In the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, NRA head Wayne LaPierre famously quipped that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I guess no one told Antoinette Tuff, who just yesterday prevented a standoff with a gunman from turning into another… » 8/21/13 4:50pm 8/21/13 4:50pm

On Friday, after an exhaustive search that included 40 possible new locations, a specially-appointed Newtown task force decided to demolish the old Sandy Hook Elementary school and erect a brand-new building in its place. » 5/12/13 5:30pm 5/12/13 5:30pm

It makes sense that teachers, students and parents would all be on high alert following the school shooting tragedy of Newtown, CT, but what is the best way to be aware and prepared without being paranoid or further ostracizing at-risk or troubled kids? Well, here's how you shouldn't do it: A 16-year-old boy from Egg… » 12/31/12 11:40am 12/31/12 11:40am

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Apparently gun shops are doing brisk business in the wake of the shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. The Tampa Bay Times reports: » 12/21/12 11:15am 12/21/12 11:15am

The midseason finale episode of Scandal that aired last Thursday — titled "Blown Away" — featured a graphic scene of an entire family, including kids, found gunned down in their home. According to the Huffington Post, the video clip was briefly pulled from ABC.com: » 12/18/12 5:20pm 12/18/12 5:20pm

The Comfort Dogs are a team of Lutheran dog superstars who travel wherever people need a furry hug and slobbery kiss. They recently mobilized forces and beamed into Newtown to support its citizens. Naturally, it's pretty damn touching so get your Kleenex, foods to sad-eat, and some Prep H for those under eye circles. » 12/17/12 10:00pm 12/17/12 10:00pm

Here's the cast teaching Big Bird what death means, and it'll break your heart about fifty times in one viewing. I'm not sure what's the best way to talk to kids about death, but this seems like a pretty good start. » 12/17/12 9:30am 12/17/12 9:30am

Andrea Jaeger places flowers and a candle at a makeshift memorial outside a firehouse which was used as a staging area for families following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 15, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty six people were shot dead, including twenty children, after a gunman… » 12/15/12 3:45pm 12/15/12 3:45pm

Much of the grieving nation is up in arms about the number of major media gaffes and indiscretions regarding yesterday's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Interviewing students as young as second grade who had just been reunited with their parents, for instance. Not to mention the… » 12/15/12 1:15pm 12/15/12 1:15pm

Twitter is deluged with celebrities (and civilians) chiming in on the gun control "debate" following today's horrific school shooting. The one I saw retweeted the most ubiquitously was this, from Dax Shepard: "I love guns. I have several, but I would gladly get rid of them if it would help prevent anything like this… » 12/14/12 8:00pm 12/14/12 8:00pm

Twitter can be kind of hard to handle during a disaster like today's Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, but I like these tweets about all of the various deadly objects and entities we've gotten rid of, from Big Gulps to the KKK, because they're literally killing us. » 12/14/12 7:20pm 12/14/12 7:20pm

President Obama teared up this afternoon when he talked about the victims of today's elementary school massacre in Connecticut: at least 27 people and 20 little kids were gunned down. » 12/14/12 5:00pm 12/14/12 5:00pm

NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN all interviewed numerous young students — mostly second, third, and fourth graders — from Sandy Hook Elementary, mere moments after they were reunited with their parents. The children survived this morning's deadly school shooting, but is it healthy for these kids, who've witnessed the… » 12/14/12 4:20pm 12/14/12 4:20pm

Images from the Facebook profile of one Ryan Lanza from Newtown, Connecticut, currently living in Hoboken, New Jersey (where a crime scene is being investigated in connection to the shooting) are making the rounds. All the pieces fit, right? » 12/14/12 2:48pm 12/14/12 2:48pm

>At least 28 people are dead—including at least 20 children, mostly kindergarteners—after a gunman opened fire this morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, that serves kindergarten through fourth grade. The shooter, is reportedly 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who opened fire on the entire kindergarten class. » 12/14/12 1:39pm 12/14/12 1:39pm