Anthony Weiner’s prison sentence for sexting an underage girl is over. The former Democratic congressman from New York, whose political career was dashed as a result of his conviction, told the media gathered outside the Bronx halfway house that had become his home, “I hope to be able to live a life of integrity and service and to be getting back to my family. I’m glad this chapter of my life is behind me.”

As a Level 1 sex offender, he must register as a sex offender for 20 years; he will be required to verify his address every year, and must report to the police to have his picture taken every three years, according to state regulations.

Weiner started serving his 21-month prison sentence in November 2017 after pleading guilty to sexting with a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. His sentence was reduced by three months due to good behavior.

Once a real estate “Wharton Whiz Kid,” now Adam Hochfelder has gone from mogul to money thief, admitting to a court that he operated a $20 million Ponzi scheme, lying to banks and hurting his own friends and family. He was sentenced to 3 to 8 years in prison and will pay $1 million in restitution.

In a landslide vote, Ukraine elects its first Jewish president. Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, a professional comedian with no political experience defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko, 53, with 73 percent of the vote in the runoff election. Ukraine is now the first country outside of Israel to have both a Jewish president and a Jewish prime minister. Zelensky will be sworn in for a five-year term.

Zelenski will lead a country that, despite being the most friendly Eastern European country towards Jews, has been haunted by anti-Semitism with a number of Ukrainian Jews moving to Israel.

A group made up of more than 500 cities and counties in 26 states and eight Native American tribes across the U.S. has filed a massive lawsuit, accusing members of the Sackler family, who own the patent to OxyContin and operate Purdue Pharma, which manufactures the opioid painkiller, of helping to create “the worst drug crisis in American history.” The lawsuit accuses Sackler family members of knowingly breaking laws in order to enrich themselves with billions of dollars while hundreds of thousands of Americans died. The defendants include Richard, Beverly, David, Ilene, Jonathan, Kathe, Mortimer and Theresa Sackler.

Court documents accuse the eight family members of purposely playing down the dangers of the prescription painkiller, which is more potent than heroin or morphine. They are accused of deceiving doctors and patients, and of directing sales and marketing techniques that drove huge over-prescribing, often to patients who should never have been prescribed the pills.     The family and Purdue deny wrongdoing. They note that OxyContin sales “represent a tiny portion of the opioid market.”

Drug overdoses now kill more than 72,000 people in the U.S. annually, according to government figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 49,000 by opioids.

According to The Suffolk Times, the New York State Attorney General’s office has expanded a lawsuit previously filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court against the makers of opioid narcotics to include members of the Sackler family. The amended lawsuit was announced by Attorney General Letitia James. Ms. James characterized the Sackler family as “masterminds of the crisis, who cared more about profits than they did the impact of the drug on hundreds of addicts, victims and victims’ families.

At a press conference in Manhattan, Ms. James said the amended lawsuit was filed in Suffolk County because it is among the hardest hit in the state, with more than 400 opioid overdose deaths yearly, many on the more rural East End, The Suffolk Times said.

Benjamin Netanyahu has again successfully outmaneuvered his opponents, including three former generals, to cement his fourth consecutive term and fifth overall, which likely will make him Israel’s longest serving prime minister.

At Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu told jubilant supporters on election night April 9, “I am very moved tonight, a night of tremendous victory. I am very excited that the people of Israel once again trusted me for the fifth time and with greater confidence. I believe that God and history gave the Jewish people another opportunity to turn their country into a strong nation, and that’s what I’m working for.”

In a related matter, Time magazine named Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Netanyahu responded in a tweet, “I will continue to operate with all my strength for our state.”