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Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( Friday, April 20, 2018 | [Today's Weather]( [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( [James Comey Memos: Trump Acknowledged Flynn Had 'Judgment Issues']( The Justice Department has sent Congress redacted, unclassified copies of some of the memos drafted by then-FBI Director James Comey recounting his meetings with President Trump. [Why Counterfeit Drugs Are A Global Problem With No Foolproof Solutions]( Boston University's Muhammad Zaman has a new book about the global problem of counterfeit drugs. [8 Years After Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Is Another Disaster Waiting To Happen?]( Eight years after the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion, a safety watchdog aims to prevent another disaster. But it faces multiple challenges, and a shift in focus under the Trump administration. [Arizona Teachers Vote To Strike, Sparking First-Ever Statewide Walkout]( The governor's plan to raise teachers' salaries by 20 percent is missing with resistance from critics who say it is unrealistic. COGNOSCENTI [Endangering Children In God's Name]( New Jersey is doing the right thing by making it harder to opt out of vaccinations for religious reasons, writes Rich Barlow. Parental religion should never trump child welfare. [An Anti-Immigration Speech Divided Britain 50 Years Ago. It Still Echoes Today]( Half a century after Enoch Powell delivered the most incendiary political speech in Britain's recent history, his dire vision of a race war hasn't come true. But it resonates in British politics today. ENDLESS THREAD [Smoke'Em If You Got'Em: It's 420 Day]( Weed, dope, kush, reefer -- whatever you call it, marijuana is quickly becoming legal across the country. It's also bringing people together, on Reddit. - [On 4/20 Chuck Schumer To Introduce Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana]( [IRS Computer Glitch Caused By 'Master File' Issue]( For nearly 11 hours on the busiest tax day of the year, the agency was unable to accept tax returns. [Boston Gives Some Aspiring Women Comedians A Chance To Hone Their Chops]( Boston serves as a cornerstone for many aspiring comedians, in part because audiences here have a reputation for being more easy-going than tougher audiences in New York City. More from The ARTery - [Women Have Had It As 'Handmaid's Tale' And 'Westworld' Pick Back Up]( - [Using Theater As A Platform For Activism, Local Actors Join Groups Nationwide To Stage Play About Gun Violence]( RADIO OPEN SOURCE [Another Look at the Crisis in Syria]( What President Trump said he wanted was to get US firepower out of Syria. "Let the other people take care of it now," in his words. What he settled for with his own generals was a restricted strike on chemical weapons but not people in Syria. [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward this email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by wburtoday@wbur.org in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](