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Conn. town residents urge stricter gun control
One after another, Newtown residents stepped to the microphone and urged Connecticut lawmakers to stop another tragedy like the deadly shooting at ...
Newtown parents urge enforcement of gun laws
Parents of children killed in the Newtown school shooting called for better enforcement of gun laws and tougher penalties for violators Monday at a ...
What's an assault weapon, anyway? A gun glossary
Even Americans who have never touched a gun are probably familiar with the looks and names of a few — the military M16, the action-movie's Uzi, the ...
Conn. panel begins task of responding to Newtown
A panel charged by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy with recommending a broad range of state policy changes after the deadly Newtown school shooting ...
Support steady in upstate NY home of Remington
Not everyone here works at the Remington factory, but everyone knows someone who does. The big brick complex looms above the rooftops of the modest ...
AP-GfK poll: 6 in 10 favor stricter gun laws
Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a ...
Newtown mom dreams about son, urges gun law reform
In one dream, 6-year-old Noah brushes his teeth at the sink, his dark hair wet. He looks directly at his mother and says, "Mommy, I'm having fun." In ...
Newtown shooting survivors record song for charity
Children who survived last month's shooting rampage at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School have recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" to ...
Conn. group starts anti-violence effort
Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies as New York moved to ...
Conn. group launches anti-violence initiative
Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as ...
Town renames Conn. school for slain teacher
Officials of a town near Newtown, Conn., are renaming a local school for a resident killed in the massacre there and hailed as a hero.
Newtown weighs fate of Conn. school where 26 died
Newtown residents are divided on what to do with the school building where 26 people were killed, with some favoring demolition and construction of ...
Massacre-hardened Colorado a gun control test case
After the annual late-summer harvest on his farm in the eastern reaches of Colorado, Greg Brophy has a few friends over, breaks out the handguns and ...
Conn. moves cautiously on guns in Newtown's wake
A month after the Newtown school tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is moving cautiously on gun control in Connecticut, a relatively liberal Northeastern ...
Fewer gun buyers seen in US mass shooting states
People who lived in the two states that saw the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012 were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the ...
Fewer excited gun-buyers in Colo. and Conn.
In Connecticut and Colorado, scenes of the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012, people were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of ...
Colombia firm makes armored clothes for kids
A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is now creating armored clothing for children. Factory owner Miguel Caballero said he never thought ...
School offers fresh start for Sandy Hook kids
Sarah Caron made her son his favorite pancakes for breakfast and walked the second-grader to the top of the driveway for the school bus. "I hugged him ...
School starts at new building for Sandy Hook kids
For her son's first day of school since last month's massacre at his Sandy Hook Elementary, Sarah Caron tried to make Thursday as normal as possible.
On school tour, Newtown parents thank teachers
On a tour Wednesday of his daughter's new school, Vinny Alvarez took a moment to thank her third-grade teacher, who protected the class from a ...
Final resting place of Newtown gunman a mystery
The body of the man who massacred 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school was claimed by his father, a family spokesman said Monday, but the ...
Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013
Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his "full ...
Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers
Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick ...