Bob CollinsIt’s unlikely the Bayfield County (Wis.) Sheriff’s Office will get much help in its search for the hunters who cleaned and gutted deer, then tossed the carcasses on a road in Cable on Saturday. These kinds of hunters tend not to associate with the decent folk. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for December 2018
Ken Watson, of Wales, has all his Christmas shopping done, at least for the little girl who lives next door. Cadi was born a year after her parents moved to the neighborhood. Read more →
There are hardly words left to say after reading the Associated Press’ investigation revealing that rebels in Yemen are going door to door to grab children to fight as soldiers. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
There’s an emerging theme from old-guard — mostly white — candidates who’ve lost their hold on power and it’s not pretty.
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There’s so much to love in this video today from Stillwater Area Schools. Read more →
The freedom to peacefully assemble and speak your mind is a beautiful thing.
At the same time, we often wonder, who are these people who have time on a workday to do so?
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Brad and Jessica Bond, of Homestead, Fla., spent their first date seven years ago shopping at Target to buy toys for Toys for Tots.
Every year on the anniversary of their first date, they go shopping for toys for kids. Read more →
St. Paul immigration attorney Kara Lynum headed for the border this week to document what’s happening when people approach the Customs and Border Patrol to request asylum.
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It’s been awhile since we talked about “dibs”, the curious — and somewhat eccentric — practice of declaring as yours, that which is not yours.
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KSTP reports a neighborhood group in Prospect Park has filed suit against a developer because a building that would be constructed would limit their view of and from the Prospect Park Water Tower, a.k.a. ‘the witch’s hat tower.’ Read more →
Here are the stories, topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
Thanks to President Trump’s travel ban, people from Yemen are not allowed into the United States even if their kid is here dying and a mother wants to hold his hand one last time. Read more →
The study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, comes from a team headed by a researcher at the University of Florida who studied reports of child abuse in ages 5 to 11 during the 2015-2016 academic year. Read more →
If we lived in a Frank Capra world, something special would be happening in Little Falls, Minn., right around now.
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