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Adults perceive black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than white ones, a new study found.

The Georgetown Law report, Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood, expands on a 2014 study on adult perceptions of black boys. But the new study differs in how it  examines adults' views on black girls and innocence.

“What we found is that adults see black girls as less innocent and less in need of protection as white girls of the same age,” Rebecca Epstein, lead author of the report and executive director of Georgetown Law's Center on Poverty and Inequality said in a statement.

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The die-off of America's honeybee colonies, which are disappearing in droves because of parasites, pesticides, poor nutrition and disease, leave beekeepers scrambling to salvage the vital insects.

The task of solving the honeybee problem, experts say, isn't isolated to beekeepers. A few changes to home patios and gardens can lend honeybees a much-needed assist.

Last year, a third of the nation's honeybee colonies died, which is low considering the bigger decreases of the last decade. This doesn't necessarily mean fewer bees. Beekeepers can salvage a dead colony, but it comes with labor and production costs.

(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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There is nothing more painful in the world than losing a loved one — but this father is turning his pain into hope for the thousands of people waiting for an organ transplant.

Bill Conner lost his daughter last January in a freak accident in Cancun. Abigail Mae Conner was only 20 and a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

And because Conner’s daughter was an organ donor, her tissues were used to save the lives of four men between the ages of 20-60.

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Ranked: Every 'song of the summer' from the past 20 years

Summertime requires its own soundtrack. And every year, pop stars compete to deliver the "song of the summer," the track that defines the season on the charts and in listeners' memories.

Officially, the song of the summer is the track that spends the most time atop the Billboard Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The songs on this list weren't chosen by personal tastes; all of the tracks shown below were the top-charting hits on the Hot 100 for their respective summers, objectively, based on charts data. So if a favorite song isn't included below, pick a fight with the Billboard charts, not the list.

(Photo: Getty/PWC/FIlmMagic.)