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Brooklyn man allegedly attempted to torch synagogue and Jewish school, court documents say

A Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after allegedly attempting to set a synagogue and Jewish school, or yeshiva, on fire Wednesday, according to court documents. Ali Alaheri, 29, was allegedly caught on camera “piling numerous garbage bags against the door” of the yeshiva and synagogue located in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, and then

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Volcano eruption appears to subside in the Democratic Republic of Congo but residents evacuate as a precaution

Thousands of residents in Goma, a major city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are spending the night outdoors following eruption of Mount Nyiragongo earlier Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Norwegian Refugee Council. “There has not been a massive panic movement, but people are really worried,” said Tom Peyre-Costa, the council’s spokesman

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