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Advocacy group: Two bills before Legislature could protect children in abuse, neglect cases

Advocacy group: Two bills before Legislature could protect children in abuse, neglect cases

A state child advocacy group is expected to testify Wednesday at the Capitol in favor of two bills it hopes would prevent future child abuse cases outlined in charges filed against a Minneapolis couple.
by Brandt Williams

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Can you help a family find their dog's killer?

Can you help a family find their dog's killer?

A Delano couple is offering a $5,000 reward after someone demanded and received a ransom for their dog. The dog was later found dead on a nearby lake.
by Tim Nelson

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Documentary: 'Japan: New Ways to Grow Old'

Documentary: 'Japan: New Ways to Grow Old'

A new BBC World Service documentary about Japan, the world's most rapidly-aging society.
by MPR News Staff

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Food stall serves up a social experiment: White customers asked to pay more

Food stall serves up a social experiment: White customers asked to pay more

To highlight racial income disparity, a chef in New Orleans opened a food stall at which he asked whites to pay $30 and people of color to pay $12 for the same meal. How did it play out?
by Maria Godoy

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Commemoration of 'Bloody Sunday' set in Alabama

Commemoration of 'Bloody Sunday' set in Alabama

A bipartisan group will commemorate 'Bloody Sunday,' the day in 1965 when voting rights protesters were attacked by police as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
by Associated Press

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How segregation shapes fatal police violence

How segregation shapes fatal police violence

Unarmed black people are much more likely than unarmed whites to be fatally shot by the police. A new study finds that that disparity gets wider in states with more racial segregation.
by Gene Demby

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On-again, off-again deportation flight is off again

The flight, which had been scheduled to return about 100 immigrants to their home countries in Africa, has been postponed for reasons attributed to the weather.
by Riham Feshir

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A Beautiful World: Rebels, Renegades and Wild Women

A Beautiful World: Rebels, Renegades and Wild Women

Women throughout history have broken the rules and stepped outside conventional social norms to make history happen. We investigate several women who stand out as the rebels of their time.
by MPR News Staff

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