May 27, 2015

• 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.
• 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.