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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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Former Vice President Al Gore talks climate change solutions in Twin Cities

Former Vice President Al Gore talks climate change solutions in Twin Cities

In this special episode of Climate Cast, host Paul Huttner sits down with Former Vice President Al Gore at his Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in Minneapolis.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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Listening to the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate change

Listening to the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate change

The latest dispatch from the frontier of climate change: An arctic community just saw the largest die-off of reindeer in a decade. Journalist Amy Martin is talking to the people witnessing such impacts firsthand.
by Paul Huttner, Jayne Solinger and Megan Burks

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Police shoot, kill man in north Minneapolis confrontation

Police shoot, kill man in north Minneapolis confrontation

Officers responding to calls of shots fired just before 3 a.m. in the Hawthorne neighborhood found a woman wounded and an armed suspect. Officials say the officers’ body cameras recorded the confrontation.
by Brandt Williams

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Lawmakers are trying to control the cost of insulin — why our bodies need it

Lawmakers are trying to control the cost of insulin — why our bodies need it

A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced the beginnings of a plan to help Minnesotans who struggle to afford insulin Monday. So, what is it about insulin that makes it so critical?
by Steven John, Dr. Jon Hallberg and Kyle Shiely

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At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture

At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture

John Metcalf Middle School Principal Shannon McParland apologized in December after she was filmed repeating a racial slur at school. But teachers, students and parents say the video seemed to give others license to use the epithet. They say a culture of racism and retaliation, enabled by school leadership, poisoned the school.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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