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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...

Burning Video Games Is a Really Bad Idea

If anything, they help us deal with violent urges, Liel Leibovitz argues

(Newser) - The Newtown shooting has America understandably on edge. "But are we really hoping to purge our collective soul by demolishing copies of Halo 4?" asks Liel Leibovitz at the New Republic. The town of Southington, Conn., originally planned to do just that on Saturday, though the event has since...

Giffords on Gun Violence: &#39;Enough&#39;
 Giffords on Gun 
 Violence: 'Enough' 
abc interview
Jan 9, 2013 7:21 AM CST

Giffords on Gun Violence: 'Enough'

Giffords, Mark Kelly talk to Diane Sawyer about gun control group

(Newser) - Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly sat down with Diane Sawyer last night to talk about their new gun control group and their emotional visit to Newtown in the wake of the school shooting there. Highlights from ABC News :
  • Giffords and Kelly, both now retired, initially imagined a life out of
...

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...

Conn. Lawmaker to Giffords: 'Stay Out!'

DebraLee Hovey didn't take kindly to Giffords' visit

(Newser) - Gabrielle Giffords visited Newtown, Conn., on Friday, and though it seems difficult to imagine such an event could stir up controversy, one state legislator managed to do so. On the day of Giffords' visit, State Rep. DebraLee Hovey posted, "Gabby Gifford [sic] stay out of my towns!!" on...

As US Gun Sales Soar, Colorado, Connecticut Lag

But background checks up overall

(Newser) - Despite horrific mass shootings, people in Connecticut and Colorado aren't running to the gun store in droves like the rest of the country: Numbers of background checks—one way the firearms industry measures its success—are soaring nationwide, but not so much in those two states. November and December...

Newtown Neighbor Plans Video Game Burning

Donors to receive gift certificates

(Newser) - A Connecticut town is getting ready to burn violent video games to protest their "desensitizing" influence on children, the Guardian reports. A group based in Southington, which sits a half-hour from Newtown, is calling on locals to donate their games, DVDs, and CDs in exchange for gift certificates "...

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 Kids' New School Mirrors Old

Classes to resume tomorrow at school in Monroe

(Newser) - The Sandy Hook Elementary students who survived the Dec. 14 massacre in Newtown return to class tomorrow, but many of them may be checking out their new destination today. An open house is being held at the formerly unused Chalk Hill Middle School in neighboring Monroe that the children will...

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
UPDATED
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...

Woman Accused of Scam Fundraising After Newtown Shooting

Bronx resident allegedly lied about being related to a victim

(Newser) - Scammers have been quick to exploit the tragedy in Newtown, and the FBI says it has arrested a Bronx woman for just that. Agents busted 37-year-old Nouel Alba today and accused her of pretending to be related to one of the young victims and seeking donations for the family via...

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...

Cops Nab Guy Who Posed as Uncle of Adam Lanza

Jonathan Lee Riches has history of weird cons

(Newser) - Police have arrested a convicted felon who drove to Newtown, Conn., and fed false information to the press while posing as Adam Lanza's uncle, The Smoking Gun reports. Jonathan Lee Riches, 35, was on probation for conspiracy and wire fraud when he showed up in Newtown as "Jonathan...

NY Shooter: 'What I Like Best' Is 'Killing People'

William Spengler left rambling note describing intent to burn down the neighborhood

(Newser) - The Western New York gunman who yesterday morning lured firefighters to his blazing home just to shoot them down left a chilling, typewritten note, reports the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . “I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do...

Ryan Lanza Posts Tribute: RIP, Mom and Adam
Lanza Family: Ryan's
'RIP' Posts Are Fake
update
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...

Last Funerals Held for Sandy Hook Victims

Donations pour in as officials prep school for survivors

(Newser) - The last three funerals for victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were held today as millions of dollars in donations poured into Newtown, Conn., NBC News reports. Josephine Gay, 7, and Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, were laid to rest in Connecticut, and Emilie Parker, 6, in Ogden, Utah. Emilie's father,...

Supplier Sells 3.5 Years of AR-15 Mags in 3 Days

Brownells rep apologizes for delays

(Newser) - More apparent fallout from the Connecticut shooting : Sales of AR-15 magazines are so through the roof that the world's biggest firearm supplier apologized this week for delays, Raw Story reports. "It really has been unprecedented in the last 5 days," wrote a spokesman from Brownells on the...

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