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Newtown, Conn., officials request halt to gifts
Officials in Newtown, Conn., are asking people to stop sending gifts to the grief-stricken community following the deadly school shooting, saying ...
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 ...
GOP shows signs of bending after election defeat
For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive ...
US gun support runs far deeper than politics
Adam Lanza's mother was among the tens of millions of U.S. gun owners. She legally had a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle and a pair of handguns, which ...
Some in Conn. town couple activism with mourning
People sharing in Newtown's mourning have brought handmade snowflakes and cards to the town, as residents prepare to observe Christmas less than two ...
Young children are often victims of gunfire in US
Before 20 first-graders were massacred at school by a gunman in Newtown, Conn., first-grader Luke Schuster, 6, was shot to death in New Town, N.D.
Student food banks fight hunger on campus
University of Missouri junior Simone McGautha works three campus jobs and has accumulated $11,000 in student loans as she seeks to become the first ...
Egypt ex-jihadi group: opposition used violence
The leader of a former jihadist group who is now a member of Egyptian parliament accused the largely secular opposition on Monday of using violence ...
Israel rejects US gun lobby claims on its security
Israel's policy on issuing guns is restrictive, and armed guards at its schools are meant to stop terrorists, not crazed or disgruntled gunmen, ...
AP PHOTOS: Remembering the Conn. shooting victims
The victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre have been laid to rest more than a week after the shootings. As the families and community grieve, they ...
Heroic actions bring change in tone on teachers
Hung on a building in the Connecticut town where 20 children and six adults were killed at an elementary school is a spray-painted sign with four ...
Lawmakers look to restrict gun magazine capacity
Lawmakers from both parties voiced their willingness Sunday to pursue some changes to the nation's gun laws, but adamant opposition from the National ...
Mom: Okla. teen didn't seriously plan violence
An Oklahoma teen accused of plotting to attack his high school showed symptoms of possible mental illnesses and had been seeing a therapist, but did ...
What now in Newtown? Seize the change, healers say
The grief will not end. Yet the healing must begin. So as the shock of Newtown's horrific school shooting starts to wear off, as the headlines fade ...
Ex-Sandy Hook teacher: Lanza was sweet little boy
A former teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School says she remembers the gunman who killed 26 people at the school as a smart, sweet boy in her ...
In joyless season, Newtown faces Christmas
Bells and lights and gifts: These have always shown us it's Christmastime. But this year, in this town, the bells toll in mourning. The brightest ...
Conn. town in mourning inundated with gifts, money
Newtown's children were showered with gifts Saturday — tens of thousands of teddy bears, Barbie dolls, soccer balls and board games — and those are ...
Urban advocates say new gun control talk overdue
For years, voices have cried in the urban wilderness: We need to talk about gun control. Yet the guns blazed on. It took a small-town slaughter for ...
Predicting who's at risk for violence isn't easy
It happened after Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and now Sandy Hook: People figure there surely were signs of impending violence.
Parents hesitant about NRA armed schools proposal
The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for the placement of an armed police officer in every school, but parents and educators questioned ...
NY man: Online shooter game players cease fire
The New York founder of a video game website says he believes tens of thousands of players of online shooter games are participating in a 24-hour ...
A week after school massacre, new details emerge
As the nation paused for the one-week anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam ...