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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 whether other factors were involved. The helicopter departed Allentown Queen Municipal Airport and was he...

Lee Harpin is the Jewish News's 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 study added. The report published by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at Kin...

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 (ADL) released Tuesday.  Last year marked the third-highest year for incidents against American Jews s...

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 election. The board also formally elected Jill Eckenrode as the new board Vice President and accepted he...

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 president's impeachment attorney — was among those who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a POLITICO review of footage captured that day. Elliot Resnick, chief edit...