Connecticut School Shootings

• Newtown marks six months since school massacre

  A Connecticut town held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of an elementary school massacre at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence.

• In Newtown, debate begins on future of school massacre site

  Parents of children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut expressed mixed feelings on Sunday about what should be done with the facility and its grounds following a December shooting rampage that killed 20 students and six staff members.

• Remains of Connecticut gunman claimed for burial

  The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school has been claimed for burial.

• Newtown observes Christmas amid signs of mourning

  Newtown observed Christmas amid snow-covered teddy bears, stockings, flowers and candles left in memorial to the 20 children and six educators gunned down at an elementary school just 11 days before the holiday.

• UN approves new debate on arms treaty opposed by US gun lobby

  The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to restart negotiations on a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms, a pact the powerful US National Rifle Association has been lobbying hard against.

• Connecticut shooting site draws hundreds of visitors

  The Sandy Hook section of Newtown was a gathering place this weekend for hundreds of people drawn to the scene of the recent massacre to share in the community's mourning and come to terms with the shocking school tragedy.

• US gun lobby defends call for armed guards at schools

  The leader of the US gun lobby on Sunday defended his call for placing armed guards in all American schools despite withering criticism of the group's response to the massacre of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut.

• Few memorials to forgotten victim: gunman's mother

  When people here speak of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they use the number 26: the ones killed after Adam Lanza blasted his way into the school.

• Silence, ringing of bells to honor victims of US school massacre

  Many Americans will remember the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre with a moment of silence on Friday, just before a powerful U.S. gun rights lobbying group plunges into the national debate over gun control.

• Armored backpacks and a rush on guns after Connecticut

  The reaction to the deadly Connecticut school shooting can be seen at gun stores and self-defense retailers across the nation, with anxious parents buying armored backpacks for children and firearms enthusiasts stocking up on assault weapons in anticipation of tighter gun control measures.

• Armoured backpacks and a rush on guns after Connecticut school shooting

  The reaction to the deadly Connecticut school shooting can be seen at gun stores and self-defense retailers across the nation, with anxious parents buying armoured backpacks for children and firearms enthusiasts stocking up on assault weapons in anticipation of tighter gun control measures.

• Connecticut school kids to return to class in January

  Children from the Connecticut elementary school where a deranged gunman killed 20 children and six staff members last week will return to classes in an alternate facility only in the new year, officials said on Wednesday.

• Schools reopen in Newtown, Washington talks gun control

  Most students returned to school in the devastated Connecticut community of Newtown on Tuesday for the first time since a gunman's rampage killed 26 people in an elementary school, reviving the gun control debate in Washington.

• US boy brings gun to school, cites Newtown fears

  A Utah sixth-grader caught with a gun at school told administrators he brought the weapon to defend himself in case of an attack similar to last week's mass shooting at a Connecticut school, officials said Tuesday.

• After shooting, neighbor took in six young survivors

  Gene Rosen heard the staccato sound of gunfire near his home on Friday morning, but dismissed it as a hunter in the nearby woods.