Open Forum: Current Events: 5/26/15

WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Published May 26, 2015 at 12:46 PM EDT

The news is packed with headlines as we come off the Memorial Day holiday this week. From Ireland voting to legalize gay marriage to deadly storms wreaking havoc on Texas and Oklahoma, to a new data that shows murders are way up in New York City, we’ll have a discussion of current events.

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