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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.

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Mother of man killed by Hastings police wants answers
"There's non-lethal ways of dealing with someone who's not in their right mind," said Tanya Johnson. "We're not supposed to be killing these people, we're supposed to be helping them."
When kids come to see 'Hamilton,' it's noisy downtown
High school students get a chance to see the hit musical, and a few of them take a turn on stage.
In a randomized clinical trial, researchers in Finland found around 60 percent of people with appendicitis could be treated with antibiotic therapy, rather than surgery.
Report: Nitrate in drinking water a costly problem for small, rural cities
A new report from the Environmental Working Group says nitrate pollution is hitting small, rural communities hardest, and they're the ones least able to afford the cost of treatment.
Relatively unknown Wardlow targets Ellison in attorney general race
Most of the attention in Minnesota's attorney general race has been on Democrat Keith Ellison. Republican Doug Wardlow is largely unknown to voters.
Governor candidates differ on opioids, marijuana
Minnesota's two contenders for governor split Friday in their approaches to tackling the opioid overdose crisis and to expanding the availability of legal marijuana.
The changing outdoors under a warming climate
It's an outdoorsy Climate Cast this week -- fall colors, national parks and a hunter's story.
Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land
The City Council signed off Wednesday on a plan to relocate a growing homeless encampment along Hiawatha Avenue to property nearby owned by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Many challenges remain.
Iron Rangers blast Dayton over Essar Steel deal
Mesabi Metallics won the bidding last summer over Cleveland Cliffs to take control of the Essar Steel site. Most Iron Rangers wanted Cliffs. That led to some intense verbal sparring Monday between Rangers and Gov. Mark Dayton.