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Gunman kills 26 at Conn. school, commits suicide
A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as ...
School shooting postpones Cruise premiere in Pa.
The U.S. premiere of the Tom Cruise action movie "Jack Reacher" is being postponed following the deadly Connecticut school shooting.
Brother of Conn. gunman wrongly cited as shooter
Not long after Friday's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school, media outlets began reporting the gunman's identity as 24-year-old Ryan ...
Hundreds pack Conn. church for vigil after rampage
Twenty-six candles — one for each of the victims — flickered on the altar Friday as hundreds of grief-stricken residents gathered for a vigil in ...
OSU to review handling of sexual assault claims
The head of Oklahoma State University's governing board said Friday that the school will review its handling of claims made last month by at least ...
Connecticut school shooting revives gun debate
A lone police cruiser outside Columbine High School was the only outward reaction Friday to an even deadlier attack at a Connecticut elementary school
Correction: Moose Lodge-Abuse Lawsuit story
In a story Dec. 13 about an allegation of sexual abuse against the top official at the Loyal Order of Moose and Moose International fraternal ...
AP source: Suspect killed mother at their home
A law enforcement official says that the 20-year-old suspect in the Connecticut school shootings killed his mother at their home Friday and then drove ...
Uncle: Dad recalls crash that killed sons as blur
The uncle of two young brothers killed by a suspected drunk driver who was then fatally shot at the crash scene said Friday that the boys' father, who ...
Essay: Americans, united in horror for a moment
Now and then, thanks to the strange intimacy of technology, there are times in modern American lives when our most momentous and harrowing experiences ...
Family of slain Border Patrol agent sues officials
The family of a slain Border Patrol agent has sued federal officials over the botched "Fast and Furious" gun operation, claiming they should have ...
Tearful Obama calls for action after shooting
A tearful President Barack Obama said Friday he grieved first as a father about the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, declaring, "Our ...
Police say 1 officer fatally shot, 1 hurt in Tenn.
A Memphis police officer was fatally shot and another wounded during a shootout at a home Friday, authorities said. Officers with the organized crime ...
Some of the deadliest mass shootings around world
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 ...
AP critics pick the year's best movies
The top 10 films of 2012, according to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire: 1. "Argo" — Directing just his third feature, Ben Affleck has come up with a ...
Some of the deadliest school shootings in the US
A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. Here is a look at some other recent ...
Convicted Calif. killer admits to 2 NYC killings
A serial killer already sentenced to death in California admitted Friday to murdering two other young women in New York City in the 1970s.
Army sergeant sentenced to life in Colo. slaying
A weeping Army sergeant on Thursday apologized to the family of a female soldier he admitted killing, after a military panel convicted him of ...
Calif. judge says victims' body can prevent rape
A Southern California judge is being publicly admonished for saying a rape victim "didn't put up a fight" during her assault and that if someone ...
2 sought in killing of LA man near Central Park
Police on Thursday continued an aggressive manhunt for a gunman and a getaway driver who ambushed and killed a Los Angeles man in midtown Manhattan, ...
25 years in arson that killed 2 children
A sobbing mother was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for setting fire to her home and killing two of her children at Fort Campbell, in what ...
Man accused in Ore. mall shooting had 'weird look'
Before police say Jacob Tyler Roberts walked into a mall wearing a hockey-style mask, shooting numerous rounds that killed two and injured a teenage ...
Documents: Prisoner plotted to kill Justin Bieber
An imprisoned man whose infatuation with Justin Bieber included a tattoo of the pop star on his leg has told investigators in New Mexico he hatched ...
Man shoots himself inside Ala. federal courthouse
A worker who killed himself inside an Alabama federal courthouse Thursday went through an employee entrance to avoid a security check that could have ...
Wis. woman sentenced to life for fetal abduction
A Milwaukee woman who confessed to police that she tried to steal a baby by killing a pregnant woman and cutting out the full-term fetus was sentenced ...