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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre survivors are continuing to lend their voices to the push for gun-control legislation — this time, in song. Several Parkland, Fla. students-turned-activists perform on “Raise Some Hell,” a proudly defiant benefit song by up-and-coming pop performer Ian Erix shared exclusively with The Post ahead of its Monday release. “Let’s...

Here’s one point in favor of Apple when it comes to the iPhone versus Android debate: It turns out that Facebook has been mining the call and text data of its Droid users for years.

• In many cases, the millennial approach to money and careers can be misdirected. 
• Millennials have a tendency to compensate for a lack of experience with costly degrees and qualifications.
• It is essential for millennials to assess their strengths and find a job they are passionate about — it is the easiest route to financial reward.

Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Quora, in response to the question, "What are millennials doing wrong when it comes to their careers?"

Television has introduced us to a series of unforgettable neighbors, from Boy Meets World's Mr. Feeny to Sister, Sister's pesky Roger.

Until Rhett Butler said, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” in 1939, a good case could be made that Mae West’s invitation to Cary Grant, “Why don’t you come up some time and see me?” was the movies’ most famous line. Not that it’s a great line in and of itself; its memorable sauciness was conveyed in context — that of an older woman (West was 39) unapologetically asking a 28-year-old hunk up for sex. That was the way the Pre-Code films rolled, and “She Done Him Wrong” (1933)... Читать дальше...

There's no doubt the mid-major conferences have gotten the short end of the stick from the committee, and Loyola Chicago might make them rethink it.

There’s no doubt the mid-major conferences have gotten the short end of the stick from the committee, and Loyola Chicago might make them rethink it.

The White House hit back at porn star Stormy Daniels on Monday, insisting there was "nothing to collaborate" her claims of extramarital sex with Donald Trump.

Russian authorities on Monday denounced what they called "flagrant violations" of safety norms that led to the deaths of 64 people, many of them children, in a fire at a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia. Investigators and witnesses said emergency exits were locked shut -- notably at a multiplex cinema where children were watching cartoons -- and alarm systems were not working at the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. "Investigators have already... Читать дальше...

Jackson Hastings is barely OK, not an outstanding player. He was released by the Sydney Roosters to Manly after failing to impress, and when the Roosters signed Luke Keary. Manly have reduced Hastings to a reserve.

Mitchell Cornish would be good for Catalans. However, Trent Robinson is not going to release Mitchell Cornish, especially given the fact that Cooper Cronk and possibly Luke Keary will be unavailable during the pre-State of Origin weekends. Cornish is needed as a backup for those weeks... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg might want to delete the last ten days from his timeline and everyone else's. In a little more than a week, Facebook has turned from one of the market's darlings to a stock investors are running from. Facebook has dropped 13.5 percent after allegations a political consulting firm working for the Trump campaign got data inappropriately from millions of Facebook users. On Monday the Federal Trade Commission said it's investigating the social media giant's privacy practices... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg might want to delete the last ten days from his timeline and everyone else's. In a little more than a week, Facebook has turned from one of the market's darlings to a stock investors are running from. Facebook has dropped 13.5 percent after allegations a political consulting firm working for the Trump campaign got data inappropriately from millions of Facebook users. On Monday the Federal Trade Commission said it's investigating the social media giant's privacy practices... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in a hearing on April 10 concerning protection and monitoring of consumer data, the lawmaker's office said in a press release on Monday.

Make your own predictions, too! It’s like a choose-your-own-adventure but with Dee Gordon’s smiling visage included.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly in China on an unannounced visit, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing three unnamed sources. There was no official statement on the report, which was not covered by Chinese or North Korean state media. If Kim is in China, it would be his first foreign trip since taking power in 2011. It would also mark a significant diplomatic development ahead of a potential meeting between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump. Footage from Japanese TV showed... Читать дальше...

Health and Commece

• Since its debut six years ago, Redwood City-based startup Auris Health has quietly raised $500 million to develop a series of tools designed to innovate surgical robotics technology.
• The company's latest product, Monarch, is a controller-operated robotic camera that allows physicians to visualize the inside of the human body.
• The technology, which was approved by the FDA earlier this month, could become a key tool in helping physicians diagnose lung cancer early on. Читать дальше...

Fitbit's new Versa smartwatch is stylish and lightweight — and costs $150 less right now than the latest Apple Watch.

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With the Fitbit Versa, Fitbit has created a nearly perfect smartwatch. 

The $200 Versa — which is available for preorder now and starts shipping in April — is Fitbit's second "true smartwatch." It has Fitbit's fitness tracking built in, along with a touchscreen that provides on-watch workouts, call and text alerts, and in-depth fitness stats.

I tried Fitbit Versa for a little under a week, testing whether it held up to Fitbit's claims of four-day... Читать дальше...

Let us introduce you to your new favorite basketball team.

No. 2 seeded Oregon will face off in the Elite 8 against No. 1 seed Notre Dame. The game will be filled with offensive firepower from both teams, but I’d like to alert you to something special brewing with those Oregon Ducks.

Oregon is the second best offensive team in the nation, only second to UConn. They score 118.9 points per 100 possessions, lead the league in 3-point percentage at 40.6 percent, and play a downright... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — While Americans say they’re feeling slightly better about the current direction of the country than they did last month, their overall outlook for the future remains quite dim, according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll released Monday finds that 37 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction. That’s up slightly from the 32 percent who said the same in February. Still... Читать дальше...

• LIBOR has risen more than 30 basis points since January.
• The spread the US government pays to borrow has also risen in that time span.
• The cost of borrowing for foreign banks and the US have risen nearly in lock step together.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now, front end rates are on the rise. Not only because the Fed is hiking rates though.  LIBOR (the rate that foreign banks pay to borrow 3-month money) has risen over 30 basis points in the past six weeks relative... Читать дальше...

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (AP) — An unlicensed daycare provider in Virginia has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the death of a 3-month-old boy and the neglect of his twin sister. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Carrie Persichini was sentenced Monday on two counts of felony child neglect and operating a home daycare without a state license. Authorities said Persichini was caring for 16 children in August 2016 when 3-month-old Peter Hitt went into cardiac arrest. Attempts to revive him failed. Читать дальше...

During the anti-Second Amendment March For Our Lives protest this weekend, Rapper Vic Mensa declared that his song went out to “unarmed black men and women killed by police weapons.” The song itself, viewable above, is relatively convoluted in meaning but seems to imply that new Congressional gun-control measures would help end black murders? Ignoring the black-on-black murder […]

The world might focus on the Lexi Thompson controversy, but the win in the 2017 ANA Inspiration was a career changer for So Yeon Ryu.

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• A promising new field of cancer treatment called cancer immunotherapy has been exploding — and with it, hundreds of trials that aim to get to a better understanding of which combinations of treatments work and which don't.
• Dr. Norman Sharpless, the director of the National Cancer Institute, said that the agency has a role to play in learning more about the basic science behind cancer immunotherapy to help prioritize some of these trials over others that likely won't help cancer patients. Читать дальше...