Today’s Headlines

Mar 09

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• Slovenia and Croatia shut their borders to migrants to shut off migrants’ “Balkan route.”

• Populism wins at the polls, with big victories by Trump, surprising win by Sanders.

• Shocked by the Sanders coup in Michigan, pollsters reexamine numbers for other Midwestern states with open primaries.

• Trump’s success “is the natural result of the primary process, not a corruption of it.”

• Our government continues to fail us on climate change; it’s time for US courts to demand a recovery plan. #opinions

• Scientists find that groups of bacteria can develop collective memory that increases their tolerance to stress.

• Slaves are producing many of the things we buy, and in the process they are forced to destroy our shared environment.

• After failing in Israel, Obama tries to preserve the principle of a two-state solution for his successor to pursue.

• Hilton weighs new line of hostel-like hotels for younger guests, with lower prices and less service.

• Customer service at Uber is what you’d expect: a poorly-managed, third-party black hole where complaints disappear.

• More than 70% of female architects report experiencing sexual discrimination, harassment, or bullying at work.

• With an aging medical force, Germany readily accepts doctors fleeing Syria—leaving Syria with fewer and fewer doctors.

• Candid conversation about choosing to pursue electroconvulsive therapy.

• Terry Bollea doesn’t have a 10-inch penis. Hulk Hogan does. Terry Bollea—aka Hulk Hogan—testifies to living a double life.

• Canada’s sperm banks run low due to a 2004 law preventing them from paying donors.

• Loophole leads to “astonishing pattern” of Border Patrol agents shooting people who throw small projectiles at them.

• Astonishing story of experienced backcountry skiers getting trapped by avalanches in Montana.

• Dermatologist finds unlikely popularity on Instagram for filming while she pops patients’ pimples, aka “pimple porn.”

• Why Shawshank Redemption is IMDb’s top-ranked movie: the system is rigged.

• See also: The clocks in New York’s Grand Central Terminal are permanently set one minute ahead.

• In today’s Tournament of Books, Maria Bustillos meets Fates and Furies and Bats of the Republic. #tob16