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Minnesotans connect with loved ones serving amid Middle East turmoil
ST. PAUL, Minn. — More than 550 members of the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Red Bull Infantry Division are deployed in Jordan and Kuwait, but a special operation back here in Minnesota helped bring those soldiers together with their loved ones thousands of miles away.Several hundred friends and family of deployed National Guard members packed the inside of Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul Saturday. It wasn't so much the steak lunch bringing them there as it was the opportunity to connect with loved ones abroad over Zoom, like Mike McCauley's son, Joe."It is very challenging. It's one thing, the communication....
Twin Cities Jewish community on heightened alert amid Middle East war
MINNEAPOLIS — There is extra security at Twin Cities synagogues ahead of Yom Kippur. There has been an increase in threats and a man who was suspected of having a gun was arrested Friday outside Temple Israel.The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East began a year ago on Oct. 7, when Hamas militants made a surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,200 Israelis. Another 251 people, including some Americans and other foreign nationals, were taken hostage. Since then, the conflict has escalated. More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza. At least 100 hostages have been killed...
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