Gun Control Debate Heats Up
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre, gun control advocates, religious leaders and gun sellers reignite the decades-old debate on gun control.
View ArticleScholarship Honors Young Teacher Who Tried to Save Students
In the eyes of the nation, Victoria Leigh Soto will be remembered as a selfless young teacher who acted as a hero on Friday, Dec. 14, dying protecting her first students as a gunman went through Sandy...
View ArticleSandy Hook: Coping With the Tragedy
A man holds a child while paying respects to shooting victims at a makeshift memorial outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. On Friday, a gunman...
View ArticlePost Office Sets Up P.O. Box for Sandy Hook Condolence Letters
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday has broken hearts around the globe and the U.S. Postal Service has established a unique Post Office Box for people to send letters of...
View ArticleDylan Hockley: Had Beaming Smile
Dylan Hockley and his family moved to Newtown from England two years ago. In a statement released Monday, the family said they do not regret coming to the town and are grateful to everyone who has...
View ArticleGovernor Calls for Moment of Silence
Gov. Dannel Malloy is asking the people of Connecticut to observe a moment of silence on Friday, Dec. 21, at 9:30 a.m., one week after the shooting that took the lives of 20 students and six adults at...
View ArticleI-84 Closed In Bethel
Interstate 84 is closed in both directions at exit 8 in Bethel because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer. No further information is available.Photo Credit: Ryan Hanrahan
View ArticleSenate Democrat Daniel Inouye Dies at 88
Daniel Inouye, a war hero and the second-longest serving senator, died Monday evening of respiratory complications at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with his wife and son by his side....
View ArticleUConn Starts Scholarship Fund for Sandy Hook Students
UConn has created a memorial scholarship fund to help the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School who survived Friday's tragedy. The Sandy Hook School Memorial Fund at the University of Connecticut...
View ArticleNeighbor Comforts Sandy Hook Students Who Escaped Building
Days after Friday's tragic shooting in Newtown, we continue to learn stories of survival and hope. Gene Rosen lives a few doors up from Sandy Hook Elementary School. On Friday morning, he had no idea...
View ArticleJack Pinto, 6, Remembered
The crowd for 6-year-old Jack Pinto's funeral was so large, the building couldn't fit everyone who wanted to pay their respects to the little boy who loved football and the Giants' Victor Cruz. Brian...
View ArticleNoah Pozner, 6, Laid to Rest
Noah Pozner, the youngest of the victims in the Newtown, Connecticut shooting, was laid to rest Monday afternoon. He was remembered as kind, caring, smart, funny and sometimes even a little...
View ArticleNewtown Residents Start a Grassroots Effort After the Tragedy
A grassroots group of Newtown residents met Monday evening to talk about ways to move forward after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Newtown United was formed on Sunday. These folks are determined...
View ArticleJets Fall to Pieces in 14-10 Loss to Titans
For little kids who are into sports, one of the most frustrating things in the world is that your parents force you to go to sleep before Monday Night Football. You'd just lay in bed, mind racing with...
View Article22 Arrest Warrants Issued After Alleged Hazing Death at N. Illinois
Arrest warrants were issued Monday for 22 people wanted in connection to the death of a Northern Illinois University freshman that authorities say was alcohol and hazing-related. David Bogenberger was...
View ArticleAs Mourning Continues, Focus Turns to Gun Control
As the first two of 26 victims fatally shot in the Newtown school shootings were laid to rest Monday, a long-dormant debate about gun control gained momentum and picked up a few unlikely backers in...
View ArticleInvestigation Into Shooting Continues
Investigators continue to investigate the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and said they have recovered significant evidence from the home of the shooter, Adam Lanza, as...
View ArticleCalif. Mall Shooter Fired Gun to Cut Stress: Cops
Depressed over the death of his grandmother and upset over being kicked out of his family's home in southern California, Marcos Gurrola allegedly shot off 50 rounds from his pistol in the parking lot...
View ArticleScholarship Set Up in Memory of Ana Marquez-Greene
Western Connecticut State University has set up a scholarship in honor of one of the young victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, age 6-and-1/2, was the...
View ArticleRick Perry: I May Run for President Again
Texas Gov. Rick Perry expressed interest in running for president again in 2016 and also spoke out against gun control in a speech to Tea Party members in a Ft. Worth suburb on Monday night. Speaking...
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