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All Things Considered with Clay Masters is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

Appetites | Climate Cast

These Minnesotans with binoculars aren’t casing your house. They’re just doing the Christmas Bird Count.
For 126 years the National Audubon Society has been hosting the Christmas Bird Count. That makes it the longest running community science bird project in the nation. And Minnesota has been taking part since 1905. The annual volunteer-conducted bird census kicked off Dec. 14 and runs until Jan. 5.
How climate change is driving up the cost of home insurance
The escalating costs of climate disasters continues to affect home insurance. Jordan Haedtler, climate financial policy strategist with Climate Cabinet based in Duluth, explains the rising cost in homeowner insurance.
Downtown Minneapolis is struggling. Would a new Wolves and Lynx arena help?
Downtown Minneapolis continues to struggle since the pandemic. More than a third of offices are still vacant. Would a new arena for the Timberwolves and Lynx really bring life back to downtown?
As ICE operations continue, immigrant parents look to make arrangements for their children
A 7-year-old child was recently separated from their parents in an operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Burnsville. Advocates are helping parents make caretaker arrangements in case they are detained.
Shooting in Stewartville school parking lot leaves one dead, student in critical condition
An early morning shooting in the parking lot of Stewartville High School in southeast Minnesota left one student in critical condition and a man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office.
AI tool may improve flood forecasting for Mississippi and other rivers
A new forecast model that uses AI could improve flood predictions for rivers like the Mississippi. Zac McEachran, a research hydrologist from the University of Minnesota, explains the model.
Training teaches ICE observers how to document immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota
As Minnesota’s Somali communities deal with the threat from increased ICE enforcement in the state, some citizens have decided to monitor ICE agents. A training program from States at the Core, or STAC, teaches them how to do it.