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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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After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety

After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety

While it remains to be seen where those efforts to vastly reimagine public safety will land, an MPR News survey of Minneapolis council members show that there’s still significant common ground among them for changing the city’s relationship with the Police Department, including transferring police responsibilities to social workers, leaving police to focus on responding to and investigating crime. 
by Jon Collins and Brandt Williams

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Northside principals call on Minneapolis schools, police to reinstate school officers

In an open letter, the principals of North Community High, Patrick Henry High and the Harrison Education Center criticized their school board’s decision to terminate its relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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Appeals court considers Minnesota ballot cushion

Appeals court considers Minnesota ballot cushion

Minnesota’s plan to give absentee voters a seven-day counting period after Election Day is being weighed by a federal appeals court. A hearing came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court held back an extended count of Wisconsin ballots.
by Brian Bakst

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'A million miles away': Mankato family copes with COVID-19 isolation

'A million miles away': Mankato family copes with COVID-19 isolation

COVID-19 forced Rick, Kirsten and Clara Jeddeloh to isolate from one another for weeks in their home. It was excruciating, they say, but the experience brought them closer together.
by Hannah Yang

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Several types of COVID tests are available in Minnesota. Here’s what you need to know.

Several types of COVID tests are available in Minnesota. Here’s what you need to know.

State health officials have said from the beginning that testing is essential to understanding the scope and impacts of the coronavirus across Minnesota. And on the individual level, it’s a helpful tool for navigating life in the pandemic. Here’s a breakdown of the kinds of tests available in the state, when you should seek one out — and what happens next.
by Sara Porter and Catharine Richert

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Floyd killing: Judge keeps 1 murder charge against Chauvin, drops another

Floyd killing: Judge keeps 1 murder charge against Chauvin, drops another

A Hennepin County judge Thursday dismissed the third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter remain, as do aiding and abetting charges against three other former officers.
by Brandt Williams and The Associated Press

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Art Hounds: Art that allows people to be seen (and heard)

Art Hounds: Art that allows people to be seen (and heard)

Zoom allows audiences to see incarcerated writers reading their work in the annual event from the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshops. Also, essential worker portraits and coronavirus-inspired operas.
by Emily Bright

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