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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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The reason for warmer Minnesota winters: Less snow
Hotter summers and scorching temperatures might be a go-to thought when you think of climate change, but most of Minnesota’s warming has actually been taking shape during the winters.
Snow causing difficult travel across Minnesota, snow emergencies issued for Minneapolis and St. Paul
Steady snow that started falling overnight continued Thursday across a wide swath of Minnesota, causing difficult travel. Many school districts closed or sent students home early. Some cities — including Minneapolis and St. Paul — have declared snow emergencies.
As companies build new data centers across Minnesota, some worry about their energy use
MPR News correspondent Kirsti Marohn spoke to chief meteorologist Paul Huttner about the rapid growth in new data centers across the state that’s making neighbors concerned.
Rising star from Minneapolis brings LGBTQ+ representation to pro wrestling
As a Black gay man, Devon Monroe is paving the way for a new kind of pro wrestler — flamboyant, authentic, confident — and building a loyal fan base while he’s doing it.
‘An irreplaceable feeling’: Formerly incarcerated advocate votes in Electoral College
Elizer Darris said voting in the Electoral College on Tuesday was “the culmination of a multidecade fight” to make sure the voices of formerly incarcerated people like him are heard.
Trial over Minnesota House race that could swing control of chamber focuses on lost ballots
Republicans challenged the election result arguing that a 14-vote margin between the DFL representative who won and his GOP opponent could be made up in a pool of 20 ballots that were accidentally tossed.
UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.