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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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Appetites: Food critics dish on their must-try food at the fair — and must-avoid

Appetites: Food critics dish on their must-try food at the fair — and must-avoid

As usual, there are dozens of new foods to tempt you when you go to the Minnesota State Fair. To help you decide, we asked food writers what they liked best, and least, on the fair’s first day.
by Tom Crann and John Nguyen

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Chemical fingerprints point to fracking as culprit behind new methane emissions

Chemical fingerprints point to fracking as culprit behind new methane emissions

Scientists have been debating what’s behind a recent spike in methane emissions. A new study ties the spike to shale gas emitted through fracking, and sounds the alarm for reducing natural gas use.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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Happy 200th, stethoscope

Happy 200th, stethoscope

Two hundred years ago this week, a French doctor published his findings on the stethoscope. Our weekly medical analyst, Dr. Jon Hallberg, shares how the ubiquitous medical tool came to be.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments over St. Paul’s trash collection

Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments over St. Paul’s trash collection

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether St. Paul residents should be able to vote on the city's new centralized trash collection in a ballot referendum.
by Kirsti Marohn

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For Black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk

For Black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk

African-American women are more likely than white women to die in childbirth or have their infants face complications. They’re also more likely to encounter demeaning behavior while getting care. Some in Minnesota are working to change that.
by Catharine Richert

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What's behind a cluster of vaping-related hospitalizations?

What's behind a cluster of vaping-related hospitalizations?

Dozens of people in the Midwest have been hospitalized with severe lung damage in the past month. It's unclear what exactly is causing the issue but the common link appears to be vaping.
by Bram Sable-Smith

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MN health officials: 49 cases tied to E. coli outbreak at Lake Nokomis

MN health officials: 49 cases tied to E. coli outbreak at Lake Nokomis

State health officials now suspect that 49 swimmers were sickened by an E. coli outbreak at Lake Nokomis. As a result, all beaches at the lake will be closed for the rest of the season.
by Matt Sepic and Mike Moen

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Hmong immigrants helped save this prairie town, but now their children are leaving

Hmong immigrants helped save this prairie town, but now their children are leaving

The influx of Hmong-Americans into Walnut Grove, Minn., gave the community a boost, but two decades in, they’re facing the same challenge as other rural parts of the state: How do you give young people a reason to stay?
by Jon Collins

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