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Topic: school shooting

April 19, 2013
3:41 am

Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is helped as she arrives for a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Giffords: ‘Shame’ on senators who voted down gun checks

Former congresswoman and shooting victim vows not to rest until laws are changed

January 20, 2013
5:50 am

Demonstrators rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday, Jan. 19 (photo credit: AP/Tim Roske)

Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US

Largest gathering held in Albany, where 2,000 people protest tough assault weapon and magazine restrictions

January 20, 2013
3:26 am

From left to right: Hinna Zeejah, 8, Taejah Goode, 10, Julia Stokes, 11, and Grant Fritz, 8, who wrote letters to President Barack Obama about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., watch as Obama signs executive orders outlining proposals to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the White House (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

Broad Jewish support for Obama’s gun proposals

In wake of Newtown massacre, umbrella groups from all streams of Judaism back president on proposed legislation

January 16, 2013
9:06 pm

Obama proposes 20-year plan to curb gun violence

US president vows to use ‘whatever weight this office holds’ to press lawmakers into action on his $500 million plan

January 16, 2013
5:48 pm

Jewish religious, lay leaders call for weapons ban

Agudath Israel of America points out the unique threat facing Jewish schools from terrorism and extremism

January 14, 2013
2:53 am

A police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, in December (photo credit: AP/Newtown Bee/Shannon Hicks)

Newtown considers fate of school where 26 died

Community weighing demolishing Sandy Hook Elementary school and building a memorial in its place

January 10, 2013
9:01 pm

Student shot at California high school

Wounded victim evacuated to hospital; suspected assailant taken into custody

December 17, 2012
6:48 pm

Mourners grieve at one of the makeshift memorials for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Mary Altaffer)

Newtown prepares to bury its youngest victims, including Jewish boy killed in massacre

Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, both 6, being laid to Monday; officials unsure if elementary school will reopen

December 16, 2012
7:42 pm

Mark Sherlach and his wife, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, pose for a photo. Mary Sherlach was killed Friday, December 14, when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 26 children and adults at the school (photo credit: AP/Courtesy of Mark Sherlach)

Staffers hailed as heroes after Conn. shooting

District superintendent notes ‘incredible acts of heroism’ that ‘ultimately saved so many lives’

December 16, 2012
7:26 pm

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (photo credit: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA, Wikimedia)

Connecticut governor: Gunman shot self as first responders closed in

Police have found no letters or diaries that could shed light on Adam Lanza’s motives

December 16, 2012
7:21 am

Shop owners Tamara Doherty, left, and Jackie Gaudet, right, meet outside their stores for the first time since being neighbors, just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/David Goldman)

Newtown gunman targeted first graders with high-powered rifle

All 20 children killed were 6 or 7 years old, medical examiner says; Connecticut town struggles to cope with massacre

December 15, 2012
6:26 pm

In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a shooting at the school. (photo credit: AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)

Newtown: the reason to bear arms, the reason to ban arms

Will Americans have the courage to change the gun laws in their country?

By Rachael Risby-Raz

December 15, 2012
6:00 pm

A woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert)

‘We in Israel understand the shock and agony,’ Netanyahu tells Obama after Connecticut slaughter

Israeli leaders send condolences in aftermath of school shooting; ‘there is nothing more shocking that the murder of children,’ says Peres

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 15, 2012
6:24 am

Police block off a section of Yogananda Street near a house belonging to the mother of a man who opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people. (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

School shooting suspect was honors student

Police believe Adam Lanza murdered his mother and gunned down 26 others, including 20 children, in Connecticut town

December 15, 2012
4:06 am

People arrive for a prayer service at Newtown United Methodist Church in the aftermath of a mass shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School. (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

Tragic shooting shatters rural calm in Newtown, Connecticut

Quiet community outside New York City reels after elementary school attack in which 27 killed

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