TSA warns airports after shoulder launched missiles near jet
AP reports the government warned airport security of the threat from shoulder fired rocket launchers after two missiles narrowly missed an Israeli airliner in Kenya. TSA spokesman Robert Johnson says steps have been taken to keep agencies informed and to counter the threat, with a classified industry briefing held weeks earlier.
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Jewish senators rise in Midwest amid Minnesota race
In Minnesota a Jewish candidate won five straight Senate elections reversing a city’s anti-Semitic image. Rudy Boschwitz captured wins in 1984 and 1990 while Herb Kohl held power earlier. The article notes political rhetoric and a Wellstone memoir claim about attacking Boschwitz.
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