Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Vote on Sandy Hook Future Could Come Today
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) _ Newtown officials will be continuing a debate on what to do with the school where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December. A task force of 28 town elected […]
No Decision on Sandy Hook School Site
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) _ Newtown officials struggled Friday night to move toward a decision on what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot […]
Congressional Medal Of Honor Society To Honor Sandy Hook Educators
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society plans to honor the six educators killed in the December massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut with its highest civilian award.
Slain Newtown Principal’s Daughter Speaks Out in NH
WARREN, N.H. (AP) _ A woman whose mother was killed in last year’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn., confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte Tuesday during the senator’s first public appearance in New Hampshire since voting against […]
Medical Examiner Employee Fired for Showing Lanza’s Body
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Connecticut medical examiner’s office employee accused of letting her husband see the body of the Newtown school shooter has been fired. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver, in a […]
Senate Rejects Sandy Hook-inspired Gun Control Effort
A visibly infuriated President Barack Obama surrounded himself with tear-stained parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Wednesday after the Senate voted down a measure designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and declared it a “pretty shameful day for Washington.”
DEEP Officers Who Helped At Sandy Hook Among Those To Be Honored
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut officials will be honoring the good work of state environmental conservation police officers. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has scheduled an awards ceremony for 6 p.m. at the […]
First Lawsuit Moving Forward Against Assault Weapon, Magazine Restrictions
In what could the the first legal challenge to the state’s expanded assault weapons ban, and the ban on large capacity ammunition magazines, a New London man is suing the state, seeking to overturn the new law.
Murphy Addresses Guns In Maiden Senate Floor Speech
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is dedicating his first speech from the Senate floor to support measures to curb gun violence. The Democrat told stories of some the children killed at Sandy […]
Showdown Senate Gun Control Vote Thursday
The Senate’s top Democrat is setting Congress’ first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama’s gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.
