Quick hits: World bird population falls; gentrification can be rural; Black people more likely to be wrongfully convicted ...

Nearly half of the world's bird species are in decline, reports the Guardian, citing the latest State of the World's Birds report from BirdLife International.

Gentrification isn't just an urban issue; rural communities face it too, the Lewiston Tribune reports from Idaho.

A study from the National Registry of Exonerations found that Black people are seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of a serious offense. The Crime Report summarizes the study.

“When you read the novel, what I really want you to be focused on is the human story,” Kentucky and Appalachian author Silas House tells the Lexington Herald-Leader about his new Lark Ascending.

Rising food prices hit less-healthy older adults hardest, a national poll conducted by the University of Michigan finds.