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NPR has learned a federal grand jury in Minneapolis unsealed a roster of indictments Monday charging a handful of men with recruiting young Somali-Americans to fight for a terrorist organization in Somalia. Law enforcement officials revealed details of a more than yearlong investigation into the disappearance of some two dozen young Somalis from the Twin Cities area.

President Obama met Monday with the nation's biggest bankers, hoping to jawbone them into providing more small-business loans. Previous administration efforts to boost credit have not yet paid off, and cash-starved business owners are growing impatient.

Medicare was supposed to cover the entire cost of his procedure. But the anesthesia provider failed to file its claims in a timely manner and billed the patient instead.

A judge has put a plea deal in the Hunter Biden case on hold. Niger's military announced a coup. Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has died at 56.

The U.S. is calling for the president of Niger to be released after soldiers say they have seized power in a coup in the West African country.

The top-ranked & two-time defending champion U.S. played to a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands. It was the first tie for the U.S. at the Women's World Cup since 2015 and was a rematch of the 2019 final.

The announcement of the scheduled Friday execution of a woman comes as human rights groups say Singapore is out of step with the global trend of more countries moving away from capital punishment.

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

A tornado that ripped through a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., raised worries about shortages of medicines used in hospitals. The drugs include commonly used painkillers and anesthetics.

Humphrey is remembered for his defense of an unpopular war in Vietnam, but author Sam Freedman says the former mayor of Minneapolis played a critical role in getting Democrats to embrace civil rights.