After weeks of deliberations, the task force assigned to figure out where to build the new Sandy Hook Elementary have finally concluded their search. They're going to demolish the old one and build the new school in the very same spot.
Adding further heartbreak to utter tragedy, the last mile of Monday's Boston Marathon, which was rocked by at least two explosions resulting in an unknown number of injuries and casualties Monday afternoon, was dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting massacre.
What would you call a person who spends days on end going from one senator's office to another to push for a piece of legislation? If he's paid it's one thing. If he's a family member of a crime victim, it apparently comes down to politics.
President Obama, tired and clearly emotional, made another pitch for Congress to act on new gun restrictions Monday evening in Connecticut. His task: to translate the fury and urgency of the boisterous crowd in front of him into action in DC.
The National Rifle Association, the ongoing lobbying interests of which primarily exist for the promotion of buying more guns under the auspices of "safety," has apparently concluded that the way to keep schools safe is to bring more guns on campus, with its $1 million task force suggesting Tuesday that the government change laws surrounding gun-free zones and make the NRA's estimated $6.6 billion pipe dream a reality.
Nine of the ten days with the most daily requested FBI background checks in history have occurred since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary — including the day of the tragedy itself. Newtown itself has seen gun permits more than double.
That's an average of 28 deaths per day, and it's probably a lot more than that.
In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, tributes flooded the community to the extent that the town is now "emotionally overtaxed" with donations and letters of grief, solidarity, and sorrow — not least of all because of a digital outpouring of emotion.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
As the nation continues to confront the concept of "good guys with guns" in schools, two types of guards are coming to elementary schools in Newtown, Connecticut.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
With the nation's largest seller of guns refusing to speak out on its pivotal and complex role in the retail reality of firearms, gun-control advocates are holding a rally Tuesday outside a Walmart just eight miles from Newtown.
At a meeting Friday the vice president offered a clean slate, but Congress and the NRA are calling, and gaming leaders have few defenses. Here's a look at the revenge of the nerds.
The local superintendent explained that students across town have not been going outside because of "anxiety."
After screaming to the Internet that former Rep. Gabby Giffords's visit to Newtown on Friday was some kind of an underhanded political move, Newtown's State Representative DebraLee Hovey is apologizing — and there are a couple big "if"s involved.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, herself a victim of a mass shooting, will attend a very small, closed meeting with families of Newtown victims in the town on Friday.
Stories of "excited" students, "good" attendance, and therapy dogs are emerging from the refurbished school where Sandy Hook Elementary students attended class Thursday for the first time since 20 of their fellow students and six adults who worked at the school were killed.
There's something about this Bushmaster AR-15: Both Adam Lanza and William Spangler, the two gunmen in the Newtown and Firefighter shootings, respectively, got their hands on the exact same make of semi-automatic, the .223 caliber rifle.
The holidays have been rough for the Newtown Police Department, which is why officers from across Connecticut joining forces, so that not a single Newtown officer has to work on Christmas Day.
The New York Post and the New York Daily News compete to out-do one another with splashy covers daily and, on some rare occasions, they both produce winners. This weekend is one of those times, because they both skewered yesterday's crazy NRA speech.
Now a week removed from the tragedy in Newtown, more funerals were held in honor of the victims today. Here we bring you some of the words and memories coming from those gatherings.
Today funeral services for two more children who died in the attack on Sandy Hook elementary were conducted. We're excerpting obituaries and remarks in celebration of their young lives.
With funerals for the young victims of the Newtown shooting beginning Monday, the first reports of the eulogies memorializing the Sandy Hook first-graders are emerging.
The latest ABC News-Washington Post poll finds a five-year high in Americans who want stricter gun laws. But how high is that, really?
In a mysterious, confusing case, there are so far very few surprises, but there are already lessons worth learning.
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