Adam Lanza

California Senate approves measures aimed at reducing gun violence

2013-05-16 13:22:00

SACRAMENTO --The state Senate approved two bills Thursday introduced following the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, including one requiring gun owners to keep their firearms in locked safe-boxes if they live with someone...

Maryland governor signs gun control law; NRA vows to sue

2013-05-16 13:58:00

Maryland has joined the list of states that have toughened gun control in the wake of the December shooting in Newtown, Conn. Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed the gun control bill that he promised he would. “We've chosen to take action by...

New gun registration requirements take effect in New York state

2013-04-15 15:42:00

Even as Congress prepares to debate new gun legislation, New York’s tougher gun control provisions became effective on Monday, the latest example of how the issue has broadened into a battle on the state as well as federal level. In the wake of...

Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law

2013-04-03 23:40:00

Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...

Connecticut state Senate OKs tougher gun control bill

2013-04-03 15:59:00

A lone gunman attacked a Connecticut elementary school just four months ago, renewing a debate on how to control gun violence. On Wednesday, that state’s Legislature began the final steps of passing what advocates call one of the nation’s...

Oklahoma urges 7,000 dental patients to get hepatitis, HIV tests

2013-03-28 15:26:00

As many as 7,000 dental patients in Oklahoma are being urged to take blood tests for hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS after health officials said they discovered that instruments in a local practice were not properly cleaned. The warning of...

Newtown massacre: Warrants detail Adam Lanza's world of weapons

2013-03-28 07:44:00

Adam Lanza, the gunman who attacked a Connecticut elementary school, killing 20 children and six adults, had an arsenal of guns, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition and even samurai swords, knives and a bayonet, according to search warrants released on...

Geologists seek cause of landslide at Whidbey Island

2013-03-28 12:58:00

Geologists searched for clues Thursday to explain the collapse of a 1,000-foot chunk of hillside on the west side of Whidbey Island in Washington state that left a number of homes in danger. The geological team was on the island, located in Puget...

U.S. senator rips NRA for making robocalls to Newtown residents

2013-03-25 12:16:00

The National Rifle Assn. is taking heat from a U.S. senator after accusations that the organization robocalled Newtown, Conn., residents and urged them to oppose gun-control legislation. Stricter gun laws have been proposed in legislatures all over...

Adam Lanza reportedly studied other mass killings before Newtown

2013-03-14 13:56:00

Adam Lanza studied other mass killers before he stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December, killing 20 students and six adults, officials said. Officials had previously disclosed finding materials pertaining to Norwegian mass-...

Organizing for Action spurs small vigil outside NRA headquarters

2013-02-22 12:40:00

FAIRFAX, Va. — A call by a pro-Obama advocacy group for a “Day of Action” to promote stricter gun laws drew about 30 people Friday morning to a vigil outside the headquarters of the National Rifle Assn., where they held placards...

Adam and Nancy Lanza: An investigation into their family life

2013-02-20 13:03:00

Years before Adam Lanza shot up Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, his mother, Nancy, had enrolled him there in the hopes that the boy would pull out of his shell. He never did. A new investigation, co-reported by the Hartford Courant and PBS...

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother, Nancy Lanza, at 36 Yogananda Court in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown. Warrants pertaining to the investigation are scheduled to be unsealed Thursday, but some details may remain sealed.

2013-03-27 11:35:00

The home of Nancy Lanza at 36 Yogananda St. in Sandy Hook, where her son, Adam Lanza, also lived.

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Wendy Wipprecht, mother of an autistic son who knew Nancy Lanza when Wipprecht's son and Adam Lanza were in the same first grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

2013-02-16 17:15:00