March 17, 2015
- "Surging rhetoric" against Iran and the Palestinians from Netanyahu before today's election in Israel.
- US Army opens investigations into Iraqi detainee abuse allegations from 2003.
- What to expect on the first few days following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
- See also: One-third of the wrestlers who appeared in WrestleMania VI are dead.
- Even FBI agents seem to agree that 25-year-old Sami Osmakac, arrested in a counterterrorism sting, could never have pulled off a terrorist attack.
- Russian soldiers go on the record to discuss their covert deployment in Crimea.
- Starbucks encourages its baristas to talk about race with customers.
- See also: McDonald's workers encouraged to treat burns with condiments.
- Conversation about race and class in Comedy Central's Broad City.
- Oregon becomes first state to automatically register voters.
- History of police body cameras shows their purpose is to exonerate officers, not victims.
- Sinead O'Connor retires "Nothing Compares 2U," unable to connect to it any longer.
- Rebecca Mead on the makeover of Birkenstock.
- The "shamrock" is a mythical plant, a symbol, something that exists as an idea, shape and color rather than a scientific species.
- German court rules anti-vaxxer must pay after he bet €100,000 that measles wasn't caused by a virus.
- Online witchcraft community divided over whether it's ethical to do magic for money.
- Today in the Tournament of Books: Christina Bevilacqua decides between Redeploymentand Silence Once Begun.
- Related: The new Field Notes “Two Rivers” Edition benefits The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum.
- In the spirit of March Madness, 64 things to hate about the internet.
- Math students assist the basketball team with efficiency models.