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All Things Considered

Tom Crann
Tom Crann
Evan Frost | MPR News

All Things Considered, with Tom Crann in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington, is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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St. Louis news anchor criticized for being 'very Asian'

Michelle Li, an anchor at KSDK-TV, received an outpouring of support from around the world after a viewer criticized her for “being very Asian” and told her to “keep her Korean to herself.”
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

A southern Minnesota man faces sentencing in April after admitting this week that he was part of a mob that pushed through a line of police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Johnson was the second Minnesotan convicted in the attack. Cases against a half dozen others are still pending.
by Matt Sepic

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With flu cases on the rise, hospitals brace for impact

With flu cases on the rise, hospitals brace for impact

The flu is reemerging after being almost dormant during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Minnesota, cases are growing more rapidly than expected, and they stand to collide with a wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.
by Catharine Richert

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Minnesota forests, peatlands on list of 'irrecoverable carbon'

Minnesota forests, peatlands on list of 'irrecoverable carbon'

A Conservation International study has mapped forests and other natural areas that store so much carbon, it could be impossible to offset their emissions if lost to development or natural disasters.
by Paul Huttner

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U.S. officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

U.S. officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine.
by The Associated Press and Catharine Richert

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University of Minnesota meets its emissions reduction goal a year early

University of Minnesota meets its emissions reduction goal a year early

A new report says the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus has surpassed its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2021. It reached 51 percent a year early, in 2020.
by Paul Huttner

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Jury finds Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing

Jury finds Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing

A Hennepin County jury on Thursday found ex-Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 traffic stop killing of Daunte Wright. She was led out of the court in handcuffs.
by Jon Collins, Nina Moini and Matt Sepic

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Jury at Kimberly Potter trial quietly wraps up third day of deliberations

Jury at Kimberly Potter trial quietly wraps up third day of deliberations

Jurors in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in April, have concluded deliberations for the day. The jury asked Judge Regina Chu late Tuesday afternoon what to do if members can't agree on a verdict. She told them to continue their work.
by The Associated Press and Nina Moini

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