The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."
The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked an administration team to offer "concrete proposals" on curbing gun violence no later than January, in an urgent effort to build on the
President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked an administration team to offer "concrete proposals" on curbing gun violence no later than January, in an urgent effort to build on the growing political consensus over gun restrictions following last week's massacre of children at a Connecticut school.
The gunman who slaughtered 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school may have snapped because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility.
The gunman who slaughtered 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school may have snapped because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility, according to a lifelong resident of the area who was familiar with the killer's family and several of the victims' families.
Pick a public elementary school somewhere in the continental United States and draw a half-mile circle around it. The odds are reasonable that you'll encounter some combination
Pick a public elementary school somewhere in the continental United States and draw a half-mile circle around it.
After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday
After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday and promised "to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."
At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner.
At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner.
The head of the Roman Catholic church in Boston is set to celebrate a special mass for the unborn child and discuss the massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school.
The head of the Roman Catholic church in Boston is set to celebrate a special mass for the unborn child and discuss the massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school.
A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children.
NEWTOWN, Conn. - A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children.
Parents across the nation had to sit down with their children on Friday afternoon and explain a deadly mass shooting inside a Connecticut elementary school.
Parents across the nation had to sit down with their children on Friday afternoon and explain a deadly mass shooting inside a Connecticut elementary school.
House Speaker John Boehner has ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol lowered because of the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school that claimed 26 victims, including 18 children.
House Speaker John Boehner has ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol lowered because of the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school that claimed 26 victims, including 18 children.
Text of President Barack Obama's address to the nation after Friday's mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, as provided by CQ Transcriptions.
Text of President Barack Obama's address to the nation after Friday's mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, as provided by CQ Transcriptions.
President Barack Obama spoke to Connecticut's governor Friday and expressed condolences to those who lost loved ones in the elementary school shooting, the White House said.
President Barack Obama spoke to Connecticut's governor Friday and expressed condolences to those who lost loved ones in the elementary school shooting, the White House said.
Officials in Newtown, Conn., officials say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December.
Officials in Newtown, Conn., officials say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December.
An arsenal of weapons including guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a bayonet and several swords was found in the home and car of the gunman who carried out the Newtown school shooting.
An arsenal of weapons including guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a bayonet and several swords was found in the home and car of the gunman who carried out the Newtown school shooting, according to search warrants released Thursday.
A group of Boston residents with ties to Newtown, Conn., will hold a fundraiser to help bring a children's museum in the town where a gunman shot and killed 26 elementary school children.
A group of Boston residents with ties to Newtown, Conn., will hold a fundraiser to help bring a children's museum in the town where a gunman shot and killed 26 elementary school children.
The chorus from Sandy Hook Elementary School will sing "America the Beautiful" before Sunday's Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens.
The chorus from Sandy Hook Elementary School will sing "America the Beautiful" before Sunday's Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens.
A worker at the Office of Connecticut's Chief Medical Examiner is on paid leave after an incident involving the unauthorized viewing of the body belonging to the gunman in the Sandy Hook shooting.
A worker at the Office of Connecticut's Chief Medical Examiner is on paid leave after an incident involving the unauthorized viewing of the body belonging to the gunman in the Sandy Hook shooting.
The children who escaped last month's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown were welcomed Wednesday to a school in a neighboring town that was overhauled specially for them.
The children who escaped last month's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown were welcomed Wednesday to a school in a neighboring town that was overhauled specially for them.
Newtown observed Christmas amid snow-covered teddy bears, stockings, flowers and candles left in memorial to the 20 children and six educators gunned down at the Sandy Hook School.
Newtown observed Christmas amid snow-covered teddy bears, stockings, flowers and candles left in memorial to the 20 children and six educators gunned down at the Sandy Hook School.
U.S. Sen. Brown, who opposed a federal assault weapons ban during his failed re-election campaign, now says he supports the ban in light of the shooting deaths of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school last week.
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, who opposed a federal assault weapons ban during his failed re-election campaign, now says he supports the ban in light of the shooting deaths of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school last week, which he called beyond comprehension.
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - FOX 25's Mark Ockerbloom talks with retired U.S. Secret Service Agent Paul Kelly about how schools and teachers can become more proactive in developing safety plans.
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - FOX 25's Mark Ockerbloom talks with retired U.S. Secret Service Agent Paul Kelly about how schools and teachers can become more proactive in developing safety plans.
A grief-stricken Newtown began laying to rest the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting with two 6-year-old boys — one of them a big New York Giants fan, the other
A grief-stricken Newtown began laying to rest the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting with two 6-year-old boys — one of them a big New York Giants fan, the other described as a whip-smart youngster whose twin sister survived the rampage.
BOSTON (AP) - A Boston man was convicted Monday of killing four people, including a 2-year-old boy in his mother's arms, during a drug-related robbery that shocked the city two years ago.
BOSTON (AP) - A Boston man was convicted Monday of killing four people, including a 2-year-old boy in his mother's arms, during a drug-related robbery that shocked the city two years ago.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Many people are getting their first introduction to Newtown, Conn. through the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occurred on Friday.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Many people are getting their first introduction to Newtown, Conn. through the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occurred on Friday.
Lily Rosell anxiously weighed whether to take her 7-year-old daughter to school Monday morning, the first day of classes since the Connecticut elementary school massacre that left
Lily Rosell anxiously weighed whether to take her 7-year-old daughter to school Monday morning, the first day of classes since the Connecticut elementary school massacre that left 20 boys and girls around her child's age dead.
When the parents of Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza divorced, the settlement left his mother with a comfortable income and the comfort of knowing that the boy in her care
When the parents of Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza divorced, the settlement left his mother with a comfortable income and the comfort of knowing that the boy in her care would have his education paid for and his medical insurance covered.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – It's tough not to get emotional when thinking about the innocent lives lost during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occurred in Newtown, Conn. on Friday.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – It's tough not to get emotional when thinking about the innocent lives lost during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occurred in Newtown, Conn. on Friday.
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A mournful President Barack Obama said Sunday that the nation is failing to keep its children safe, pledging that change must come after an elementary-school massacre left 20 children dead.
A mournful President Barack Obama said Sunday that the nation is failing to keep its children safe, pledging that change must come after an elementary-school massacre left 20 children dead.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Police say there's no danger at a Connecticut church following a phoned-in threat days after 20 children and six adults were massacred at a school.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Police say there's no danger at a Connecticut church following a phoned-in threat days after 20 children and six adults were massacred at a school.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, it was another sorrowful visit to another grieving community full of broken hearts from unimaginable violence.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, it was another sorrowful visit to another grieving community full of broken hearts from unimaginable violence.
The gunman in the Conn. shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially ammunition, enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, authorities said Sunday.
The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition — enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, authorities said Sunday, raising the specter that the bloodbath could have been far worse.
Two players who wear No. 26 joined hands with the coaches of the St. Louis Rams and Minnesota Vikings in tribute to the victims of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and New York Giants' players wore decals.
Two players who wear No. 26 joined hands with the coaches of the St. Louis Rams and Minnesota Vikings in tribute to the victims of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and New York Giants' players wore decals with the initials of Sandy Hook Elementary School.
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says the Connecticut school shootings are "a tragedy of almost Biblical proportion," and is calling for tighter gun control and better care for the mentally ill.
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says the Connecticut school shootings are "a tragedy of almost Biblical proportion," and is calling for tighter gun control and better care for the mentally ill.
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 the halls warning of danger.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — 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 the halls warning of danger. A clerk who led 18 children on their hands and knees to safety, then gave them paper and crayons to keep them calm and quiet.
While white-steepled churches and President Barack Obama prepared to comfort a grieving town Sunday, federal agents planned to fan out to dozens of gun stores and shooting ranges across Connecticut.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — While white-steepled churches and President Barack Obama prepared to comfort a grieving town Sunday, federal agents planned to fan out to dozens of gun stores and shooting ranges across Connecticut, chasing leads they hoped would cast light on the life of school shooter Adam Lanza.
A teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School recounted the steps she took to protect her classroom after a 20-year-old gunman forced his way into the school.
A teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School recounted the steps she took to protect her classroom after a 20-year-old gunman forced his way into the school.
