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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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In close Minn. House races, personal problems old and new can be vexing for candidates

In close Minn. House races, personal problems old and new can be vexing for candidates

With the Minnesota House majority hinging on a small number of seats, flaws in candidate pasts are resurfacing as parties and groups jockey for an edge that can decide key races.
by Ellie Roth

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I don’t speak Spanish. I asked my dad, am I Latina enough? 

I don’t speak Spanish. I asked my dad, am I Latina enough? 

Many biracial people and children of immigrants deal with complicated feelings around cultural identity. That includes MPR News senior producer Jessica Bari, who decided it was time to talk with her father, a native of Puerto Rico.
by Jessica Bari

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VP hopefuls make Midwest push as Vance pops in on Minnesota, Walz swings through Wisconsin

VP hopefuls make Midwest push as Vance pops in on Minnesota, Walz swings through Wisconsin

A near-meeting on the tarmac at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport opens the campaign week for Tim Walz and JD Vance, the vice presidential nominees on their party tickets. Walz, the Democrat, was off to Wisconsin; Vance, the Republican, was in Minnesota for a fundraiser and a stop at a former police building.
by Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters

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Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know

Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know

Medicare’s open enrollment period begins Tuesday amid market turmoil. Health systems in Minnesota are part of a nationwide trend in which shrinking profits have led some to drop Medicare Advantage plans.
by Erica Zurek

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Control of state House could hinge on a sleepy district outside Duluth

Control of state House could hinge on a sleepy district outside Duluth

Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives could come down to one race in a district outside Duluth, where first-term Republican Natalie Zeleznikar is being challenged by Democratic retired judge Mark Munger.
by Dan Kraker

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Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

A federal jury on Friday returned guilty verdicts against a Brooklyn Park man in connection with a crash last year that killed five young women on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Thompson’s conviction in this trial wasn’t for the crash itself, but the cocaine, 2,000 fentanyl pills, and gun that police found in the SUV.
by Matt Sepic

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In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom

In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom

Teachers at Bloomington Kennedy High School are taking a practical view on artificial intelligence, teaching students how to use the technology and helping them understand where it can spin out of control, a sort of driver’s ed approach to AI.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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