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‘We want change now’: Students across country stage walkouts to protest gun laws

By Ryan Connelly Holmes

From Washington, D.C., to Florida and Texas, hundreds of students walked out of class in solidarity with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a gunman killed 17 people with an AR-15 rifle last week.

Florida sheriff orders deputies to carry rifles on school grounds in wake of shooting

By Associated Press

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at a news conference Wednesday that the rifles will be locked in a patrol car when not in use until the agency secures gun locks and lockers.

Trump says he’d consider concealed carry for school employees

By Associated Press

Trump says the average school shooting lasts three minutes, while police response times average from five to eight minutes.

WATCH: President Trump hosts listening session with survivors from Florida, Sandy Hook, Columbine school shootings

Faced with the personal anguish wrought by the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead, Trump pledged action, saying: "We don't want others to go through the kind of pain you've been through."…

U.S. home sales fell 3.2 percent in January, 2nd straight decline

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

U.S. sales of existing homes fell in January from a year earlier by the most in more than three years, and declined for a second consecutive month. Would-be buyers were stymied by rising prices and a shortage of homes for…

The U.S. has 5 gold medals. It could earn another in these Winter Olympic events

By Courtney Norris

What to watch next in Pyeongchang.

5 medical stories you might have missed

By Dr. Amber Robins, Laura Santhanam

It’s easy for politics to dominate our news feeds these days. But there are many important stories in the health and medical communities, too. Here’s what we’re reading now.

Days after high school shooting, Florida House votes against ban on assault rifles

By Associated Press

The state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, effectively killing the measure for this session.

Trump directs Justice Department to ban gun modifications like bump stocks used in Las Vegas shooting

By Associated Press

The president made the announcement about curbing the use of the rapid-fire devices during a ceremony recognizing bravery by the nation's public safety officers.

NCAA says Louisville must give up 2013 basketball title in wake of sex scandal

By Gary B. Graves, Associated Press

The Cardinals have to vacate not only the championship, but 122 other victories and return some $600,000 in conference revenue from the 2012-15 NCAA Tournaments.