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Arsenal of weapons found in Newtown gunman's home

2013-03-28 07:05:00

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An arsenal of weapons including guns, a gun safe with shotgun shells, a bayonet and several swords were found in the home of the gunman who carried out the Newtown school shooting, according to search warrants released Thursday.�...

Connecticut gun shows canceled after Newtown school shooting

2013-01-04 15:48:00

In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting,� Connecticut towns are grappling with whether to allow gun shows to be held as scheduled, with several events already having been canceled while one show is still set for this weekend. A gun show...

Sandy Hook violence prevention commission meets for first time

2013-01-24 13:57:00

A 16-member commission, appointed in Connecticut to examine last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school, kicked off its deliberations Thursday, even as the nation continued to wrestle with finding policies on how to deal with gun violence....

Connecticut town tries to cope with shooting massacre at elementary school

2012-12-14 15:47:00

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest and toting several weapons stormed through two rooms of a suburban Connecticut elementary school on Friday, firing at staffers and pupils and killing at least 20 children before apparently turning a...

Newtown desperately needed Christmas after Sandy Hook massacre

2012-12-25 18:07:00

Memorials to the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims flourished on Christmas Day as Newtown, Conn., police got a break from holiday duty, with officers from nearby jurisdictions relieving them. The usual Christmas trappings dotted the town -- wreaths,...

The bells toll, and Newtown and a nation mark the moment

2012-12-21 09:16:00

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Exactly one week ago, a gunman forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 children and six adults. On Friday, this grief-wrenched town and the nation stopped to commemorate the precise moment of the attack that has...

Grief unending for Sandy Hook -- 'There is no answer to this'

2012-12-20 11:04:00

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- People in this idyllic New England town returned on Thursday morning to the church that has served as the centerpiece of its grief and mourned another of the town’s young victims killed last week at Sandy Hook Elementary School....

Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; led controversial Unification Church

2012-09-03 00:00:00

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed Messiah from South Korea who led the Unification Church, one of the most controversial religious movements to sweep America in the 1970s, has died. He was 92. Moon, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia...

Maurice Sendak: 'Where the Wild Things Are' author by the numbers

2012-05-08 10:23:00

Maurice Sendak, the popular children's book illustrator and writer, died today at age 83 in a Danbury, Conn., hospital after suffering a stroke. Sendak was best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are" but was also a frequent collaborator on operas,...

Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are'

2012-05-09 00:00:00

He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when Maurice Sendak, then in his 30s, wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are," a dark fantasy that became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time....

Maurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83

2012-05-08 16:35:53

Fiona Apple announces U.S. summer tour

2012-04-09 16:38:00

Jimmy Greene, the celebrated jazz musician whose daughter was one of the 26 victims of the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Italo Salinas of Danbury gathers with other immigration activists on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Wednesday for an All In for Citizenship rally.

2013-04-11 13:22:00

AMC movie theaters are offering a free small popcorn with coupon April 12 to 15. There are AMC theaters in Plainville and Danbury. Find coupon

2013-04-11 09:37:00