Newtown shooting anniversary is on school day for first time
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Newtown officials say they will try to make Monday as normal a school day as possible. It’s the first time students will be attending school on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook...
View ArticleFamilies of those killed in 2012 Sandy Hook massacre to share $1.5M from...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut — Families of those killed during the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have finalized a $1.5 million settlement, a source with direct knowledge of the...
View ArticleMan charged with threatening Sandy Hook School
NEWTOWN, Conn. — A Connecticut man is accused of phoning in a threat to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School, which replaced the building that was demolished after 20 children and six educators were...
View ArticleNewtown shooter may have called a radio show before attack
(CNN) — Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza may have called a radio show nearly a year before his rampage, drawing parallels between a Connecticut chimpanzee that mauled a woman in 2009 and...
View ArticleFort Hood gunman vented on Facebook about Sandy Hook shooter, Iraq
(CNN) — Spc. Ivan Lopez vented about a range of subjects in Facebook posts before his shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas, including his outrage at Adam Lanza’s mass school shooting in Connecticut,...
View Article“We’re still infinitely heartbroken:” Remembering Sandy Hook victim, Avielle
EAST TROY (WITI) -- The second annual Avie-Fest in East Troy on Saturday, October 25th is to celebrate the life and remember one of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. They're also raising money...
View ArticleGun control debate sparked by second anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Today marks the second anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut. There have been more than 75 mass shootings since Sandy Hook and the...
View ArticleHome of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza to be torn down, Newtown council votes
(CNN) — Newtown, Connecticut, council members voted unanimously Wednesday to tear down the home of Adam Lanza, the site where he killed his mother before massacring 26 others at a nearby elementary...
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Country star Tim McGraw takes flack from gun rights supporters over concert
Tim McGraw (CNN) — Country music star Tim McGraw has found himself in the middle of the nation’s ongoing debate over gun control after agreeing to perform at a benefit concert for the Sandy Hook...
View ArticleSandy Hook: Judge dismisses families’ lawsuit against gunmaker
A Connecticut judge has dismissed a lawsuit that families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims had filed against a gun manufacturer. In her decision granting the company’s motion to...
View ArticleFather of Sandy Hook victim speaks out against ‘hoaxers’
Watch Video NEWTOWN, Conn. — Just one week ahead of the fourth anniversary of the deadly shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, one father talked to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on...
View ArticleFBI releases documents on 2012 Newtown school shooting
HARTFORD, Conn. — The FBI has released more than 1,500 pages of documents related to its investigation of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20...
View ArticleFBI: Newtown shooter told woman adult-child sexual relationships could be...
HARTFORD, Connecticut — There was evidence the Newtown school shooter had an interest in children that could be categorized as pedophilia, but there was no proof he ever acted on it, according to FBI...
View ArticleActivism, charity sustain Sandy Hook families 5 years later
Watch Video NEWTOWN, Connecticut — Out of a senseless tragedy, they have sought ways to find meaning in advocacy. Many relatives of the 26 children and educators killed five years ago at Sandy Hook...
View ArticleColumbine is no longer one of the 10 deadliest shootings in modern US history
Watch Video After Columbine, it was hard to imagine things getting much worse. At the time, the shooting at a Colorado high school was the deadliest school attack in US history. But then came Virginia...
View ArticleSandy Hook Elementary School evacuated over bomb threat on 6th anniversary of...
NEWTON, Conn. – Newtown Police say a bomb threat caused Sandy Hook Elementary School to be evacuated. The children have been dismissed for the day. Thursday, there were a rash of bomb threats...
View ArticleSandy Hook parents score a win in growing fight against hoaxers
HARTFORD — The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened — the latest victory...
View ArticleBrother of slain Sandy Hook student to run for public office
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The 19-year-old brother of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim is running for the Connecticut Senate. Republican JT Lewis of Newtown posted a video on Twitter Monday, announcing plans...
View ArticleShootings and shock value: Hoodies, PSA use similar tactics
NEW YORK — In a breezy back-to-school video spot, angelic children describe their beloved new headphones, sneakers, skateboard. Soon, though, a disturbing reality dawns on the viewer: Those cherished...
View ArticleSandy Hook conspiracy theorist arrested with personal information of victim’s...
SORRENTO, Fla. — A conspiracy theorist who believes the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting never happened was arrested in Sorrento, Florida Monday, Jan. 27. Wolfgang Halbig was accused of possessing...
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