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Salah Hamouri, the Palestinian-French lawyer and researcher who went on a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment without charge by Israeli authorities for the past six months, has now been linked to a Palestinian terrorist group. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.- and E.U.-designated terrorist organization, inadvertently revealed on Sept. 25 that Hamouri—a lawyer and field researcher for the Palestinian NGO Addameer—is a member of the PFLP. Until now, Hamouri has strongly disputed such claims when Israel has leveled them…. The article on the official PFLP Lebanon website explicitly names Hamouri, as does a different...

SUMMARY Critical Race Theory (CRT) makes race the prism through which its proponents analyze all aspects of American life—and do so with a degree of persistence that has helped CRT impact all of American life. CRT underpins identity politics, an ongoing effort to reimagine the United States as a nation riven by groups, each with specific claims on victimization. In entertainment, as well as the education and workforce sectors of society, CRT is well-established, driving decision-making according to skin color—not individual value and talent. As Critical Theory ideas become more familiar to the viewing public in everyday life, CRT’s intolerance...

...The Classic Learning test or CLT is not new. Founded in 2015 by Jeremy Tate, the test aims to “provide alternative standardized tests rooted in tradition and taking advantage of modern technologies,” according to the company’s website. Tate told The College Fix in an email that registration rate for the CLT exam had increased by 300 percent in the past week..The test derives its content from a broad range of authors and thinkers throughout history from religious and irreligious backgrounds alike..

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Channel 9 learned a plane that sparked a security scare at the airport last week was escorted by two fighter jets. But many questions remain about what caused a security scare Friday on a Charlotte-bound U.S. Airways flight. When U.S. Airways Flight 744 from Dallas landed in Charlotte Friday, the FBI kept passengers on the plane while agents questioned the crew and nine passengers. One passenger, Eric Pillmore, said a police officer told him a threatening note had been found on the plane. Meanwhile, some travelers said they deserve to know more about what that note said....

Howie thread for the week. Hopefully his Sun Herald column will be up soon and I will post it

Two concourses reportedly were evacuated Thursday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. Passengers have told The Observer that the concourses were reopened after about a half-hour, but there also are reports of some flight cancellations and delays. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they were called to the airport shortly after 2 p.m. Office Jean Wassenaar, a spokeswoman for CMPD, said the bomb squad was called to deal with a "suspicious device."

Contact: Media Relations 480-693-5729 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549 UPDATE # 2 TEMPE, Ariz. Jan. 15, 2009— US Airways (NYSE: LCC) has confirmed that flight 1549 has been involved in an accident. The 1549 was en route to Charlotte from LaGuardia. The flight was operated with a crew of two pilots and three flight attendants. US Airways’ primary concern at this time is for those on board the airplane and their families. Flight 1549 was originally scheduled for departure at 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time. The flight’s actual time of departure was 3:03 p.m. Eastern Time. Airline officials are...

A US Airways plane has crashed into the Hudson River, sending passengers fleeing for safety in the frigid waters. New York City firefighters, federal transportation officials and an armada of boats were responding to the accident. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. "I just thought, "Why is it so low?" And, splash, it hit the water," said witness Barbara Sambriski, a researcher at The Associated Press. The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane. Several...

A plane has crashed in the Hudson River off of Manhattan - A US Airways plane. 151 people aboard. Flight 1549

Breaking now of Fox News.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- All outbound flights were grounded at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport this morning because of a security breach, the Transportation Security Administration confirms. At 7:55 a.m. a Hispanic male circumvented the security screening process and proceeded to concourse C, the TSA reports. The concourse was immediately closed as airport officials searched for the man. He was not located inside the concourse and they believe he may have boarded a plane in the C concourse. Six planes were grounded in the C concourse while all other outbound flights were allowed to continue. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, TSA and airport security...