June 4, 2015

• South Korea closes more than 700 schools as a third person dies of MERS.
• Two drugs already on pharmacy shelves are discovered to help treat Ebola.
• The Red Cross raised a half-billion dollars for Haiti and built six homes.
• Las Vegas, the youngest of the Southwest's water-sucking cities, pretended to know better, and one woman relished perpetuating the myth.
• Boston man claiming connection with ISIS shot by police after call intercepted.
• Planespotter catches the FBI engaged in aerial surveillance over LA, confirming conspiracy theories.
• No wonder the coalition against ISIS hardly works: The Kurds are mad at Iraq, the Saudis think Iran is the real problem, and everyone's worried about Yemen.
• America's most famous running coach investigated for doping after treating his runners as lab rats.
• On quitting smoking and losing your sense of self: "Cigarettes were just another middle finger."
• Chimps pass tests to see if they could learn to cook, which suggests we might have learned to cook a really long time ago.
• Scientists are split over protecting species or allowing them to hybridize, potentially becoming stronger.
• Flamingos firmly established again in Florida, where they had been wild.
• "In three to five years, no one will be talking about diversity in ballet—because it will have happened."
• When rough waters reached the famed Bolshoi, dancers, officials, and fans searched their souls for a new direction.
• Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson mashup: "The Grand Overlook Hotel."
• New York's artist habitats—studios crammed with people and curiosities—started 150 years ago.
• An admittedly incomplete dictionary of transgender terms.