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At least 65 people died of heatstroke in Karachi since Saturday as the temperature hit 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit) on Monday during the Holy month of Ramazan, Edhi confirmed.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/at-least-65-dead-from-heatstroke-in-karachi-as-temperature-hits-44c/


If I were running for president, and the FBI had suspicions that some people in my campaign were secretly working for the Russians, I would want and expect the FBI to investigate. I find it very alarming that we have a president who feels otherwise.


The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants, while livestock kept by humans abounds.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/21/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study?CMP=fb_gu


The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues.
The vote was 5 to 4, with the court’s more conservative justices in the majority. The court’s decision could affect some 25 million employment contracts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/business/supreme-court-upholds-workplace-arbitration-contracts.html


Education Dept. dismantles team focused on fraud at for-profit colleges
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/387507-education-department-dismantles-team-focused-on-fraud-at-for-profit


General Thinking Tools: 9 Mental Models to Solve Difficult Problems
https://www.fs.blog/general-thinking-tools/


Facing Trump, a historian appeals to America's soul: 'I think we'll survive'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/20/donald-trump-jon-meacham-soul-of-america


One of the students killed in the Santa Fe school shooting reportedly turned down romantic advances from Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the suspect in the deaths of 10 people and wounding of at least another 10.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/20/santa-fe-shooting-suspect-dimitrios-pagourtzis-motive


How the "Global Cooling" Story Came to Be
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-global-cooling-story-came-to-be/