Morning Brief: May 28

Two Long Island Chimps are in the midst of a court battle—their own. The animals are from Stonybrook University, and until recently resided in research labs there. A lawyer seeking to free them has argued that their confinement “is akin to slavery.”

NEED TO KNOW

Medical Need Climbs Alongside Death Toll in Yemen [New York Times]

Pentagon Inadvertently Shipped Live Anthrax to Labs in Nine States [ABC News]

City to Rezone Grand Central Area, Allow 1,500 Foot Tower [Capital New York]

Immigration Overhaul May Be in Limbo until Late in Obama’s Term [New York Times]

Brooklyn Bridge Park Settles Housing Lawsuit [Wall Street Journal]

WEATHER

Rainy, with highs around 85 degrees [full forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
The Yankees beat the Royals, 4-2
The Mets won against the Phillies, 7-0

Today
Yankees face the Athletics at 10:05 pm

ON STAGE TONIGHT
Billy Joel @ Madison Square Garden
Lynyrd Skynyrd @ the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
The Marshall Crenshaw Band with Anthony D’Amato @ City Winery
Freedy Johnston @ Rockwood Music Hall
Gene Ween [aka Aaron Freeman] (with Youth Posse) @ Brooklyn Bowl
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with Naomi Shelton And The Gospel Queens @ the Bowery Ballroom
James Maddock And David Immergluck aka Jimmy And Immy @ Rockwood Music Hall
Yellowjackets @ the Blue Note
Steve Smith And Vital Information NYC Edition @ Iridium
Ed Sheeran with Foy Vance @ Forest Hills Stadium

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1934, Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.