All Things Considered

Tom Crann
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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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‘It’s such a surreal feeling’: Alissa Pili talks about her future with the Minnesota Lynx
This week the Minnesota Lynx put more firepower into their roster in the 2024 WNBA Draft by drafting University of Utah forward Alissa Pili.
Expert: Large scale PFAS removal will take ingenuity, deep pockets
University of Minnesota Environmental Health Sciences Professor Matt Simcik and All Things Considered Host Tom Crann, discussed the new federal limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water.
Student mental health needs, ‘unsustainable’ jobs overwhelm Minnesota school principals
A November statewide survey of Minnesota K-12 school principals found school leaders struggling for traction on instructional leadership and community engagement as they deal with their single greatest challenge, student mental health.
Art Hounds: A family struggles with the death of a patriarch
An Opera Theatre stages “The Cradle Will Rock,” Full Circle Theater stages “They Wear Teal Ribbons Around Their Tongues” and the Guild of Middle Eastern Dance performs its Spring Spectacular.  
Cobb family files federal civil rights suit against troopers in traffic stop shooting
The lawsuit alleges two Minnesota State Patrol troopers used excessive force and violated Ricky Cobb II’s civil rights during a traffic stop last year along Interstate 94 in Minneapolis that ended with one of the troopers killing Cobb.