MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
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The controversial sculpture "Scaffold" is a combination of different gallows used in executions in American history, including the execution of 38 Dakota men during the Civil War in Mankato, Minn.
Officer Jeronimo Yanez faces manslaughter charges in the death of Philando Castile. As the trial gets underway, criminologist Philip Stinson joined the show to discuss why so few officers go to trial after shootings.
Political Junkie: Domestic turmoil after President Trump's trip abroad
President Trump returned from his first trip abroad since the election to a new revelation concerning his son-in-law's communications with Russia and the resignation of a White House communications director.
Q&A: Making 74 Seconds
A conversation with the MPR News reporters behind a new podcast about the fatal shooting of Philando Castile and the upcoming trial of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez.
Charges: Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to U.S.
The indictment brings the total number of people charged to 38, making it one of the largest sex-trafficking prosecutions in the U.S., said Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory Brooker.
74 Seconds podcast: An officer charged
When he pulled over Philando Castile, Jeronimo Yanez was working the night shift, patrolling three small Twin Cities suburbs. His law enforcement career was largely unremarkable. Now, he's about to go on trial.