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As life's pressures mounted, he left Minnesota for ISIS

As life's pressures mounted, he left Minnesota for ISIS

Friends say Abdifatah Ahmed was depressed and financially strapped, but was no religious fanatic. Something happened, though, during a November 2013 trip to London. Ahmed never returned to his Minneapolis family. He would become the first Minnesotan to join ISIS.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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First baby born to U.S. uterus transplant patient raises ethics questions

First baby born to U.S. uterus transplant patient raises ethics questions

A woman who received a uterus transplant recently delivered a healthy baby boy. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the doctors working on the experiment about its ethics, risk, and cost implications.
by Greta Jochem

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Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case

Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case

On a sharply divided Supreme Court, the justice in the middle seemed conflicted Tuesday in the court's high-stakes consideration of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012.
by The Associated Press

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A conversation with the first woman on the Minnesota Supreme Court

A conversation with the first woman on the Minnesota Supreme Court

Rosalie Wahl goes down in history as the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court. In a 1995 interview for the Voices of Minnesota series, she explained how she couldn't have done it without the support of her fellow women.
by Jim Bickal

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Why Legislature doesn't release information on harassment, settlements: They don't have to

Why Legislature doesn't release information on harassment, settlements: They don't have to

Government entities across Minnesota are required to disclose discipline and settlement information on sexual harassment and similar cases. The one exception: The Minnesota Legislature.
by Tom Scheck and Brian Bakst

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How the end of net neutrality would change how you use the internet

The Federal Communications Commission will vote Dec. 14 on whether to roll back protections that dictate how consumers can receive broadband internet.
by Tom Weber

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'The Invention of Race'

'The Invention of Race'

"The Invention of Race." How, why and when was the notion of "race" developed? This special explores the construction of race, and racism, from the ancient world to today.
by MPR News Staff

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Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.
by The Associated Press

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