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How Minnesota Became Home to a Large Somali Community

Women walk down a street in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis in 2022. The Twin Cities is a hub for Somalis in the U.S. Jessie Wardarski/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessie Wardarski/AP Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump.

Did U.S. Forces Commit a War Crime at Sea?

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Alex Horton, is the reporter who broke the story that's been dominating the news since last Friday when it was published in The Washington Post. It's about what happened on September 2, when the U.S.

MH370 search to restart at end of December

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will recommence at the end of December, Malaysia's transport ministry said on Wednesday, The Boeing 777 plane disappeared on March 8, 2014.

U.S. Ski Resorts See Decline in International Visitors

Early season snow has started to accumulate at Colorado's Arapahoe Basin ski area, as seen from nearby Loveland Pass on Thanksgiving weekend. Hart Van Denburg/CPR hide caption toggle caption Hart Van Denburg/CPR WHITEFISH, Mont.

Long-Lost Rubens Sells for €2.3 Million at Auction

Long-lost painting "Crucifixion of Jesus Christ" by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, is displayed at the auction house Osenat in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. Michel Euler/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Euler/AP PARIS — For more than four centuries, people believed it had vanished.

West Bank Reordered: Checkpoints, Seizures, and Shrinking Space

During the Gaza war, Israel raced to redistrict land in the occupied West Bank, drastically changing the map. Palestinians say annexation is underway, though Israel denies it. LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: During the Gaza war, there's also been violence in the other Palestinian territory, the occupied West Bank.

Twelve Women Freed After Borno Kidnapping

A group of of young women and girls abducted in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state on November 22 were freed late Saturday. Their release comes amid a surge in abductions of young people across the country over the past two weeks.

Austrian nuns refuse church conditions in convent standoff

A dispute between three elderly nuns who fled a retirement home to return to their abandoned convent has escalated with Roman Catholic authorities. On Friday, the sisters rejected an offer from church officials to stay in the nunnery "until further notice," on the condition that they and their carers stay off social media.