Newtown School Massacre
Newtown School Massacre
Newtown, Conn. mourns the victims killed in one of the deadliest school shootings.
Obama addresses a grieving community
On Sunday night, President Obama addressed a crowd of grieving community members in Newtown, Conn., just three days after a mass shooting in the town's elementary school that left 20 children and six adults dead.
National Cathedral, bishop advocate gun control
The Episcopal bishop of Washington and the dean of the Washington National Cathedral are calling for stricter gun control in their Sunday sermons.
Obama expected to speak at Conn. memorial service tonight
President Barack Obama has arrived in Newtown, Conn., to console families, thank first responders and speak at a vigil in memory of the 26 teachers and schoolchildren killed during a shooting spree at an elementary school Friday.
National Cathedral sermon rallies behind gun control
Calling the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School "the last straw," Rev. Canon Gary Hall used his sermon Sunday to appeal to the faith community to rally behind gun control efforts.
New evidence hints at deadlier plan in Conn. massacre
The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage shot his mother four times in the head before going to the school and gunning down 26, authorities said Sunday as details emerged suggesting that Adam Lanza had planned an even more gruesome massacre but was stopped short.
Bomb threat evacuates Conn. church near Sandy Hook
Worshippers hurriedly left a church Sunday, saying they were told there was a bomb threat not far from the elementary school where 20 kids and six adults were massacred.
Maryland police, schools train for shooting scenarios
Police in Prince George's and Montgomery counties say residents will likely spot more police cars around schools, but urge locals not to be alarmed.
A list of victims of the Conn. school massacre
Names and ages of the 26 people gunned down at a Connecticut elementary school Friday in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history:
School adviser: Gunman a loner who felt no pain
At Newtown High School, Adam Lanza had trouble relating to fellow students and teachers, but that was only part of his problem. He seemed not to feel physical or psychological pain in the same way as classmates.
Conn. dad recalls loving, creative 6-year-old
Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, the father of a 6-year-old gunned down in the school shooting in Connecticut told the world Saturday about a little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling, and he also reserved surprising words of sympathy for the gunman.
Schools can do better job in securing campuses
Patrick Fiel, former executive director of school security for D.C. Public Schools
There are always red flags, Lanza didn't snap
Clint Van Zandt, former FBI profiler
Routine morning, then shots and unthinkable terror
Inside the four-bedroom colonial set on a small rise, Nancy Lanza was already dead. But it was early yet, and it would be hours before her body was found _ time enough for her son to unleash a slaughter.
Conn. gov: Love pours in after school shooting
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the "innocent little boys and girls" killed by a gunman at their school were "taken from their families far too soon."
Gunman's father speaks of sympathy, heartbreak
The father of the gunman in the Connecticut school rampage says his family is saddened and struggling to make sense of what happened.
Father of Conn. school gunman: We too ask why
Peter Lanza, the father of 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who shot to death his mother in their home and then slaughtered 26 people in an elementary school before killing himself, issued the following statement Saturday:
Families of Va. Tech victims offer condolences
The families of the victims of the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech are offering their condolences to those affected by the Connecticut elementary school shooting.
More than 400 guns collected at Baltimore event
Baltimore City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young says more than 400 city residents got rid of firearms during a gun buyback event held in the wake of Friday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.
Virginia Tech student's mom prays for CT victims
A central Florida woman whose son was injured in the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech says the deaths of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut school are heartbreaking.
Names of victims in Conn. school rampage released
Authorities have released the names of the 26 people gunned down in a rampage at a Connecticut elementary school.
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