May 19, 2013

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, calling for a stricter assault weapons ban and provisions to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill who make threats. Top Headlines

New details emerge a week after school massacre

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — He was the awkward kid who wore the same clothes to school every day. Top Headlines

New details emerge a week after school massacre

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — He was the awkward, peculiar kid who wore the same clothes to school every day. Top Headlines

A week after school massacre, new details emerge

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — As the nation paused to mark a week since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam Lanza, who acquaintances said was able to take apart and reassemble a computer in a matter of minutes but rarely spoke to anyone. Top Headlines

A week after school massacre, new details emerge

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — As the nation paused to mark a week since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam Lanza, who acquaintances said was able to take apart and reassemble a computer in a matter of minutes but rarely spoke to anyone. Top Headlines

Investors turn against gun makers after massacre

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investors shunned some of the nation’s largest gun makers Tuesday in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting, including making plans to sell the company that manufactures the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle used in the bloody attack. Top Headlines

Victims testify about details of Afghan massacre

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Stories of the massacre came, one by one, over a live video link from Afghanistan into a military courtroom outside Seattle: torched bodies, a son finding his wounded father, boys cowering behind a curtain while others screamed “We are children! We are children!” Top Headlines

Britain concerned at report of new Syria massacre

AMMAN (AP) — Britain said Sunday it was deeply concerned by emerging reports of a “brutal massacre of civilians” in a Damascus suburb where activists claim more than 300 people have been killed over the past week in a major government offensive to take back control of rebel-held areas in and around the capital. Top [...]

Fear prompts gun sales, panic after Colo. massacre

DENVER (AP) — Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie massacre as buyers express fears about both personal safety and anti-gun lawmakers who might use the shooting to seek new weapons restrictions. Top Headlines

Colo. massacre suspect mum as he heads to court

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the suspected gunman in the Colorado theater massacre heads to his first court appearance, authorities have disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it could take months to learn what prompted the horrific attack on midnight moviegoers at a Batman film premiere. Top Headlines