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Guthrie Doctor Flew Chopper into Snow Before Fatal Crash Photo: Bob Joseph/ WNBF News (file) AP cites “authorities” as saying the Roberson R44 chopper piloted by Doctor Sanjay Kansara flew into the snow, spinning out of control and crashing in remote area of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania  on April 22. But The (Allentown) Morning Call reports that a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board says it’s unclear whether the snow caused or contributed to the fatal crash or wheth...

Lee Harpin is the Jewish Newss political editor Protestors, some of whom were QAnon believers, storm Capitol Hill Orthodox Jews and neo-Nazis marched under the same banner during January’s US Capitol Hill protests “united around common narratives of anti-government and anti-COVID conspiracies,” a new report has said. Despite clear antisemitic undertones to the conspiracy theories that underpinned the insurrection, pro-Israel and Jewish participants were present on the demonstration, the s...

Antisemitic incidents remained high in 2020 amid pandemic, report finds By Nicole Sganga, Andres Triay April 27, 2021 / 6:00 AM / CBS News United States seeing rise in anti-Semitism Washington — The number of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. remained near a historically high level in 2020, with more than 2,000 instances of assault, harassment and vandalism reported across 47 states and Washington, D.C., according to an annual survey by the Anti-Defamation League (AD...

Indiana, PA / WDAD AM1450 & 100.3FM Apr 8, 2021 8:30 PM On Thursday night, the Penns Manor School Board approved a new board member to take the place of Robert Packer, who resigned last month. By a unanimous vote, Lisa Smiley was appointed to represent Region 1-Clymer.  Board president John Hardesty said that Smiley will be provided with everything she will need to be a part of the school board. Her term will run until December 6th, the first Monday in December after the next school board elec...

POLITICO This Trump backer defended the Jan. 6 riot in print — without mentioning he was in the Capitol Elliot Resnick is top editor of the Jewish Press, whose website says it’s been “politically incorrect long before the phrase was coined.” Link Copied The top editor of a self-described “politically incorrect” Orthodox Jewish newspaper — a Donald Trump booster who scored a recent interview with the former presidents impeachment attorney — was among those who entered the Capitol...

One person was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriffs office said, while two others were airlifted to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa.

Indiana, PA / WDAD AM1450 & 100.3FM Mar 11, 2021 8:55 PM On Thursday night, the Penns Manor School Board accepted the resignation of their board president. Robert Packer was not present at the meeting, but his letter was submitted prior to the start of the board meeting.  Packer is moving from Clymer to Cherryhill Township, and while that is still in the district, District Superintendent Daren Johnston said that Packer is following school board protocol. Packer plans to run for the school boar...

Guardian, January 9, 2021. The FBI launched a massive manhunt for these white supremacists. There have been 275 arrests, and severaloutletshavewritten about who the rioters were, but no one has looked into them more carefully than staff at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University (GWU). Last week, it issued a report called “This is Our House!” which looks into 257 people who have been arrested and indicted. The report sorts the 257 defendants into three groups: “militant n...

Fact check: Fox News host claims white supremacists did not spark Capitol riot Bill McCarthy, PolitiFact FacebookTwitterEmail A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a Confederate battle flag inside the Capitol building in Washington, as a mob of his supporters protest the presidential election results, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Historians said it was unnerving to see a man carry the flag inside the Capitol, something not even Confederate soldiers were able to do during the Civil War. ...

Fact check: Fox News host says white supremacists did not spark Capitol riot By Bill McCarthy, PolitiFact © ERIN SCHAFF, STF / NYT A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a Confederate battle flag inside the Capitol building in Washington, as a mob of his supporters protest the presidential election results, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Historians said it was unnerving to see a man carry the flag inside the Capitol, something not even Confederate soldiers were able to do ...