27

The number of people who overdosed in a five-hour span on Aug. 15 from the heroin police say a single dealer sold in Huntington, W.Va.

300,000

The potential number of new asylum seekers that could settle in Germany in 2016, as estimated by the nation’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (see “In extremity, opportunity” in this issue).

77%

The percentage of nonwhite Americans who said they supported voter photo ID requirements in an Aug. 22 Gallup poll.

$14.5 billion

The back taxes tech company Apple owes to Ireland, according to EU officials. The European Commission claims Ireland gave illegal tax breaks to Apple for more than 20 years.

11

The number of babies aborted in England and Wales last year because they had a cleft lip or cleft palate, both surgically treatable conditions. U.K. government stats indicate such abortions have more than doubled since 2011.