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Iowa National Guard members identified as US soldiers killed in Syria

“They were dedicated professionals and cherished members of our Guard family,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn.

A US soldier keeps watch during a patrol in Syria's northeastern city Qamishli, in the Hasakeh province, mostly controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on January 9, 2025.
 A tornado spins at Payne's Valley Golf Course in Branson, Missouri, United States, May 13, 2024.

Iowa tornado kills 'multiple' people in small town reduced to rubble

 Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, US, January 4, 2024

Iowa principal dies from injuries sustained in school shooting

 Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, US, January 4, 2024

US: Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, shooter dead


Jews, Christians to read Isaiah's prophecies together this week

Participants will each read a chapter from the Book of Isaiah, the main character who prophesied the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jewish people to Israel.

Then-Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper (right) looks at a Bible with Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, 2014

The debate over Judaism, Zionism that roiled the University of Iowa

Student leaders have worked through thorny questions about how to define antisemitism.

A view of the University of Iowa campus.

The aggressors are free, the defender is locked up

Eitan and Leah Ze'ev establish farms on government land and hand them over to someone else to work.

Hineni Farm in Kiryat Gat supported by Jewish National Fund-USA

Former head of Iowa U. Hillel convicted of sexually abusing young boy

The former executive director of the University of Iowa Hillel has been convicted of molesting a 9-year-old boy in the Jewish center building.


Preliminary results from Iowa caucus suggest good news for Israel

With around 70% of votes counted, moderate candidates were leading over the progressives, suggesting good news for US-Israel relations.

Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price speaks ahead of the Iowa Caucus results announcement in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., February 4, 2020

Iowa woman finds out Pete Buttigieg is gay, asks for caucus card back

A woman who appears to be working at the caucus tries to reason with the woman who was asking for her card back.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg takes narrow lead in first Iowa results after caucus app chaos

Former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about 71% of precincts reporting.

Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg addresses supporters at a rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., February 3, 2020

Trump mocks delay of Iowa caucus results, Buttigieg declares early victory

Most caucus-goers were just looking for a winner to beat the president, instead of someone who agrees with them on the issues. IDP official: "This is not a hack or intrusion."

Pete Buttigieg, Former Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana

Iowa caucus results delayed by voter app issue

In a statement the Iowa Democratic Party said it found, "inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results," according to American media outlets.

Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg addresses supporters at a rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., February 3, 2020

Iowa Jews weigh who would be best for Israel ahead of caucus

"You have a lot of Jews in town that are Bernie, Biden, and Klobuchar supporters," Chabad Rabbi Yosef Jacobson said.

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) arrives to address the overflow crowd at a Get Out the Caucus rally in Indianola, Iowa, U.S., February 2, 2020