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 ...

School yoga tries to avoid religious controversy
Public school yoga instructor Katie Campbell proudly looks out at 23 first graders as they contain their squirming in a kid-friendly version of the ...

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 ...

Pope 'deeply saddened' by senseless attack in US
Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square on Sunday that he is praying for the families of the 20 children and six adults who ...

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, ...
CT. shooter's relatives express 'heartfelt sorrow'
Relatives of a Connecticut woman fatally shot by her son before he killed 26 people at a school then killed himself say in a statement they share the ...

Hollywood responds to deadly Conn. school shooting
Hollywood has responded to the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school by pulling back on its offerings, and one star says the entertainment ...
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 ...

How to talk to your kids about Conn. mass shooting
The killings at a Connecticut elementary school left parents struggling to figure out what to tell their children. President Barack Obama said he and ...

As Conn. story unfolds, media struggle with facts
The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists' ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their ...
Okla. teen arrested in school shooting plot
Hours before a gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school, police in Oklahoma arrested a teenager for allegedly plotting to attack his high ...

No rise in mass killings, but their impact is huge
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 ...

Could shooting be a gun-control tipping point?
The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control? The ...
Correction: Conn School Shooting-Suspect story
In some versions of a story Dec. 14 and 15 about the suspect in a school shooting in Connecticut, The Associated Press erroneously reported a comment ...

Obama grieves: American hearts 'heavy with hurt'
Addressing a stunned nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday grieved for the children and teachers massacred in Newtown, Conn., declaring that ...