| Good morning. It's Thursday, Feb. 22. In our top story, students converged on the state Capitol to Tallahassee to make their voices heard that they want tougher gun-control legislation. Meanwhile, at a town-hall meeting broadcast on CNN, the father of a girl killed in the Parkland school shooting last week confronted Sen. Marco Rubio about his stance on guns. And finally, while her husband was on the Space Coast, Karen Pence -- the wife of Vice President Mike Pence -- was at Florida Hospital. Find out more here. One week after a gunman shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, students and thousands of protesters rallied inside and outside the Capitol, expressing rage and frustration at lawmakers for not moving swiftly on gun control laws. [More] Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was challenged by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures at a CNN town hall. [More] Students and parents appealed to President Donald Trump to set politics aside and protect America's schoolchildren from the scourge of gun violence. [More] Florida again ranks fourth in nation for student success on Advanced Placement exams. [More] Orlando airport authority decided Wednesday to wait two months before pursuing efforts to replace TSA’s federal security screeners with private workers. [More] These are the Orlando Magic's main storylines to watch the rest of the season [More] Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored in the first extra round of the first shootout tiebreaker in Olympic women's hockey history to give the United States the gold medal with a 3-2 victory over Canada. [More] With Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban being fined $600,000 for tanking talk when is NBA going to fix its bogus regular season? Maybe this is why Pro Bowl outdraws NBA All-Star Game [More] UCF athletics saw record success on and off the field during the 2017 football season. The athletics department stands to make $1.5 million in revenue from the Peach Bowl. [More] Orlando Magic rookie forward Jonathan Isaac will play in a G-League game Friday night in Lakeland [More] The Morse Museum of Winter Park is the first museum outside of the St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Athenaeum to exhibit a legendary painting, "The Domes of the Yosemite." [More] Magic Kingdom attraction will temporarily close soon; changes to auction scene were announced last year [More] The 10th Annual Downtown Food & Wine Fest will be showcasing Orlando restaurants as well as a variety of wines at Lake Eola on Feb. 24 and 25. [More] Olympic commentators around the globe refer to the Olympic Athletes from Russia by the abbreviation OAR. It's just easier. [More] With Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown as host, 'Saturday Night Live' can spoof 'This Is Us' and 'Black Panther.' [More] | 
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