May 27, 2015

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More than 1,100 dead from heat wave in India, where temperatures in some areas have hit 117 degrees.

“[Texas’s] population and building booms are far outpacing efforts to reduce exposure to flood dangers.”

FIFA officials arrested on corruption charges in Zurich to be extradited to US.

A timeline of the FIFA corruption scandal.

Cleveland PD agrees to overhaul policies regarding use of force following Justice Dept. investigation.

“If a successful escape means learning how to identify the police, it also requires learning how to run.”

Responding to Cosby allegations, Nevada extends sexual assault statute of limitations to 20 years.

Recent history shows when countries institute family-friendly policies, women are shunned from the workforce.

America’s Puritan work ethic has played an integral part in systemic racism.

Hackers access 100,000 people’s past tax returns, steal $50 million from IRS.

Also: Hackers love American credit cards, whose obsolete magnetic stripes are a digital welcome mat.

Christianity loses dominance as only hardcore believers—not the casual majority—identify as Christian.

Concerned the world’s glaciers are disappearing, scientists to store ice in an Antarctic vault.

A drug based on the herpes virus is successfully treating melanoma, and could be available next year.

Having kids to stave off the horror of death never resonated with me. Non-breeder no more.

Quiz: Try to discern the various colors in the federal government’s official palette.

Related: From army boots to traffic cones, the federal government’s color palette controls much of what we see.