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MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

How important is play time during school?

Tony Pellegrini of the University of Minnesota discusses the latest research on the importance of play in educational settings.

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Hellmann: Scientists focusing on how to adapt to climate change

The new director of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment says scientists have shifted their focus on climate change from defending the science to talking about how to adapt.
by Michael Swearingen

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How Lincoln's funeral train car perished in Minnesota

How Lincoln's funeral train car perished in Minnesota

After Lincoln's death, a funeral train moved the president's body back to his hometown of Springfield, Ill. The train arrived there on May 3, but the funeral train car that carried Lincoln was not done with its own journey.
by Tom Weber and Emily Kaiser

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Hello Havana: U.S. set to open embassy in Cuba

Hello Havana: U.S. set to open embassy in Cuba

The United States and Cuba declared Wednesday they will reopen embassies in each other's capitals this month, marking a historic full restoration of diplomatic relations between the Cold War foes.

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