To reduce teen suicide, cyberbullying, and substance abuse, a Los Angeles-area school district plans to monitor its students’ social media activity, raising privacy concerns among parents and students.

The teen birth rate in the United States has dropped to a historic low, according to preliminary 2012 data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The rate of babies born to teenage mothers is less than half of what it was in 1991—from 61.8 births per 1,000 teenagers to 29.4.

An Amish couple are battling an Ohio hospital for the right to stop chemotherapy treatment for their 10-year-old daughter. 

Akron Children’s Hospital administered one round of chemotherapy to Sarah Hershberger, who has the rare blood cancer lymphoblastic lymphoma, before her parents told the hospital to stop the treatment in June. 

“Our belief is, to a certain extent, we can use modern medicine,” said Hershberger’s father, Andy. “But at some time we have to stop it and do something else.” 

Denver’s first legal 4/20 marijuana rally ended Saturday as gunfire erupted and panicked crowds scattered. The unknown assailant shot three people, none of whom sustained life-threatening injuries. 

The rally gathered an estimated 80,000 people, who simultaneously exhaled marijuana smoke at 4:20 p.m. to create a haze over the city’s Civic Center Park.  Shots rang out about 40 minutes later, ending the rally and canceling events planned for Sunday. 

BOULDER, Colo.—Last November, 55 percent of voting Colorado citizens said yes to Amendment 64, decriminalizing the use and limited possession of marijuana for adults over 21. So far this unprecedented vote has produced more high-tension governmental committee meetings than high pot-smokers on the streets of Colorado cities.

This article is the 11th in a series profiling couples who have been married for at least 35 years. As sociologist Mark Regnerus writes, “Young adults want to know that it’s possible for two fellow believers to stay happy together for a lifetime, and they need to hear how the generations preceding them did it.” It is also important to see that marriages are not always happy all the time, but commitment is crucial.