Liberian schoolchildren send condolences to Conn.
Schoolchildren in the West African nation of Liberia are sending their condolences to the victims of the Connecticut school shooting that left 20 ...

School shooting compels entertainment changes
The Connecticut school shooting rampage compelled Hollywood to air disclaimers before violent television shows, swap some programs for others, cancel ...

Around world, massacres have spurred gun control
If there's anywhere that understands the pain of Newtown, it's Dunblane, the town whose grief became a catalyst for changes to Britain's gun laws.

AP PHOTOS: Images from a town in mourning
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims massacred in their first-grade classrooms. Others made their life's work sheltering ...

After Newtown, indulgences from grateful parents
There's snow on the ground in Londonderry, N.H., nearly 200 miles to the north of the still-raw slaughter at a Connecticut elementary school, and dad ...

What we know about the Connecticut school shooting
Key facts related to the Connecticut elementary school shooting: THE INVESTIGATION: Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of ...

After shooting, neighbor took in 6 young survivors
Gene Rosen heard the staccato sound of gunfire near his home Friday morning, but dismissed it as a hunter in the nearby woods. Then, 15 minutes later, ...

2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut
Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys — one ...

Newtown victim's mom delivers moving remembrance
The mother and uncle of 6-year-old Noah Pozner delivered messages at his funeral reflecting on the life of the little boy killed in Friday's school ...
Deciding fate of massacre site can help healing
As Newtown, Conn., grieves the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, victims' families and residents will eventually have to decide ...

Students nervously return to school after shooting
Victoria Millon bowed her head during a moment of silence at her Miami elementary school on Monday and thought about the 20 children nearly her age ...

Gun control gets unlikely backers on Capitol Hill
Prominent gun-rights advocates in Congress are now calling for a national discussion about restrictions to curb gun violence, signaling that the ...
Mediator: Mom didn't like to leave gunman alone
The mother of Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza told a divorce mediator in 2009 that she didn't like to leave him alone and that she would care ...
Police: Man held after LA schools threatened
A man was arrested and nine guns, including rifles, were seized after Los Angeles elementary schools were threatened in one of several disturbing ...

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 ...

Gun control debate begins to simmer after massacre
Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.
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, ...
Schools around US increase security after massacre
Jessica Kornfeld sat down with her son and daughter after school on Friday and shared with them the unthinkable, horrific news out of Connecticut: ...
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.