http://www.mail.com/people/16988-gabrielle-giffords.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/16988-gabrielle-giffords.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859342-phoenix-gunman-dead-apparent-suicide.html PHOENIX (AP) — A man who shot and killed a call-center CEO and critically wounded a lawyer at a Phoenix office building where they were meeting to discuss a contract dispute was found dead early Thursday, ending a nearly 24-hour manhunt that had area residents on edge. A landscaper found the body of Arthur Douglas Harmon among some bushes in the Phoenix s... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859342-phoenix-gunman-dead-apparent-suicide.html 2013-02-01T00:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858352-developments-us-debate-guns.html Developments Wednesday connected to the debate over gun violence and weapons control in the U.S.: GIFFORDS BEFORE CONGRESS Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from a Tucson shooting spree that killed six people, implored federal lawmakers at an emotional hearing to act quickly to curb firearms. "Too many children are dying," she said ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858352-developments-us-debate-guns.html 2013-01-31T06:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855650-giffords-pleads-gun-curbs-nra-fights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb firearms because "Americans are counting on you." Not everyone agreed, underscoring the national political divide over gun control. Giffords' 80-word plea was the day's most riveting moment, deli... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855650-giffords-pleads-gun-curbs-nra-fights.html 2013-01-30T22:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857058-with-halting-voice-giffords-speaks-guns.html WASHINGTON (AP) — She uttered just 80 halting words. But her presence was powerful. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head by a Tucson gunman in 2011, opened the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on gun violence in dramatic fashion Wednesday. "OK," she began, steeling herself before a packed yet hushed committee room. ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857058-with-halting-voice-giffords-speaks-guns.html 2013-01-30T20:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856496-husband-wounded-lawmaker-congress.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The husband of wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords says that while curbing gun violence is a complex problem, it is no excuse for inaction by lawmakers. Former astronaut Mark Kelly told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he and his wife, former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, are gun owners who suppo... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856496-husband-wounded-lawmaker-congress.html 2013-01-30T15:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856454-giffords-asks-congress-bold-gun-control-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords says Congress should be bold in writing new laws to address gun violence in America. Giffords was severely wounded in a 2011 shooting spree that killed six people during a forum in Tucson. She told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Americans are counting on lawmakers to address the problem. Speak... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856454-giffords-asks-congress-bold-gun-control-bill.html 2013-01-30T14:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856100-aide-gabrielle-giffords-to-testify-gun-hearing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate aide says wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be a surprise witness at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on how to curb gun violence. The former Arizona Democrat, who suffered a severe head wound in a 2011 shooting as she met with constituents outside a Tucson supermarket, is not expected to answer questions... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856100-aide-gabrielle-giffords-to-testify-gun-hearing.html 2013-01-30T12:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849306-leading-democrat-gun-control-faces-uphill-climb.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group. Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday introduced a bill that would prohibit 157 specific weapons and ammunition magazines that have more ... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849306-leading-democrat-gun-control-faces-uphill-climb.html 2013-01-27T17:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1813268-delay-plea-holmes-disturbs-victims-families.html CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A stunned silence settled over a courtroom Friday after the father of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings loudly cursed defendant James Holmes, prompting a sympathetic but firm warning from a judge. Steve Hernandez, whose 32-year-old daughter Rebecca Wingo was among the dead, shouted, "Rot in hell, Holmes!" moments af... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1813268-delay-plea-holmes-disturbs-victims-families.html 2013-01-11T22:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814828-conn-shooting-families-balancing-grief-advocacy.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — If and when they choose to speak out, few will have more powerful voices in the national gun-control debate than the families of the Newtown shooting victims. Since their loved ones were killed in last month's elementary school massacre, the families have met with former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and many have been in touch with... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814828-conn-shooting-families-balancing-grief-advocacy.html 2013-01-11T21:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808204-biden-pledges-urgent-obama-action-gun-control.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could "take thousands of people out of harm's way" and improve the safety of millions more. But a day ahead of a meeting with the National Rifle Association, which has sunk past gun control effor... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808204-biden-pledges-urgent-obama-action-gun-control.html 2013-01-09T23:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808222-gun-events-divide-2-years-ariz-shooting.html TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Two dueling gun events played out in the hometown of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on the second anniversary of her shooting, illustrating the sharp divide between gun reform advocates and Second Amendment stalwarts. Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik staged a gun buyback Tuesday in the parking lot of the Police Department, o... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808222-gun-events-divide-2-years-ariz-shooting.html 2013-01-09T17:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807450-officials-talk-guns-hold-buybacks-shootings.html The national gun debate swelled Tuesday as Arizona and the country commemorated the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., two years ago that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords injured — an anniversary that came on the heels of the mass killing at a Connecticut elementary school. Here's how some state and local leaders are taking action: __ AR... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807450-officials-talk-guns-hold-buybacks-shootings.html 2013-01-09T05:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805922-giffords-kelly-launch-gun-control-lobbying-effort.html TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tuesday was not just a day for Tucson to remember the victims of the deadly shooting that severely injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. It was also a day when residents could see firsthand the nation's gun debate play out in a busy parking lot outside a city police station. On one side was a councilman who supports gun control l... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805922-giffords-kelly-launch-gun-control-lobbying-effort.html 2013-01-09T02:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1806028-white-house-tries-to-momentum-gun-control.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than a month after a horrific elementary school shooting, the White House is fighting to keep the momentum for new gun legislation amid signs it's losing ground in Congress to other pressing issues. Vice President Joe Biden has invited the National Rifle Association and other gun-owner groups for talks at the White House on Thursday... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1806028-white-house-tries-to-momentum-gun-control.html 2013-01-08T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1802814-giffords-interview-to-air-shooting-anniversary.html TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A TV interview with former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband will air on the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six and wounded Giffords and 12 others. ABC says Giffords and retired astronaut Mark Kelly will speak during the interview about a new initiative they're launching. The network didn't... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1802814-giffords-interview-to-air-shooting-anniversary.html 2013-01-06T19:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1802632-hearing-mini-trial-theater-shootings.html CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in the Colorado movie theater killings returns to court this week for a hearing that might be the closest thing to a trial the victims and their families will get to see. James Holmes, a former neuroscience graduate student, is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 by opening fire in a darkened theater in the ... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1802632-hearing-mini-trial-theater-shootings.html 2013-01-06T17:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800342-wounded-ex-rep-giffords-meets-with-conn-families.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Just days before the second anniversary of a mass shooting that critically injured Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman was in Newtown meeting privately with families of those killed during last month's massacre at an elementary school. Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, was accompanied Friday by her husband, retired astronau... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800342-wounded-ex-rep-giffords-meets-with-conn-families.html 2013-01-05T07:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799062-school-offers-fresh-start-sandy-hook-kids.html MONROE, Conn. (AP) — 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 a lot longer than normal, until he said, 'Mommy, please,'" she said. "And then he got on the bus, and he was OK." It was 7-year-old William's first day of school since last month's mass... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799062-school-offers-fresh-start-sandy-hook-kids.html 2013-01-04T07:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781002-nra-calls-armed-police-officer-school.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Guns and police officers in all American schools are what's needed to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings," the National Rifle Association declared Friday, taking a no-retreat stance in the face of growing calls for gun control after the Connecticut shootings that claimed the lives of 26 children and school staff. "The only thing ... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781002-nra-calls-armed-police-officer-school.html 2012-12-21T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778488-gun-laws-difficulty-stemming-violent-acts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect. The ban, which existed for 10 years until 2004, would have made it illegal for the young gunman in Connecticut to buy the type of 30-round magazines that allowed him to ... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778488-gun-laws-difficulty-stemming-violent-acts.html 2012-12-20T15:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1770854-students-prepare-nervous-return-to-classes.html MIAMI (AP) — 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, despite a horrific shooting in New England that killed 20 students very close to their own age. "Our school is the same as it was when you left," she told them. "It's going to be fine." Kornfeld a... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1770854-students-prepare-nervous-return-to-classes.html 2012-12-17T01:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770318-schools-us-increase-security-massacre.html MIAMI (AP) — Jessica Kornfeld sat down with her son and daughter after school on Friday and shared with them the unthinkable, horrific news out of Connecticut: Someone had stormed into an elementary school and killed children nearly their same age. "They're just babies," her 10-year-old son said. "What could they have done?" Kornfeld assured him the victi... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770318-schools-us-increase-security-massacre.html 2012-12-17T00:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1768738-rise-mass-killings-their-impact-huge.html A gold plaque hangs next to a bullet hole in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a lone gunman killed six worshippers and injured three others last August. It is engraved with the words, "We Are One." "It frames the wound," says Pardeep Kaleka, son of former temple president Satwant Singh Kaleka, who died in the massacre. "The wound of our community... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1768738-rise-mass-killings-their-impact-huge.html 2012-12-15T18:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1768376-shooting-gun-control-tipping-point.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control? The answer, after the Virginia Tech killings, the attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords, the Colorado movie-theater attack, the Wisconsin Sikh temple shootings, and more: No. But now? The massa... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1768376-shooting-gun-control-tipping-point.html 2012-12-15T17:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1767570-connecticut-school-shooting-revives-gun-debate.html LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A lone police cruiser outside Columbine High School was the only outward reaction Friday to an even deadlier attack at a Connecticut elementary school. But in a state that was rocked by the 1999 Columbine school massacre and the Aurora movie theater shooting less than six months ago, Friday's shootings renewed debate over why mass ... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1767570-connecticut-school-shooting-revives-gun-debate.html 2012-12-15T00:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1767204-deadliest-mass-shootings-world.html A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others: — July 20, 2012: Twelve people are killed when a gunman enters an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, releases a canister of gas and then opens fire during opening night of the... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1767204-deadliest-mass-shootings-world.html 2012-12-14T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," seems lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of science and engineering experts said in a stinging report Wednesday. The one place the White House wants to send astronauts — an asteroid — doesn't seem to be getting the engines firing at... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html 2012-12-05T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745354-astronaut-braces-unprecedented-year-space.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is already bracing for an unprecedented one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. He figures it will be as grueling as climbing Mount Everest. "It's fun when you're done with it, not while you're doing it," Kelly said Wednesday, barely a week after being named to the marathon flight alo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745354-astronaut-braces-unprecedented-year-space.html 2012-12-05T18:18:00Z