader after morning prayers. The victim was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition, police said. He was later identified as Imam Hassan Sharif. At the hospital, Imam Wahy-ud Deen Shareef, convener of the Council of Imams in New Jersey, told northjersey.com that Sharif was shot twice in a parking lot and was undergoing surgery. Howe......

NEW YORK — There are no known security threats related to this weekend’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, but the New York Police Department is gearing up for the possibility that thousands of pro-Palestine protesters will be demonstrating nearby, Mayor Eric Adams and police officials said Friday. In an afternoon security briefing outside the NYPD’s Times Square substation, Adams said the Police Department is still on high alert, citing an incident at last year’s Times Square ball drop event where a Maine teenager allegedly attacked three NYPD officers with a machete. “There are no ......

What better way to say it’s Christmas Eve in Sacramento? Cloudy skies, cool temperatures and a hint of roasted turkey. A wild turkey made a fatal connection with a power line Sunday afternoon in south Sacramento, briefly cutting power to more than 4,000 customers of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. SMUD said 4,248 homes and businesses of the Little Pocket and Greenhaven neighborhoods, among others, lost power about 12:15 p.m. A spokesperson for the utility said a member of the gobbling, parading and, sometimes, ornery game species was to blame and that crews were quickly dispatched t......

NEW YORK — The NYPD is investigating disturbing bomb threats emailed to synagogues throughout the city on Christmas Eve Day, though the messages appear to be a hoax, cops said Sunday. Police described the threat as “not credible” but added, “we will continue to deploy resources to houses of worship around the city.” “The NYPD is aware of and actively investigating a number of emails that have been sent to synagogues around the city indicating possible bomb threats. These emails appear to be part of another series of ‘swatting,’ or hoax threats, similar to campaigns that we have seen nationwide......

NEW YORK — Bullets were fired on the grounds of the Temple Israel synagogue in Albany on Thursday, but no one was killed or wounded by the gunfire, authorities said. A 28-year-old man was immediately detained in connection with the shooting, which came on the first day of Hanukkah. “I have spoken to the rabbi at Temple Israel and assured her the state will do everything in our power to restore the sense of security her community needs,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement. The governor was in New York City on Wednesday when the shots were fired in the state capital. Watchdog groups have repo......

A video on social media that claims that UC San Diego evacuated a building where Jewish students met to discuss antisemitic threats is untrue, the campus said in statements made over the weekend. "Police report no such action took place," said thefirst statement, issued on Saturday. UC San Diego later added a message noting that it was referring to video involving an Associated Students meeting on Nov. 1. The footage briefly shows people inside the meeting and pro-Palestinian protesters outside. During the meeting, Jewish students and members of Students for Justice in Palestine said they were......