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JULY 7 – JULY 13, 2017
VOLUME 25 NO. 27
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LIFE-AND-DEATH DISPARITY
A new study concludes that in the US, an infant mortality gap costs the lives of about 4,000 Black babies each year.
Gap remains
BY KAREN KAPLAN LOS ANGELES TIMES / TNS
If Black infants born in the United States had all of the health and medical benefits enjoyed by White infants, nearly 4,000 fewer of them would die each year, new research suggests. That would amount to a nearly 60 percent decrease in the number of Black infants that die each year. Instead, Black babies are nearly 2.5 times more likely than White babies to die during their first year of life.
Mortality falling Infant mortality in the U.S. has been on the decline overall, falling 15 percent in the last decade,
Hollywood changes streets named after Confederate generals
according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, wondered whether that improvement was shared equally by Black and White infants. Their conclusion: Not quite.
Both Black and White infants (defined as babies up to the age of 1 year) did see improvements over the 10-year span between 2005 and 2015. In fact, infant mortality – the number of infant deaths divided by the number of births – decreased more dramatically for Blacks than Whites. But it didn’t fall nearly enough to erase the substantial gap at the start of the study period. In 2005, 5.7 out of every 1,000 White infants died before their first birthday. A decade later, that figure had dropped 16 percent, to 4.8 deaths per 1,000 White infants. Meanwhile, the 2005 infant See BABIES, Page A2
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The tiny hand of a premature baby at the neonatal intensive-care unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., is depicted in this 2015 file photo.
BOSH, HEAT PART WAYS
Gone but not forgotten
Time to pay attention What does North Korea’s missile launch mean?
BY ALEXANDRIA BORDAS MIAMI HERALD / TNS
BY MATT STILES AND JONATHAN KAIMAN LOS ANGELES TIMES / TNS
HOLLYWOOD – In a contentious meeting spanning three hours, the Hollywood (Florida) City Commission voted Monday night to begin the process of changing the streets named after three Confederate generals that lie in the heart of the city’s African-American neighborhood.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Six months ago, North Korea’s dynastic leader, Kim Jong Un, announced in clear terms his nation’s resolve to develop a ballistic missile capable of reaching the continental United States. Such an accomplishment would surely shift the power dynamic in Northeast Asia – and help cement the government’s long-sought status as a nuclear state. It appears Kim may have gotten his wish.
Two-part process The commission voted on two key measures to begin the street-renaming process. In the first measure, proposed by Commissioner Richard Blattner, the city agreed to waive its policy of conducting a poll of residents affected by the name change. Blattner said if the commission takes the poll and the majority of people don’t want the street names changed, but the commission does it anyway, it would look like the commissioners could care less about what their community has to say. Blattner’s measure passed 5-2 with Vice Mayor Traci Callari and Commissioner Peter Hernandez dissenting.
Successful launch North Korea announced Tuesday that it had, at long last, test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile – a “glistening miracle,” as state news described it. The news means an already intractable problem posed by Pyongyang’s advancing nuclear and missile programs just got more difficult for the United States and its regional allies. “It’s really, really significant from a technological and political standpoint,” said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in California who studies North Korea’s missile program. American and South Korean officials, while confirming the event and expressing concern, said in their initial assessments that the missile appeared to be somewhat less capable than North Korea announced.
Dual names The second measure, proposed by Callari, called for dual-naming the streets for two years so people could get adjusted to Lee, Forrest and Hood streets eventually disappearing from Hollywood. After two years, the street names would be officially changed. The three streets are named after Confederate generals. Forrest was considered the father of the Ku Klux Klan. There were 11 who spoke in support of the change, with only one person opposing the move. The commission will vote on the matter Aug. 30.
ALSO INSIDE
‘New escalation’
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The Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh gets a rebound during a home game on Jan. 31, 2016. After a seven-year relationship, the team announced on Tuesday that it is releasing Bosh and planning to retire his jersey number.
But late Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson condemned what he acknowledged was an intercontinental ballistic missile test, saying the launch represents “a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region and the world.” U.S. Ambassador to the UnitSee TIME, Page A2
SNAPSHOTS FLORIDA | A3
Cabinet members’ worth
NATION | A6
RELIGION | B4
SAFETY | B3
EVENTS | B2
Trump’s job numbers aren’t so great
Mosque helping Muslim women find mates
Special nails can save roofs during storm
Disney Dreamers Academy taking applications
COMMENTARY: CLARENCE V. MCKEE: LEFT’S ‘DEATH PARTY’ RHETORIC COULD GET SOMEONE KILLED | A4 GUEST COMMENTARY: KEITH BROOKS: WOULD SLAVERY HAVE ENDED SOONER IF BRITISH HAD WON? | A5