May 7, 2019 Jason Beaubien is a familiar voice on public radio. He travels the world for NPR covering health and development. Last night, he was in Minnesota for our Broadcast Journalist Series at the University of St. Thomas. We talked about what it takes to get stories from corners of the globe often left out of the headlines, and about how he got his start as an international correspondent. ~ Angela Davis, MPR News host | Forecast | Updraft
Because the nearest hospital in Grand Marais had stopped deliveries, Yvette and Tamer Ibrahim endured a 4-hour drive through a blizzard to a hospital in Duluth. For their second baby's birth, they devised a plan that would allow for a home birth in Duluth, a short drive from a fully equipped obstetrics unit. It didn't turn out that way.
A new study from the University of Minnesota links the decline of walleye in Mille Lacs Lake to a loss of habitat that has resulted from clearer water.
White House officials say Vice President Mike Pence plans to visit Minnesota to talk with farmers and steelworkers about the status of a trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
Three years after the shooting death of Philando Castile, his legacy of helping others continues. Valerie Castile's $8,000 gift to a Minnesota high school wiped out lunch debts for about 100 students.
Gunfire erupted inside a suburban Denver middle school Tuesday, wounding at least seven people before two suspects were taken into custody, authorities said.
If the Park Board can't change the name, if the Hennepin County Board can't change the name, if the DNR can't change the name, and if the Minnesota Legislature can't change the name, who can change the name? Calhoun or Bde Maka Ska? Lake name in limbo Court: DNR didn't have authority to change lake name
"Open up the case, period," Bland's sister, Shante Needham, said after seeing a video that Bland made with her cellphone, recording the traffic stop that put her in jail.
Autherine Lucy Foster was able to walk onto the campus of the University of Alabama in 1956, four years after she applied for admission, igniting a legal battle. Three days later, she was expelled.
A U.N. report found that upwards of a million plant and animal species are facing extinction. What can be done to save them? Guest host Tiffany Hanssen filled in for host Kerri Miller.
