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2 Shot Dead at Kentucky College

Police believe it was a 'domestic-type situation'

(Newser) - Two people were killed and a teen girl critically injured after a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a college in eastern Kentucky. Police say the shooting "could be related to a domestic-type situation" and nobody involved had any connection to Hazard Community College, the Lexington Herald-Leader...

Gun Protesters Target Walmart Near Newtown

Set to call for an end to assault weapons sales

(Newser) - Anti-gun protesters are taking their message to a Walmart store eight miles from Newtown. In a rally today, they'll call on the company—the largest gun retailer in the country—to stop selling assault weapons. Activist group Sum of Us will give Walmart a letter supporting the cause, along...

Newtown Split on Future of Sandy Hook

Some want to raze school, others want it reopened

(Newser) - More than 200 residents of Newtown attended a meeting yesterday to deal with one of the toughest questions facing the devastated community: What to do with the school where a gunman killed 20 students and six educators? Some residents want Sandy Hook Elementary School to be destroyed while others want...

No Signs of Brain Damage in Lanza: Medical Examiner

Official cautions against expecting answers

(Newser) - Don't hold your breath, is basically the advice of Connecticut's chief medical examiner to anyone expecting science to provide insight into the mind of Adam Lanza. Toxicology and genetic testing is ongoing, but the autopsy H. Wayne Carver II conducted found no "gross deformity" or tumors in...

California School Shooter Had Hit List of Bullies

Suspect often talked about killing, students describe him as 'weird'

(Newser) - It looks like earlier reports about bullying playing a key part in yesterday's California school shooting were right. The 16-year-old unnamed shooter allegedly composed a list of students he wanted to kill last year, and told authorities he had been bullied for more than a year, reports the Bakersfield ...

Staffers Praised for Heroics in Latest School Shooting

They calmed down student gunman, prevented more casualties, say police

(Newser) - One student remains critically wounded after this morning's school shooting near Bakersfield, California, but it's becoming clear that the quick action of two school officials prevented a greater tragedy, police say. The AP , LA Times , and Bakersfield Californian agree on the general sequence: A 16-year-old student burst into...

Student Shot Inside California High School

Teacher, supervisor talked student into dropping shotgun

(Newser) - A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school this morning and shot one student, fired at another but missed, and then was talked into surrendering by a teacher and another staff member, officials said. The teen victim was in critical but stable...

Cuomo Moves to Beef Up NY Gun Laws
Cuomo Moves to
Beef Up NY Gun Laws
Jan 9, 2013 12:15 AM CST

Cuomo Moves to Beef Up NY Gun Laws

Governor expected to unveil tough new measures today

(Newser) - New York's Democrat governor is aiming to make some of the country's toughest gun laws even tougher. In his State of the State address today, Andrew Cuomo is expected to outline gun control plans including new restrictions on assault weapons, lower limits on the capacity of magazines, and...

Gabby Giffords Meets With Newtown Families

They talk about need for gun laws at private event

(Newser) - Gabby Giffords met privately yesterday with families of victims from the Newtown shooting as well as local political leaders, reports the Hartford Courant . The event was kept low-key, but the topics of gun laws, mental illness, and "concerns that our society has become desensitized to acts of violence, conflict...

Newtown Kids Head to 'Safest School in America'

Superintendent seeks 'normal' day

(Newser) - It's the first day back at Sandy Hook Elementary for survivors of last month's shooting—and its new campus , guarded by law enforcement, is "the safest school in America," police tell the AP . Police are checking every car that enters campus, and there are unspecified "...

Newtown Lawsuit Withdrawn—for Now

Lawyer who sought to sue on behalf of girl, 6, may refile

(Newser) - A Connecticut attorney seeking to sue the state for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Newtown school massacre has withdrawn the claim—at least for now. The Stamford Advocate reports that Irving Pinsky withdrew the lawsuit but says he might refile. He says he received new...

Adam Lanza&#39;s Body Claimed for Burial
Father Claims Adam Lanza's Body for Burial
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Dec 31, 2012 8:21 AM CST

Father Claims Adam Lanza's Body for Burial

But Sandy Hook shooter's grave site will be kept secret

(Newser) - The body of Sandy Hook school shooter Adam Lanza has been claimed for burial by father Peter Lanza, a family spokesman tells the AP . The burial site of Adam Lanza, who killed his mother before massacring 20 elementary school students and six staff members, will be kept secret, the Hartford ...

Scientists to Study Adam Lanza's DNA

Investigation prompts controversy among experts

(Newser) - Following a request by a Connecticut medical examiner, geneticists appear poised to investigate Adam Lanza's DNA. Outside experts say the University of Connecticut scientists—who have agreed to "give any assistance they can"—will probably search for genetic mutations or abnormalities that might prompt mental illness or...

Utah Gun Group: We'll Train Teachers Free

Los Angeles gun buybacks do roaring trade

(Newser) - A Utah gun organization normally charges $50 for concealed-weapons training—but for teachers, the program is now free, the AP reports. "We're not suggesting that teachers roam the halls" looking for attackers, says the chair of the top state gun lobby, the Utah Shooting Sports Council. "They...

Newtown Officials: Please Stop the Gifts

Town to turn memorials into 'sacred soil'

(Newser) - Newtown officials have literally received more gifts than they know what to do with. Town leaders say they greatly appreciate the vast quantity of items sent to the town—but they can't cope with any more. So they've asked people to stop sending things for now, the AP...

Ryan Lanza Posts Tribute: RIP, Mom and Adam
Lanza Family: Ryan's
'RIP' Posts Are Fake
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Dec 23, 2012 3:45 PM CST

Lanza Family: Ryan's 'RIP' Posts Are Fake

'I am a victim,' says older brother of shooter

(Newser) - As the last Sandy Hook victims were laid to rest , the older brother of shooter Adam Lanza posted his own tribute to the tragedy, mourning the loss of two members of his family—or did he? The Lanza family claims that a Ryan Lanza Facebook page is a hoax, but...

NRA Chief: Assault Gun Ban Is &#39;Phony Legislation&#39;
 NRA Chief: 
 'Call Me Crazy' 
 on Armed Guards 
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
Dec 23, 2012 1:44 PM CST

NRA Chief: 'Call Me Crazy' on Armed Guards

Wayne LaPierre says assault weapons ban is 'phony legislation'

(Newser) - NRA chief Wayne LaPierre walked into the lion's den this morning, and quite literally stuck to his guns, doubling down on his assertion that every school should have an armed guard and refusing to budge on bullet-magazine capacity or gun control legislation. "If it's crazy to call...

Schools Close Over Fears of 'Doomsday' Violence

People 'on edge' after Newtown: police officer

(Newser) - With schools on high alert after the Newtown shooting, rumors of a Mayan-predicted "apocalypse" are compounding fears of violence. Three counties in Michigan have been so overwhelmed with addressing the concerns that they've simply decided to close schools two days early for winter break. "We're not...

At 9:30 This Morning, Nation to Pause

Bells will toll 26 times for Newtown Victims

(Newser) - At 9:30 this morning, exactly one week after 20 children and six teachers were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, bells will toll 26 times in memorial for the terrible tragedy, reports the Hartford Courant . Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has called for a "Day of Mourning" today, and...

Critics Pile On National Review Writer
Critics Pile On
Writer at
National Review
OPINIONs
Dec 20, 2012 1:25 PM CST

Critics Pile On Writer at National Review

She said Adam Lanza could have been stopped ... by men

(Newser) - Charlotte Allen stirred up quite a hornet's nest yesterday, when she wrote in the National Review that Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza might have been thwarted, if only more men had worked at the school. (She also wished that perhaps "some of the huskier 12-year-old boys" should have...

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