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All Things Considered

Tom Crann
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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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Art Hounds: Math rock, looping flute and a Duluth music festival

Art Hounds: Math rock, looping flute and a Duluth music festival

This week, check out flutist Julie Johnson’s “Looping in my Living Room” series, Mankato-based Onion Bun’s new math rock EP and Duluth’s virtual Homegrown Music Festival.
by Emily Bright and Aron Woldeslassie

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Bus depot pop-up clinics highlight state's evolving vaccine strategy

Bus depot pop-up clinics highlight state's evolving vaccine strategy

As the once-high demand for COVID-19 vaccinations has ebbed, public health officials are adjusting strategies for getting shots to as many Minnesotans as possible. That shift has been on display in Duluth this week, where nurses have answered questions about vaccines and given out free shots — no appointment required — in the downtown transit center.
by Dan Kraker

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In police debate at Minnesota Capitol, echoes from past ring anew

In police debate at Minnesota Capitol, echoes from past ring anew

Within the next week or so, Minnesota lawmakers will decide whether law enforcement officers in the state must change how they do their jobs. While many ideas are on the table, some people involved in similar debates over the years have low expectations.
by Brian Bakst

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Chauvin seeks new trial, impeachment of verdict

Chauvin seeks new trial, impeachment of verdict

The motion cites reasons Chauvin should be granted a new trial, including judicial abuse of discretion over granting a change of venue and sequestering the jury before deliberations. It also requests a hearing to “impeach the verdict … on grounds that the jury committed misconduct.”
by Brandt Williams and Jon Collins

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'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

School community members this week grieved the loss of a first grader at Park Side Elementary School in Marshall. Many families navigated the loss — and helped their children try to make sense of it.
by Hannah Yang

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'Their lives were intertwined with ours': Artist wants us to see the lives of Black men killed by police

'Their lives were intertwined with ours': Artist wants us to see the lives of Black men killed by police

A northeast Minneapolis artist is posting signs where Black men killed by police lived, worked and went to school. He wants people to see neighbors, not just headlines when they read their names.
by Tom Crann and Kyle Shiely

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