
School gunman went to Conn. univ. when he was 16
The gunman who killed 26 children and adults in an elementary school took college classes when he was only 16, a spokesman for Western Connecticut ...

Gunman's mother kept trials of home life hidden
At the bar, everybody knew her name. Nancy Lanza was the one who, if she heard you were short on cash, regularly offered to pick up the tab at My ...

Obama signals action following school shooting
President Barack Obama is vowing to use "whatever power this office holds" to safeguard the nation's children, raising the prospect that he will ...

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the Connecticut shooting
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in ...

Conn. gunman had hundreds of rounds of ammunition
The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition — enough to kill just ...

Moments of silence around NFL for shooting victims
The New England Patriots silenced their "End Zone Militia" on Sunday night, taking the muskets away from the Revolutionary War re-enactors who fire ...

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help
He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, ...

Funerals set for victims of Conn. school rampage
The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association has announced that funerals have been scheduled for seven of the Connecticut school shooting victims.

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons
Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national ...
Students prepare for nervous return to classes
Jessica Kornfeld drove her children to their elementary school this past weekend. She wanted them to feel reassured that it was still a safe place, ...
Rifle in Conn. massacre similar to DC sniper
Weapons used by Connecticut gunman Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six school workers Friday after killing his mother at their home.

Questions of 'Why' and 'How' fill pews in CT town
Six-year-old Jennifer Waters came to Mass on Sunday at Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church with a lot of questions. "The little children, are ...

Staffers hailed as heroes after Conn. shooting
A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through ...

At worship, grieving seek answers to massacre
Congregations are flocking to houses of worship to try to make sense of the Connecticut school massacre that claimed the lives of 20 children and six ...

'Always smiling': Portraits of Conn. victims
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in ...

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.

Obama will travel Sunday to Newtown, Conn.
President Barack Obama will attend an interfaith memorial service Sunday in Newtown, Conn., the site of Friday's deadly elementary school shooting.

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 ...

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 ...

Conn. gunman broke in, shot kids multiple times
The gunman behind the Connecticut elementary school massacre stormed into the building and shot 20 children at least twice with a high-powered rifle, ...
Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence
While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection ...

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 ...

Athletes shaken by Connecticut shooting
When the Miami Heat players and coaches showed up for work Saturday morning, basketball was secondary. Newtown was the focus. Friday's massacre at an ...