Autism diagnoses are up across the U.S. The country's top health official asserts it's due to an unidentified environmental toxin. Scientists and advocates say it's better screenings. We'll talk to an autism advocate focused on Somali Minnesotans, whose children are diagnosed three times more than the state average.

A new study has found traffic in the Twin Cities has gotten worse and it's due in part to more people owning SUVs.

Plus, MPR News host Angela Davis and economics correspondent Chris Farrell head to Canada amid a rift in the relationship between the U.S. and its neighbor to the north.

We get some professional help to get people back in the dentist chair and smiling.

And we'll talk to a recent nursing school grad about the growing prevalence of male nurses in the field.

Our Minnesota Music Minute was “luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA.