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National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
A Brooklyn resident has been apprehended for allegedly yanking the emergency brakes on the subway at least 40 times, delaying as many as 700 trains over months.
https://n.pr/2HRlaMN
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
A loophole in federal law could block at least one new opioid-addiction drug from coming to market for years. Buprenorphine is an opiate, but it blocks the cravings associated with addiction without giving people the same high.
https://n.pr/2HS3wIJ
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
Kenya's High Court has chosen to uphold colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, dealing a sharp blow to advocates for LGBTQ rights.
https://n.pr/2HPAtWe
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
President Trump has authorized AG William Barr to "declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence" related to the origins of the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 campaign.
https://n.pr/2W26vZ2
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has announced her resignation as leader of Britain's Conservative Party.

"It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit," she said.
https://n.pr/2W0NIxb

National Public RadioMay 25, 2019

Civil rights advocate Theresa Burroughs, who proudly called herself a foot soldier for the right to vote, has died at age 89.

In 2016 she told NPR she never missed a chance to exercise what she considered a sacred right. "Every time there's a vote, I go."
https://n.pr/2VZf2fg

National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
The chief of the San Francisco Police Department has issued an apology after officers raided the home of a freelance journalist who refused to name a source who leaked a police report.
https://n.pr/2W2IDV9
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
Here's @nprmusic's shortlist of the best albums out this week — including Billy Ray Cyrus, and rapper YG with a powerful remembrance of Nipsey Hussle.
https://n.pr/2HZ9vvg
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
Hear Ed Sheeran and Chance the Rapper's new track, "Cross Me" — the second single from Sheeran's newly announced project.
https://n.pr/2W29z7l
National Public RadioMay 25, 2019
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring $1 billion in Defense Department funds — intended for anti-drug activities — to begin building additional border fencing.
https://n.pr/2HRqFLs