The world's oldest person, Susannah Mushatt Jones is from Lowndes County, Alabama. At 116 years old, she has lived 37 years longer than the average U.S. life expectancy of 78.74 years.

The fact is, Americans are living longer than ever before.

But the progress isn't being seen everywhere. In fact, a recent analysis of life expectancy identified the city with the lowest life expectancy in Alabama. That same city also has the lowest life expectancy in the country.

Using data from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 24/7 Wall Street determined the cities with the lowest life expectancy in each state. In Alabama, that city was Gadsden, where the average life expectancy is 72.9 years. That's also the lowest life expectancy in the country.

There are a variety of factors that attribute to Gadsden's lower numbers.

"Unhealthy behaviors among Gadsden residents have likely contributed to its low life expectancy. Of all Gadsden adults, 26 percent smoke and 33.8 percent are obese, each higher than the national smoking rate of 20 percent and the national obesity rate of 27 percent," the website said.

As a whole, Alabama's life expectancy is 75.2 years, the lowest of any state other than Mississippi.

Welcome to Wednesday's Wake Up Call. Let's see what's going on:

GOP debate stage may be shrinking

The number of presidential hopefuls taking part in the next Republican debate may be shrinking.

Fox Business Network will host the debate on Jan. 14. To take part, candidates must be among the top six in an average of five recent national polls or top five in an average of recent polls from early caucus and primary states Iowa and New Hampshire.

That means only six candidates on the main stage with the rest being bumped to the opening card.

If you used the current averages, the debate would include Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, former Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Sen. Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich would be moved to the earlier debate.

No more Santa Claus

A recent kindergarten trip to see Santa Claus was cancelled after parents complained that a visit to the Jolly Old Elf was too exclusionary.

Students at Sartorette Elementary School in San Jose, California, have visited Santa at a local coffee shop for the past 10 years. This year's trip was cancelled after a mother complained that the event fostered intolerance. The school initially agreed that the class would visit the coffee shop but not sit on Santa's lap and instead of writing to the North Pole, they would send letters to the coffee shop's owner. The coffee shop didn't cancel the Santa visit, however, so the entire trip was called off.

About two dozen students and parents later staged a walk out to see Santa on their own.

Lawmakers want Trump park renamed for soldier

A New York state park named for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump should be renamed for a Revolutionary War soldier who is believed to have been Muslim, two lawmakers said.

Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblyman Charles Lavine, both Democrats, cited Trump's comments about keeping Muslims out of the country as reason for the name change effort. The two have introduced the "Anything But Trump Act" to rename the 440-acre site.

One suggestion for the new name is Peter Salem Park. Salem, a Revolutionary War soldier from Massachusetts who fought in battles in New York state, is believed to have been Muslim.

Facebook offer: $10,000 to move

Facebook is offering employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters at least $10,000 to move closer to its office. The bonus is available to those who have been employed at least a year who purchase or rent a home within 10 miles of the Facebook campus.

The bonus is an effort to develop the area around the headquarters and move more employees out of the congested - and expensive - San Francisco area.

Until tomorrow.