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WATCH: Students participate in school walkouts nationwide

By Ginger Whitaker

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WASHINGTON – Students across the country participated in walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence.

Hundreds marched to the Capitol, and had gathered earlier in Lafayette Park for 17 minutes of silence in honor of those killed at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month. More than 28 D.C.-area schools are participating in Wednesday’s walkouts.

Watch a livestream of protests from around the country, and related events, below.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The time has come for country music superstar Alan Jackson to hang up his signature Stetson hat. The genre traditionalist from Newnan, Georgia, whose career kicked off in the 1980s and exploded shortly thereafter in the oft-cited '90s country wave with heartfelt songs for the working man who'd rather be drinking, or fishing, or ideally both, has sold over 60 million records across his storied career. And on Saturday night at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, he brought his touring career to an end. The event titled “Last Call: One More for the Road — The Finale" was a triumphant swan song for the performer, a celebration of his life and career with some help from the artists he directly inspired. Nashville's all-stars came out in droves
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