Tag: Nation

Victims join NYC mayor, call for tougher gun laws

Jennifer Peltz · December 18, 2012 1:46 am

NASA names moon crash site in honor of Sally Ride

alicia-chang · December 18, 2012 1:37 am

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 file photo, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, president pro temper of the Senate, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, attends a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he is presented a commemorative coin marking the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Medal of Honor by Congress. Inouye has died of respiratory complications, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. He was 88. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88

Andrew Taylor · December 18, 2012 1:22 am

4 to be inducted in Aviation Hall of Fame in Ohio

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2012 1:15 am

New judge requested in trial of Daley’s nephew

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2012 1:14 am

Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks are seen on a dealer's lot in Troy, Mich., Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. General Motors is offering generous deals to clear a growing inventory of Chevy and GMC pickup trucks. ItÃs matching or beating deals offered by Ford and Chrysler. That, plus low interest rates, sweet lease deals and abundant financing, is good news for truck buyers. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

GM boosts pickup truck deals to shed inventory

Tom Krisher · December 18, 2012 1:03 am

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wipes away a tear as he recalls how and why he decided to tell the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that their loved ones were dead during a news conference at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Conn. governor details telling families of deaths

Susan Haigh · December 18, 2012 12:35 am

Vermont’s Leahy now 3rd in presidential succession

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2012 12:17 am

Montana court rejects gay couples’ equal benefits

Matt Gouras · December 18, 2012 12:11 am

Senate debates $60.4 billion Sandy aid package

Andrew Miga · December 18, 2012 12:07 am

Las Vegas Metro Police officers stand watch outside the entrance to the Excalibur hotel-casino after a shooting near the registration desk left two dead, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Las Vegas. At around 8:30 p.m., a man shot a woman, who was a vendor at the hotel's concierge desk, and then turned the gun on himself. The man was found dead at the scene. The woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Gunman in Vegas casino shooting was from Illinois

Ken Ritter · December 18, 2012 12:02 am

A note, flowers, and other items were left for the victims of last week's deadly shootings at a Connecticut elementary school, at a permanent memorial for those lost in the shootings at Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colo., Monday Dec. 17, 2012. Columbine and other sites of mass shootings have been rebuilt by residents determined to reclaim public places invaded by gunmen. Deciding what to do with the scene of a tragic event often determines how a community will heal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Deciding fate of massacre site can help healing

DAN ELLIOTTTHOMAS PEIPERT · December 17, 2012 11:57 pm