Mr. Noor, 33, testified during the trial that he had heard a bang and had fired one shot from the passenger’s seat when Ms. Ruszczyk appeared at the driver’s side window.

Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was sentenced Friday by a Minnesota judge to 12½ years in prison for the fatal shooting of a woman while responding to her 911 call.

Mohamed Noor, a 33-year-old Somali-American, who was serving as a police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) back on July 15, 2017, had been convicted of murder and manslaughter.

But on Friday, Mr. Noor, now an ex-officer and convicted murderer, was sentenced to about 12 and a half years in a Minnesota prison for the death of Justine Ruszczyk, an unarmed woman he killed ...

Brown was persuasive. Noor boarded a C-130 transport plane with her grandmother and father and came to Atlanta, where doctors successfully operated on her. She became known to the world as Baby Noor.

Mohamed Noor fired one bullet on a summer night in 2017, killing Justine Ruszczyk. With his murder trial underway, much of what happened remains unclear.

Noor, center, attends a public school for disabled children in Baghdad. Her teachers say she is quiet and reserved, and they fear that she may be developing mental and emotional problems.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rumaan Alam, best-selling author of "Leave the World Behind." His new book, "Entitlement," features a billionaire who gives away his fortune.

The Noor I power plant is located near the town of Ouarzazate, on the edge of the Sahara. It's capable of generating up to 160 megawatts of power and covers thousands of acres of desert, making ...