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  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | Tom Crann |Gretchen Brown

    Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. May 10 was Tom Crann’s last day hosting All Things Considered after over 20 years. Over the past two decades, Crann talked to people on the worst days and best days of their lives; to endless politicians, newsmakers, artists and chefs; and hosted hours and hours of breaking news coverage.

  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | Tom Crann |Gretchen Brown

    Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. The Catholic Church has chosen its first American leader: Robert Francis Prevost who takes the name Pope Leo XIV. He was chosen to succeed Pope Francis, who died last month.

  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | Tom Crann |Ngoc Bui

    Catholic cardinals have begun their conclave to elect a new pope. The first vote ended in black smoke billowing out of the Sistine Chapel chimney into the early evening sky in Rome — signaling no new Pope has been elected. The next Pope will shape decades of church doctrine. The Catholic Church looks different after Pope Francis’s tenure. Minnesota’s Catholic congregation looks different, too.

  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | Tom Crann |Ngoc Bui

    Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. President Donald Trump has been talking about plans to end federal funding for public media. And now he has signed an executive order calling for a halt in funding for NPR and PBS through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and eliminated CPB funding budget plans released today.

  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | Tom Crann |Gretchen Brown

    Emily Bright is familiar to MPR News listeners as a newscaster and fill-in host. But she’s written poetry for most of her life — and her debut collection is out this week. The book is called “Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood.” Bright will be at Red Balloon Booksellers in St. Paul on Sunday, May 4 for a poetry reading. She spoke with MPR News host Tom Crann about the new book. Press play above to listen to their conversation.

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