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Hospital emergency rooms see boom in patients around the Fourth of July

Independence Day is a national celebration of freedom, fireworks and frankfurters. It's also, by one measure, the most dangerous day of the year.

In the U.S., teen summer jobs aren’t what they used to be

The share of U.S. teens working during the summer has tumbled since 2000: Only about a third of teens had a job last summer.

As trade disputes intensify, U.S. counties that rely most on exports tend to be small and in South, Midwest

The most export-dependent places in America often are far from big cities and are more likely to be in the South or Midwest than the coasts.

Euroskeptics are a bigger presence in the European Parliament than in past

The share of Euroskeptic members of the European Parliament jumped to 29% in 2014. That's up from 17% in 1979.

Despite global concerns about democracy, more than half of countries are democratic

As of the end of 2017, 57% of 167 countries with populations of at least 500,000 were democracies of some kind, and only 13% were autocracies.

Fewer than a third of countries currently have a military draft; most exclude women

The U.S. is one of 23 countries where the military draft is authorized but not currently implemented. An additional 60 have some form of an active conscription program.

A majority of U.S. colleges admit most students who apply

The few dozen schools with ultra-low admission rates may dominate the discussion, but most colleges and universities admit most who apply to them.

Countries have different priorities when they review each other’s human rights records

Every UN member state faces a periodic review of its human rights record. But the issues raised in these reviews can vary depending on which countries are doing the reviewing.

The concerns and challenges of being a U.S. teen: What the data show

Seven-in-ten U.S. teens say anxiety and depression are major problems among their peers. Yet anxiety and depression aren't the only concerns for teens.

A productivity scorecard for the 115th Congress: More laws than before, but not more substance

While the 115th Congress was more legislatively active than its recent predecessors, the proportion of substantive to ceremonial legislation was much the same.

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