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Parents of children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut expressed mixed feelings on Sunday about what should be done with the facility and its grounds following a December shooting rampage that killed 20 students and six staff members.
Officials, law enforcement and social services providers debate whether mental health reform could have prevented the Sandy Hook tragedy, and whether it can prevent future violence.
The roar of school buses and the sight of bundled-up youngsters dashing out of them for home made a welcome return on Thursday in a neighborhood of Newtown, Connecticut, scarred by the second-worst school shooting in U.S. history three weeks ago.
Hundreds of children who had escaped a harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, headed back to classes Thursday for the first time since a gunman had barged into their school and killed 20 of their schoolmates and six staff members.
The children of Sandy Hook Elementary returned to school today for the first time since the tragic shooting that killed 20 of their classmates and 6 of their teachers.
The father of Adam Lanza, the gunman who killed 20 schoolchildren and six adults in Newtown, Conn., has claimed his son’s body.
Westboro Baptist Church White House Petition Becomes Most Signed Petition, Exceeds Texas Succession Petition
Christmas has helped the grieving Connecticut town of Newtown cope a little better with the shooting tragedy earlier this month, and allowed some people to finally smile.
Gun enthusiasts thronged to shows around the country on Saturday to buy assault weapons they fear will soon be outlawed after a massacre of school children in Connecticut prompted calls for tighter controls on firearms.
Sales of bulletproof backpacks for schoolchildren—formerly a niche item prior to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last week—are up dramatically.
Following the Westboro Baptist Church's (WBC) proclamation that they plan to picket at the funerals for the victims killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, petitions and hackers have gone of the offensive to make sure the WBC stay quiet.
The Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket the funeral of the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal today.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) 'downed' its main Facebook page earlier this week while one of its other social media outlet, Twitter, went silent just days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut took place.
Freelance writer Liza Long wrote a blog post entitled “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother,” about her own struggles with her violent and troubled son.
The funerals for the victims from Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School could see some unwanted visitors in the form of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC).
