Tag Archives: Connecticut Shooting

  • News / Sports Pat Kelsey gives emotional comments on the Newtown, Conn. tragedy following Winthrop's loss to Ohio State on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.

    Winthrop coach’s emotional comments on Newtown tragedy [Video]

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Tuesday night, first-year Winthrop University Men’s Basketball Coach Pat Kelsey delivered an emotional message concerning the…

  • News Adam Lanza's mother, Nancy Lanza. (Photo credit: Phil Simpson)

    Adam Lanza’s mom struggled to raise him, relative says

    NEWTOWN, Connecticut (CNN) — Nancy Lanza was raising a quiet, socially awkward young man, the kind of teenager who, a…

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    Dick’s suspends sale of certain semi-automatic rifles

    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — One Winston-Salem pawn shop owner, whose gun sales are up in recent days, is surprised that megastore…

  • News On Friday, Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother Nancy Lanza in her 36 Yogalanda St. residence in Newtown and proceeded to kill 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School before killing himself, police say. (Laura Dolan/CNN)

    School resumes for students haunted by Newtown tragedy

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (CNN) — With memories of last week’s school massacre still hauntingly fresh, most students in Newtown will return…

  • News Connecticut State Police responded to reports of a shooting at a Newtown elementary school Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in southwestern Connecticut, according to police spokesman.

    Before school shooting, Newtown reported only 1 homicide in almost a decade

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (CNN) — Nearly three decades ago, a woman disappeared from the Connecticut town of Newtown, leaving behind a…

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    Photos: Angels stand in tribute to school shooting victims

    NEWTOWN, Conn. — 27 wooden angels were placed on a hillside in Newtown, Connecticut, to stand in tribute to the…

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    Newtown school teachers: Heroes in the face of death

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (CNN) — Facing down a gunman, placing yourself in the path of flying bullets, forfeiting your life to…

  • News Newtown, Connecticut school shooting memorial

    First funerals for school shooting victims to be held today

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (CNN) — At a time when Newtown should be reveling in holiday cheer, the grief-stricken community will begin…

  • News School shooting timeline package

    Video: Timeline details Newtown school shooting

    HARTFORD, Conn. — In this video timeline, The Hartford Courant’s Edmund Mahony takes us through the tragic events of Friday….

  • News Sandy Hook Elementary School memorial

    Children at Sandy Hook Elementary will be moved elsewhere

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — There are no classes today at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., and officials aren’t sure…

  • News FILE - In this March 7, 2012 file photo, gun owners and supporters participate in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day rally at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The next big issue in the national debate over guns _ whether people have a right to be armed in public _ is moving closer to Supreme Court review. A provocative ruling by a panel of federal appeals court judges in Chicago struck down the only statewide ban on carrying concealed weapons, in Illinois. The ruling is somewhat at odds with those of other federal courts that have largely upheld state and local gun laws, including restrictions on concealed weapons, since the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling declaring that people have a right to have a gun for self-defense. (Photo: Seth Perlman / AP)

    Supreme Court fight over right to carry a gun looms

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The next big issue in the national debate over guns — whether people have a right to…

  • News Connecticut State Police responded to reports of a shooting at a Newtown elementary school Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in southwestern Connecticut, according to police spokesman.

    Adam Lanza: Gunman kills 26 at Conn. school, commits suicide

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary…