US capital cops urge gun control as murder rate wanes
Washington: Washington’s police chief spoke out in favor of tougher gun laws in the United States after statistics showed the homicide rate in the nation’s...
Connecticut shooting
US teachers take up arms to prevent mass shootings
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Los Angeles: Several US states are considering allowing school teachers to carry weapons, and educators, determined not to allow a repeat of the Newtown massacre,...
Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre: ‘Therapy dogs’ comfort grieving Newtown hearts
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NEWTOWN, Connecticut: Lisa Peterson went straight to the dogs — therapy dogs, that is — when she returned home to Newtown from a business trip...
Sandy Hook Elementary School carnage: Victoria Soto lives on
NEWTOWN, Connecticut: Adam Lanza on Friday killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, his mother at home, and then himself....
Newtown Church evacuated after bomb threat
by TNT Desk
Connecticut: A Roman Catholic Church in Newtown was evacuated on Sunday after a reported bomb threat on the church....
World leaders express shock over Connecticut Newtown shooting
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United Nations: World leaders expressed shock and horror after a gunman massacred 20 small children and six teachers Friday in the US state of Connecticut,...
Connecticut shooting: Hundreds hold vigil after US school massacre
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NEWTOWN, Connecticut: Hundreds of people attended a mass in Newtown to pay tribute to 20 small children and six adults slaughtered by a gunman at...
US flag to fly at half-staff till Dec 18 over Connecticut shooting, tearful Barack Obama says
Washington: United States President Barack Obama on Friday expressed grief over the deadly shooting incident in Connecticut which claimed lives of 27 people including 18...