Reverb - News for Young Adults

Reverb is an initiative and a reporting team from MPR News focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans.

We know Minnesota is changing and younger adults want news in new, more accessible ways. Reverb covers trending topics, local issues, and stories that matter to Minnesotans.

Follow along here and by following @mprnews and #ReverbMPR on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

October 21, 2024 6:17 PM

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after occupying U of M building

Police responded to Morrill Hall shortly after the University of Minnesota’s Students for a Democratic Society chapter said it had occupied the building.

by MPR News Staff

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October 21, 2024 7:00 AM

Minnesota Lynx fans celebrate historic year for women’s sports despite WNBA Finals loss

It was a record-breaking season for the WNBA. The first three games each had over a million viewers on average, with the audience growing for each contest. The series set both the overall attendance record for a WNBA Finals as well as the average attendance mark.

by Sam Stroozas

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October 19, 2024 8:50 PM

8,000 fans flock to Mall of America to see global K-pop-style girl group KATSEYE

The girl group made their first appearance in Minnesota at Mall of America to perform songs from their first EP “SIS: Soft is Strong”. The group gained popularity from a Netflix documentary and survival show.

by Kyra Miles and Nicole Ki

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October 18, 2024 12:30 PM

How to see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in Minnesota before it's gone

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible about an hour and a half after sunset, but it’s getting dimmer every day. And it only comes around every 80,000 years.

by Tom Crann, Lukas Levin and Anika Besst

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October 18, 2024 4:00 AM

Minnesota Lynx fans hope Game 4 ends in a win — and a traditional team ‘Electric Slide’ dance

The Minnesota Lynx have celebrated wins by dancing together for years. With the team in the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2017, the tradition has an even bigger meaning.

by Sam Stroozas

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October 16, 2024 4:00 AM

These students are in college for free under new program for lower-income Minnesotans

The North Star Promise Program went into effect this fall and the first students are going to college completely cost-free under it. We talked with seven Minnesotans about how it’s changed their life.

by Feven Gerezgiher

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October 15, 2024 2:10 PM

Global K-pop-style girl group KATSEYE sells out first show at Mall of America

KATSEYE, whose formation was documented in Netflix’s “Pop Star Academy,” will make their first visit to the Mall of America for a performance and meet and greet.

by Nicole Ki

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October 15, 2024 4:00 AM

2 charged after Twin Cities Buddhist, Hindu temples hit by national theft ring

Religious leaders at St. Louis Park’s Wat Promwachirayan Thai temple, Maple Grove’s Hindu Temple of Minnesota and Chaska’s Sri SaiBaba Mandir Hindu temple are still recovering from losing an estimated $100,000 this year.

by Nicole Ki

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October 11, 2024 3:42 PM

Prepared to sit out election over war abroad, a young Minnesota voter finds her way back into the fold

As the Democratic presidential ticket changed, a young voter came around to supporting it despite her frustrations with U.S. policy toward war in the Middle East.

by Ellie Roth