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What you need to know about this weekend's March for Our Lives

By Jessica Yarvin

Here's a guide to the March for Our Lives protest in Washington, D.C. Saturday, where activists will call for reforms to reduce gun violence.

S&P records worst week in 2 years, as global stocks tumble due to trade fears

By Marley Jay, Associated Press

Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate.

WATCH: Mister Rogers postage stamp unveiled in Pittsburgh

By Keith Srakocic, Associated Press

It was a beautiful day for the U.S. Postal Service to honor Mister Rogers with a Forever stamp.

Sympathy for white Austin bomber stirs debate about race

By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press

For many observers and activists, public comments about Mark Anthony Conditt were just the latest example in which a white suspect seemed to receive an injection of humanity that is less often extended to blacks, Muslims and others.

Why states, not Congress, are passing more gun laws

By Gretchen Frazee

Gun control advocates have turned to state legislatures after a string of recent high-profile shootings to push for action on gun violence.

Life support ends for 'brain dead' school shooting victim in Maryland

By Matthew Barakat and Brian Witte, Associated Press

A teenage girl was brain dead days after being shot when a classmate opened fire inside their Maryland high school and was to be removed from life support, her mother said Thursday.

Support soars for stricter gun control laws, poll finds

By Steve Peoples and Emily Swanson, Associated Press

Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the U.S., according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun violence.

Parkland victim's father: We will get gun reform in the U.S.

By PBS News Hour

Children want to be able to go to school, church and the mall without fear of being shot, and they are going to demand it, says Fred Guttenberg, a vocal advocate for reforming the nation's gun laws since his 14-year-old…

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Facebook takes baby steps on privacy after scandal over user data collection

By Barbara Ortutay, Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press

But those steps don't get at what many outsiders see as bigger problems at Facebook: its rampant data collection from users, its embrace of political ads that target individuals, and its apparent inability to end malicious use of its service…

Stock market plunges on fears of trade tensions between the U.S. and China

By Associated Press

Stocks plunged, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 700 points, as investors feared that trade tensions will spike between the U.S. and China.