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10 years after the deadly church shooting, a new history of 'Mother Emanuel'

10 years after the deadly church shooting, a new history of 'Mother Emanuel'

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshipers a decade ago.
by Debbie Elliott, Andrew Craig and Samantha Balaban

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St. Paul's Luther Seminary announces plans to sell campus

St. Paul's Luther Seminary announces plans to sell campus

The long-running Luther Seminary says it plans to sell its St. Paul campus, citing a goal to keep the school sustainable as more students attend online.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Boulder Jewish Festival proceeds with enhanced security and focus on healing after attack

Boulder Jewish Festival proceeds with enhanced security and focus on healing after attack

The group that was attacked last weekend in Boulder, Colorado, while calling for Hamas to release Israeli hostages will be a central focus of the Boulder Jewish Festival, which kicks off Sunday morning in the same location where the firebombing took place.
by The Associated Press

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JCRC leader reacts to attacks in Boulder, uptick in antisemitism

Jewish communities across the country and here in Minnesota are heartbroken and outraged after another targeted act of violence. Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, or JCRC, joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Tuesday to talk about the uptick in antisemitism and its implications.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Suspect in Colorado attack told police he researched for a year and targeted ‘Zionist group’

Suspect in Colorado attack told police he researched for a year and targeted ‘Zionist group’

The FBI says the man charged in the attack in Boulder, Color., that left eight people injured told police he planned it for a year and specifically targeted what he described as the “Zionist group.”
by The Associated Press

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Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he's a foreign head of state?

Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he's a foreign head of state?

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state. The new pope was born in Chicago in 1955 as Robert Prevost.
by The Associated Press

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A longtime grocer, now retired, continues to build connections between Hmong immigrants

A longtime grocer, now retired, continues to build connections between Hmong immigrants

For 18 years, Terry Yang ran Bubai Foods in Walnut Grove with his brother. Yang said he sees the services and products that he provided as a form of service to both the Hmong community and everyone who walked through the store’s front door.
by Matt Mikus

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Near the Twin Cities, a hermitage invites all to embrace the silence

Near the Twin Cities, a hermitage invites all to embrace the silence

In the Isanti County woods, austere cabins at the Pacem in Terris center offer visitors silence, solitude and simplicity. Some people have profound spiritual experiences, some struggle with the silence while others simply crash and sleep for hours.
by Dan Gunderson

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