Airstrikes, shelling kill at least 60 in Syria’s Aleppo

Airstrikes, shelling kill at least 60 in Syria’s Aleppo

BEIRUT (AP) — A wave of airstrikes and shelling killed more than 60 people in less than 24 hours in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, including dozens at a hospital, monitors and activists said Thursday.

The contested city is now one of the main battlegrounds of Syria's devastating civil war, with a cease-fire that has collapsed and peace talks in Geneva stalled.

CDC: Teen birth rates plunge, but racial disparities persist
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CDC: Teen birth rates plunge, but racial disparities persist

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – Birth rates are falling dramatically for blacks and Hispanics teenagers, but they continue to be much higher than the birth rate for white teens.

The Hispanic teen birth rate fell by half over about eight years, and the black teen birth rate dropped nearly that much. But even with those declines, the white teen birth rate is still only half as high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

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