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Even as the U.S. birth rate has fallen to a new low of 1.6 births per woman, Americans still say the ideal family includes an average of 2.7 children.

Gallup trends show that the world remains divided over whether local communities are good places for gay and lesbian people to live in.

Southern Baptists, meeting in Nashville for their annual convention, remain the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.

A majority of student loan borrowers who have not completed their degree say they have delayed at least one major life event due to their loan debt.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 50 years ago that state laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional. But as that case was wending its way through the courts, less than half of Americans agreed.

Half of the world's adults (50%) now say their city or area is a "good place" for gay and lesbian people to live -- a figure that has doubled over the past decade and represents a new high in Gallup World Poll's trend dating back to 2005.

In November 1936, a month before King Edward VIII of England abdicated to marry an American divorcee, a majority of Americans favored the union.

Sixty-one percent of Americans say that marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by the law as valid, consistent with the 58% and 60% recorded in 2015.

Forty-three percent of Americans describe the U.S. Supreme Court as being "too conservative," the highest in Gallup's trend.

Amid the cascade of negative news, there are some positive notes from the American people.