9.45 ounces

The birth weight of a tiny baby boy born in a Tokyo hospital last August and discharged in February. Now healthy, he is thought to be the smallest male baby ever successfully treated and sent home. (A few girls have been smaller.)

18,000

The reported number of new businesses opening every day in China last year, according to Bloomberg.

414,582

The number of Catholic priests in the world in 2017, according to the Vatican’s most recent figures. For the first time since 2010, the number was a decrease from the previous year.

Nowhere to live

[ Feb. 2 ] Milton Hershey founded a town to provide workers in his chocolate company with affordable housing and entertainment. And he lived in the town, not some walled-off compound. Modern titans of industry should do the same thing. Faith motivated men like Hershey to care for their employees, but faith may be lacking today in Silicon Valley. —Andrew Brackbill / Lititz, Pa

‘I spent so long in front of cameras that I forgot how to be a person.’

Student activist and Parkland, Fla., school shooting survivor Cameron Kasky on his confrontational approach to lobbying for gun control following the Parkland massacre. “I regretted saying the name of the shooter to Sen. Rubio and telling him I can’t look at him without seeing the shooter,” he said. “That’s not true.” 

Decided

47%

The share of Americans who identified as pro-life in February, up from 38 percent in January, according to the Marist Poll. The increase came as Democrats in multiple states advocated for late-term abortions.

$21 million

The settlement the city of Simi Valley, Calif., will pay to Craig Coley for his wrongful conviction in a 1978 double murder case. DNA evidence exonerated Coley after he spent nearly 39 years in prison.

13.1%

The share of Americans who hold advanced degrees such as a master’s or a doctorate, up from just 8.6 percent in 2000.

Handbag in hiding

Martha Everett recently recovered the purse she lost at Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Ind., but she didn’t get it from a lost-and-found bin. That’s because Everett is 82, and she lost the purse when she was a student at Jeffersonville High in 1954. Workers found the purse behind cabinets in a science classroom when they were demolishing part of the school in January, and school officials used social media to track down Everett in Florida. Among the purse’s contents: a wallet, a prom invitation, lipstick, photos, and gum wrappers.

Against the tide

[ Jan. 19 ] How did the taking of an innocent human life become a matter of preference, convenience, personal finances, or shame? Imagine abortion extended to 5-year-old children—they’re even more of a burden than a baby. —David Westrate / Ellenton, Fla.