June 8, 2015

• Kalief Browder, who received national attention after his torture at Rikers, commits suicide.
• Suicide rate in black teenagers has doubled since the '90s, even as the white rate has fallen.
• Turkish ruling party loss could open door to left-wing, pro-Kurd coalition—or extreme nationalists.
• The HDP say they can keep Erdogan from the presidency, underscoring generational divide.
• Chinese government seeks to console—and control—angry mourners arriving at site of capsized ship.
• Abortions in the US have declined since 2010 mainly because of fewer teen pregnancies.
• Alternatives to austerity.
• If Europe wants a taste of life under austerity, try living in America.
• Judge reluctantly doles out mandatory minimum sentences even as he speaks out against their requirement.
• Supermarkets begin egg rationing as avian flu takes hold in the US hen population.
• Court ruling returns "Forever" stamp value to 46 cents, canceling the "exigent surge pricing" USPS claims is vital.
• Fighting words, Yiddish edition: Sourcing Hasidic slang to the wrestling mats of Warsaw.
• Russian farmer faces criminal charges for producing a local currency prosecutors say threatens the ruble.
• The capitalistic metaphor of the library as a "platform" lacks the depth to meet a library's varied goals.
• Daytime talk shows stuff their audiences with underpaid, fake audiences.
• Fake orca intended to scare off bothersome sea lions goes belly up on maiden voyage.
• The goddess Pele will get you if you steal rocks from Hawaii—or so thousands of people believe.
• Tourists who pilfer fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park later complain of curses.
• Yes, your thermostat is spying on you: The online privacy lie is unraveling.
• "Tactful beds will weigh you every night, and gently punish you for putting on extra pounds."