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Sandy Hook survivor to Congress: Ban assault weapons
A day after the nation marked the 10th anniversary of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., Nicole Melchionno was on Capitol Hill Thursday, urging lawmakers to pass more gun laws to prevent such mass killings.
Sandy Hook survivor urges lawmakers to take ‘bold’ action to stop gun violence
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, a day after the 10th anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., one survivor, Nicole Melchionno, now 17, called for action to prevent gun violence, urging the lawmakers to “please do everything in your power to enact measures that prevent everything you care about being lost within seconds.”
Obama recalls moment he heard about Sandy Hook: 'I felt not just sorrow but anger'
Former President Barack Obama marked the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Wednesday in a statement on what he has repeatedly called the “darkest day” of his presidency.
Sandy Hook parents remember their children before the massacre
For the families of those killed on Dec. 14, 2012, the horrific events of that day are not what they like remembering. It’s memories of the days and weeks before — the last with their loved ones alive — that they cherish.
Images from Newtown right after Sandy Hook
A collection of photos taken by a Yahoo News reporter in the immediate aftermath of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Sandy Hook mother honors daughter's legacy with animal sanctuary
“Her passion was animals,” Jenny Hubbard said of her slain daughter Catherine on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown. “It was her life's work — if you can be considered having a life's work as a 6-year-old.”
Sen. Chris Murphy regrets not working on gun control before Sandy Hook
“I had not worked on the issue of gun violence prior to Dec. 14, 2012," Sen. Chris Murphy said on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. "I'm deeply embarrassed by that. I should have been working on this issue.”
Obama: I still consider Sandy Hook 'single darkest day of my presidency'
At an event marking the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., former President Barack Obama reflected on what he still considers the worst day he spent in office.
Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in Sandy Hook defamation case
A jury in Waterbury, Conn., on Wednesday ordered the Infowars founder to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and an FBI agent for spreading the lie that the 2012 massacre was a hoax.
Sandy Hook parents say Alex Jones 'lit the flame that started the fire'
The parents of Jesse Lewis, one of the 20 children slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School, took the witness stand Tuesday, telling the jury that the Infowars founder was the primary catalyst for spreading the false claim that the 2012 massacre was fake.
Judge admonishes Alex Jones for speaking outside courtroom on 1st day of Sandy Hook defamation trial
A Texas judge overseeing the trial admonished the Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist on Tuesday for speaking about the case within earshot of the jury.
'Skullduggery' political podcast: 'Sen. Murphy's Law' — April 14, 2021
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joins Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti on this episode to talk about his renewed push for gun control legislation now, in the wake of recent shootings in Atlanta and Boulder.
Suicides can have a contagion effect – here’s how to combat it
As word spread of all three deaths, many people had a similar reaction — sorrow, followed by a gnawing question: Could the deaths somehow be related?
Imagining a school shooting through the gunman's eyes: Sandy Hook Promise releases chilling new video
A public service announcement released by the gun violence prevention organization Sandy Hook Promise depicts the moments leading up to a school shooting from the shooter’s perspective.
Parkland students bring the March for Our Lives summer tour to an end in Newtown
The organizers of the Road to Change tour have visited over 50 cities in an effort to register and mobilize voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections — and to build a coalition of youth in communities affected by gun violence.
Defenceless widow, 88, left with life-changing injuries after 'horrific, planned' attack in her home
Blanche Rowlands suffered facial injuries when she was assaulted at her home in Newtown, Powys in June last year.
Students across U.S. stage national walkout month after Parkland massacre
Students and teachers at more than 2,000 schools across the country staged a national walkout to call for an end to gun violence on Wednesday, one month after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting a Florida high school.
Sandy Hook mom rips Trump for hosting NRA exec at White House party on 5th anniversary of massacre
Nicole Hockley, whose son was among the 20 children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Conn., shootings, is furious about Trump’s decision to host National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre at a White House Christmas party on Dec. 14 — the fifth anniversary of the massacre.
The ones that got away: Jonesboro's survivors — and the shooters — recall a moment of horror
Twenty years on, Jonesboro, Ark., is still traumatized by an attack carried out by two middle-school boys — and how survivors deal with the knowledge that the killers are now grown men and free from prison.
Sandy Hook mom and dad speak out in rare interview: 'You don’t heal from grief'
Five years ago, JoAnn and Joel Bacon's daughter, Charlotte, was killed at school in Sandy Hook. Now they share what their grief has been like since.
School shooting survivors united by a chain of grief — and hard lessons passed on
School shootings didn’t begin, or end, with Sandy Hook. Yahoo News looks at the aftermath of four of these tragedies and the lives they changed.
Four shootings that changed America
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., we’re examining what communities devastated by these events can teach us about grief, rather than looking into policies.
Sandy Hook Promise releases new PSA about the response to school shootings
A new video called “Tomorrow’s News” imagines a local news item that reports, a day ahead of time, a mass shooting at a school. “Tomorrow I’ll probably say that I wish I told someone,” says one interviewee. The video was released by Sandy Hook Promise, which was founded by parents of the victims of the Newtown shooting.
Five years on, Sandy Hook families recall gun horror – but is anyone listening in Washington?
Newtown shooting shocked the world – yet gun control seems further away than ever. In Newtown, an 20-year-old local man obsessed with mass shootings had burst into an elementary school with an AR-15-style rifle and murdered 20 young children and six educators. When concerned families from Newtown, Connecticut, first came to Washington five years ago, every door was open.
Sen. Chris Murphy: 'The time is now for Congress to shed its cowardly cover and do something'
In the wake of Sunday’s deadly Texas church shooting, the Democratic senator blasts his colleagues in Congress for failing to act on gun violence.
Did Megyn Kelly Make Alex Jones Look Evil Enough?
Megyn Kelly spent the nearly 20-minute segment of her interview with Alex Jones playing clips of him spreading conspiracy theories and lies.