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After no-prison plea deal in Hennepin County, feds charge man tied to multiple rapes
Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Minneapolis man in connection with a string of sexual assaults including of a 15-year-old girl. Abdimahat Bille Mohamed, 28, avoided prison as part of a plea deal with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and allegedly raped his latest victim while on probation.
Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96
Groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry who was behind the acclaimed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has died. Gehry received architecture’s top honor, the Pritzker Prize, in 1989. He was 96.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship. The Republican president's order says children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens.
U.S. vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth.
Traffic congestion hits a record high, spreading to more hours of the week
If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that’s because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.
A couple more rounds of snow and cold Friday into the weekend
The active and cold pattern continues. Friday will be briefly warmer and near 30 degrees ahead of another round of snow showers. More snow showers are possible Saturday followed by cold. 
NPR battles Trump executive order in court
NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.