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Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records
The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims' family members, according to a working draft of a bill released Wednesday by the governor's office. The bill, crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. ...
Suit filed over Conn. gun law passed after Newtown
A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state's new gun control law violates their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs are seeking a federal court injunction ...
Lawsuit filed against state of Conn. over gun law
A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state's new gun control law violates their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs are seeking a federal court injunction ...
Bill allows Newtown families to release records
A bill crafted behind the scenes in Connecticut is requiring the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting, such as photos and videotapes, are publicly released. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office released a working draft of the bill Wednesday. ...
Newtown picks neighbor as new Sandy Hook principal
The Newtown Board of Education has unanimously hired a principal from neighboring Bethel to lead the Sandy Hook Elementary School. The News-Times of Danbury reports (http://bit.ly/11a82mF ) that Kathleen Gombos, the principal at the R.M.T. Johnson School in Bethel, was hired Tuesday night to become principal at Sandy Hook. The ...
Ohio student moved from hospital after shooting
A 17-year-old high school student who shot himself in a classroom last month continues to make progress in recovery efforts, his family said Wednesday. The teen has been transferred to a rehabilitation facility, a little more than three weeks after he was hospitalized in critical condition, a statement from his ...
4 teens shot at high school graduation party
Authorities say four teenagers were shot at a high school graduation party in Huntsville, and authorities were searching for the gunman early Wednesday morning. WAFF-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1a4MyNq) that the gunfire happened in the early hours Wednesday at a home on Michael Drive. Madison County sheriff's deputies say a fight broke ...
Ohio school shooting victims' families sue charity
Relatives of three teenagers killed in a northeast Ohio school shooting filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a charity that maintains a trust fund set up first to benefit the victims' families and also to support the well-being of students and others in the affected community. The lawsuit against United Way ...
Judge sets date for Desmonte Leonard hearing
A Lee County judge has scheduled a hearing for a man accused of killing three people at an Auburn apartment complex last year. Circuit Judge Jacob A. Walker set 23-year-old Desmonte Leonard's hearing for Oct. 15 in Lee County Court. Walker said if either side wanted a hearing earlier they ...
Ala. legislators' view of session depends on party
Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing a recording of Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyric, "They call me Mr. Pitiful." It was fitting music for the Democratic minority in the Legislature, which failed to pass its top priority: expanding the ...
2 shot at practice for LR high school graduation
Authorities say two people have been wounded in a shooting during graduation practice for a Little Rock high school. North Little Rock police said they were called at about 11 a.m. Tuesday to Verizon Arena, where a male and a female were wounded. Police say the female victim was a ...
Official: No drugs, alcohol found in US gunman
Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday. Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself ...
Official: No drugs, alcohol found in Conn. gunman
Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday. Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself ...
US Rep Cramer criticized for commencement comments
U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer is defending comments he made earlier this month linking legalized abortion with school shootings. Cramer told The Forum and The Bismarck Tribune that his speech was about the erosion of Christianity and morals in American culture — something he has talked about for years. During the ...
Newtown mom visits Utah hometown for ceremony
A woman who lost a child in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is visiting her hometown in Utah this week for a private ceremony to honor her slain daughter. Alissa Parker is also planning to speak about a program in which she and other victims' parents are raising ...
Questions linger in shooting of NY college student
As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether police should have waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team. "I think the police is not very professional," ...
Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger. That's the moment authorities say a Nassau County police ...
Quinn pushes for ban on high-capacity ammunition
Some of Illinois' top Democrats joined parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Sunday to call for a state ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, a push made as lawmakers face a tight deadline on a contentious measure to legalize concealed carry. Gov. Pat Quinn, Senate President John Cullerton and state Sen. ...
Ohio superintendent leaving, shooting delayed plan
A northeast Ohio superintendent who guided the district after a school shooting that killed three students is stepping down, one year later than originally planned. Chardon Schools Superintendent Joseph Bergant will resign effective June 7. A public reception honoring Bergant was held before last week's monthly board meeting. Bergant originally ...
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