Tag: Nation

This photo provided by the family shows Jessica Rekos. Rekos, 6, was killed Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 children and adults at the school, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Rekos Family)

Funerals set for victims of Conn. school rampage

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2012 3:27 am

A child's message rests with a memorial for shooting victims, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

Anne Flaherty · December 17, 2012 2:56 am

Students prepare for nervous return to classes

Christine Armario · December 17, 2012 2:39 am

Obama offers ‘love and prayers of a nation’ to families of school shooting victims

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2012 1:42 am

Schools around US increase security after massacre

Christine Armario · December 17, 2012 1:41 am

In this Nov. 29, 2012 photo, Kerry Rankins, right, hands a paper to Racinto Lester, left, as a group of former employees of the Veterans Support Organization talk outside the organization's closed office in Nashville, Tenn. The Stuart, Fla.-based Veterans Support Organization had been fined by Tennessee for making false claims about the benefits it offered, and Connecticut lawmakers called for a federal investigation before the groupâs Tennessee branch closed last month. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

AP: Workers say charity gave little money to vets

Kristin Hall · December 17, 2012 1:01 am

Von. I. Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, Ind., is seen in an undated photo provided by the Lake County Sheriffâs Department. Meyer, who allegedly threatened Friday to "kill as many people as he could" at Jane Ball Elementary School in Cedar Lake was arrested Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 by officers who later found 47 guns and ammunition hidden throughout his home. Meyer's home is less than 1,000 feet from the school and linked to it by trails and paths through a wooded area, police said. (AP Photo/Lake County Sheriffâs Department)

Chief: Ind. man wasn’t serious about school threat

Rick Callahan · December 16, 2012 11:06 pm

Authorities react as they stand watch over a scene where a body lies covered with a sheet on Hwy 78 in Oxford, Ala., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Police officers in eastern Alabama shot an assailant armed with an AK-47 assault rifle toward the end of a pursuit that left several people injured, authorities said. The pursuit began after a shooting in Cleburne County. The county is near the Georgia state line. The person in the road was killed by police after leading them on a high speed chase after shooting several people. (AP Photo/Anniston Star, Stephen Gross)

Ala. officer improving after shooting, chase

Jay Reeves · December 16, 2012 10:43 pm

Support for Conn. town comes from around globe

The Associated Press · December 16, 2012 10:23 pm

President Obama arrives in Newtown, Conn., to meet with families of school shooting victims

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2012 10:22 pm

This 2005 photo provided by neighbor Barbara Frey and verified by Richard Novia, shows Adam Lanza. Authorities have identified Lanza as the gunman who killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, inside an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. Novia was the school district's former head of security and he advised the school technology club that Adam and his older brother belonged to. (AP Photo/Barbara Frey)

Evidence hints at deadlier plan in Conn. massacre

JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENMATT APUZZO · December 16, 2012 10:05 pm

A member of Joint Task Force-National Capital Region stands over a model of the White House on a giant map during a media tour highlighting inaugural preparations being made by military and civilian planners, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at the DC Armory in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Big price for inaugural pomp; much private money

Jennifer Kerr · December 16, 2012 10:05 pm