Peter Smith, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this combo image made from photos, the victims of the Oct. 27, 2018, assault on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Top row, from left, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, and David Rosenthal; bottom row, from left, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger.

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Synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack

by Peter Smith Associated Press, and Michael Rubinkam Associated PressAugust 2, 2023

PITTSBURGH — The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a jury decided Wednesday.Robert…

Pope Francis puts on an indigenous headdress during a meeting with indigenous communities, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit, at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada, Monday, July 25, 2022. Pope Francis begins a "penitential" visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of the country's residential schools, where Catholic missionaries contributed to the "cultural genocide" of generations of Indigenous children by trying to stamp...

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In Canada, pope apologizes for residential schools’ ‘catastrophic’ effects on Indigenous peoples

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Peter Smith Associated PressJuly 25, 2022

Unidentified people board a vehicle leaving for the airport from the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters at Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday. Twelve remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed, according to the group and to Haitian police.

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Church agency: Captive missionaries made daring escape

by Peter Smith Associated PressDecember 20, 2021

Motorcyclists unable to find gas for sale at a gas station ride in protest to the home of acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, on the day of a strike against rising violence. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Gang seeks $1M each for kidnap victims

by Danica Coto Associated Press, Peter Smith Associated Press, and Evens Sanon Associated PressOctober 19, 2021