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  • Tragedy At Sandy Hook

  • Wednesday, May 1 2013 7:03 PM EDT2013-05-01 23:03:44 GMT
    Dozens of New Jersey firefighters volunteered their services Wednesday morning and built on a new playground for a school in need in Ansonia. There will be 26 playgrounds built across the tri-state area
    Dozens of New Jersey firefighters volunteered their services Wednesday morning and built on a new playground for a school in need in Ansonia.

  • Wednesday, May 1 2013 6:15 PM EDT2013-05-01 22:15:53 GMT
    Teachers and town leaders attended a school safety conference Wednesday that focused on way to prevent another tragedy like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown in December."It is our intention
    Teachers and town leaders attended a school safety conference Wednesday that focused on way to prevent another tragedy like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown in December.

  • Friday, April 26 2013 12:55 PM EDT2013-04-26 16:55:15 GMT
    The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, created by Gov. Dannel Malloy in the wake of the Newtown school shooting, met Friday in Hartford to further discuss mental health services.The meeting got underway at
    The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, created by Gov. Dannel Malloy in the wake of the Newtown school shooting, met Friday in Hartford to further discuss mental health services.

  • Monday, January 21 2013 6:43 PM EST2013-01-21 23:43:23 GMT
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says President Barack Obama's reference in his inauguration speech to the murders of 20 children and six educators in Newtown could spur changes in federal gun law. Blumenthal
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says President Barack Obama's reference in his inauguration speech to the murders of 20 children and six educators in Newtown could spur changes in federal gun law.

  • Wednesday, January 9 2013 3:22 AM EST2013-01-09 08:22:28 GMT
    Newtown's police commissioners want Connecticut law changed so officers and others who responded to last month's deadly school shooting are covered by workers' compensation. A resolution passed Tuesday
    Newtown's police commissioners want Connecticut law changed so officers and others who responded to last month's deadly school shooting are covered by workers' compensation.

  • Please take a moment to pay tribute to all the innocent victims killed in the Newtown school shooting.  This page is dedicated to their lives.
    Please take a moment to pay tribute to all the innocent victims killed in the Newtown school shooting.  This page is dedicated to their lives.

  • Tuesday, January 1 2013 4:59 PM EST2013-01-01 21:59:22 GMT
    Classes are starting Thursday at a repurposed school for students who survived a shooting rampage three weeks ago in Newtown. Desks have been taken to the new building in nearby Monroe along with backpacks
    Classes are starting Thursday at a repurposed school for students who survived a shooting rampage three weeks ago in Newtown.

  • Wednesday, December 19 2012 8:29 PM EST2012-12-20 01:29:01 GMT
    Victor Cruz hopes meeting with the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shootings has helped them cope with the tragedy. The New York Giants receiver on Wednesday somberly recounted
    Victor Cruz hopes meeting with the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shootings has helped them cope with the tragedy.

  • Wednesday, December 19 2012 5:48 PM EST2012-12-19 22:48:47 GMT
    The family of Noah Pozner was mourning their 6-year-old who was killed in the Newtown school massacre when their sorrow was compounded by outrage. Someone they didn't know was soliciting donations in
    The family of Noah Pozner was mourning their 6-year-old who was killed in the Newtown school massacre when their sorrow was compounded by outrage.

  • Wednesday, December 19 2012 12:45 PM EST2012-12-19 17:45:12 GMT
    Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country. "This
    Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country.

  • In Memoriam

    WFSB is remembering all the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

  • Tuesday, December 18 2012 11:03 PM EST2012-12-19 04:03:56 GMT
    The Newtown shooting has put a new focus on Aspergers Syndrome, which is a disorder family and friends of Adam Lanza said he suffered from. However, doctors treating patients with Aspergers are speaking
    The Newtown shooting has put a new focus on Aspergers Syndrome, which is a disorder family and friends of Adam Lanza said he suffered from.

  • Tuesday, December 18 2012 9:39 PM EST2012-12-19 02:39:58 GMT
    The University of Connecticut is creating a scholarship fund for students from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, where 20 students and six staff members were gunned down last week. The Sandy Hook
    The University of Connecticut is creating a scholarship fund for students from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, where 20 students and six staff members were gunned down last week.

  • Tuesday, December 18 2012 9:35 PM EST2012-12-19 02:35:39 GMT
    Connecticut lawmakers plan to honor the victims of the Newtown school shooting when they return to the Capitol to address the state's budget deficit. The special legislative session is scheduled to begin
    Connecticut lawmakers plan to honor the victims of the Newtown school shooting when they return to the Capitol to address the state's budget deficit.

  • Tuesday, December 18 2012 6:40 PM EST2012-12-18 23:40:29 GMT
    New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz has visited the home of the 6-year-old Connecticut shooting victim who was buried in a replica Cruz jersey. Jack Pinto was among 20 children shot to death Friday in
    New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz has visited the home of the 6-year-old Connecticut shooting victim who was buried in a replica Cruz jersey.

  • Tuesday, December 18 2012 9:31 AM EST2012-12-18 14:31:52 GMT
    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A man who lives near Sandy Hook Elementary School says he took in six students who survived the shooting and ended up huddled at the end of his driveway. Sixty-9-year-old retired
    A man who lives near Sandy Hook Elementary School says he took in six students who survived the shooting and ended up huddled at the end of his driveway.

  • Tuesday, December 18 2012 8:00 AM EST2012-12-18 13:00:28 GMT
    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner.
    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner.

  • Monday, December 17 2012 10:33 PM EST2012-12-18 03:33:00 GMT
    Rachel D'Avino's boyfriend was going to propose to the 29-year-old behavioral therapist on Christmas Eve. He had already asked and received her family's permission. But instead of planning a wedding, her
    One of the victims of the Newtown mass shooting was weeks away from getting engaged, nearly finished with her doctorate degree and had just transferred to Sandy Hook Elementary School to work with autistic students.

  • Monday, December 17 2012 10:35 AM EST2012-12-17 15:35:58 GMT
    DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - A spokesman for Western Connecticut State University says the man identified as the gunman who killed 26 children and adults in an elementary school took college classes when
    DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - A spokesman for Western Connecticut State University says the man identified as the gunman who killed 26 children and adults in an elementary school took college classes when he was only 16.

  • Sunday, December 16 2012 2:40 PM EST2012-12-16 19:40:14 GMT
    Two senators are calling for a national commission to examine mass shootings in the United States, while a colleague says she's push to ban the sale of military-style assault weapons. The proposals are
    Democratic lawmakers and Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.

  • Saturday, December 15 2012 2:14 PM EST2012-12-15 19:14:43 GMT
    Newtown town officials said the principal who died in the rampage at an elementary school was killed while lunging at the gunman as she tried to overtake him. Dawn Hochsprung was gunned down in Friday's
    Newtown town officials said the principal who died in the rampage at an elementary school was killed while lunging at the gunman as she tried to overtake him.

  • Photos: Tragedy at Sandy Hook

  • Parents of Connecticut first-graders slain in last month's mass shooting have joined a new group in calling for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies.
    Parents of Connecticut first-graders slain in last month's mass shooting have joined a new group in calling for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies.

  • People in the community of Newtown, CT, are coming together to mourn the loss of 26 children and adults killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school.
    People in the community of Newtown, CT, are coming together to mourn the loss of 26 children and adults killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school.

  • 27 people were killed when by a 20-year-old gunman in Newtown.  Most of them were children between the ages of 6 and 7.
    27 people were killed when by a 20-year-old gunman in Newtown.  Most of them were children between the ages of 6 and 7.
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