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"Whatever is happening to result in a downward trend among teens in the general population is missing black teens," said Michael Lindsey, lead author of the study and executive director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University. Almost one in five teens reported suicidal thoughts and 14.7% planned a suicide, researchers report in Pediatrics.

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:32:33 -0400

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his meeting with the parents of a man killed when his motorbike collided in England with a car driven by a U.S. diplomat's wife, was "sad" but "beautiful," but the family said it felt pressure to allow the American woman to join the session. Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, parents of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old who died in the August crash, had been invited on Tuesday to the White House, where they said they learned that Anne Sacoolas, the woman fled Britain after the fatal crash, was in the building. During the meeting, Trump asked the parents two or three times to meet with Sacoolas, Dunn told "CBS This Morning," but they declined, saying they wanted her to return to Britain to meet with them.

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:32:14 -0400

Russia removed three U.S. diplomats from a train near the site of a mysterious military testing accident on Monday because they did not have special permits to be in the area, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. Russia's state nuclear agency, Rosatom, has acknowledged that five of its nuclear workers were killed in an Aug. 8 explosion during a rocket engine test near the White Sea in far northern Russia. Interfax cited a source as saying that the U.S. diplomats had been let go, but are regarded to have broken Russian law.

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:29:39 -0400

A Florida man wanted in a campaign finance case involving associates of Rudy Giuliani is in federal custody after flying Wednesday to Kennedy Airport in New York City to turn himself in, federal authorities said. David Correia, 44, was named in an indictment with two Giuliani associates and another man arrested last week on charges they made illegal contributions to politicians and a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump. Giuliani, a former New York City mayor, is Trump’s personal lawyer.

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:26:30 -0400

The U.N. Security Council voiced concern on Wednesday over the risks of a deterioration in the humanitarian situation in northeast Syria and the escape of Islamic State fighters, but made no reference to a Turkish assault on Syrian Kurdish militia in the area that began a week ago.

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:21:08 -0400