03/01/2013 | World

New Sandy Hook school opens after attack

Twenty days after the massacre that left 20 first graders and six adults dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, plunging a rural New England town and the nation into grief, classes resumed today for the more than 400 students who lived through the harrowing assault.

28/01/2013 | World

US Senate approves $50.5 B Sandy aid package

The US Senate today approved a $50.5 billion disaster aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy, three months after the storm destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in coastal New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

17/12/2012 | World

Schools in two other Connecticut towns in lockdown

Schools in two Connecticut towns were in lockdown today, the first day children returned to class since Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

18/12/2012 | World

NRA breaks silence, pledges to help stop US massacres

The National Rifle Association said today it wanted to contribute meaningfully to prevent another massacre like the Connecticut shooting, suggesting a sharp change in tone for the largest US gun rights group.

02/01/2013 | World

FBI: Gun purchasers set new record in December

The number of FBI background checks for US gun purchases set a record in December, as the Connecticut school massacre prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to new FBI data.

15/12/2012 | World

Obama urges solidarity as US mourns shooting victims

President Barack Obama urged Americans today to join in solidarity as they mourn the victims of a shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school, saying the hearts of parents across the country were "heavy with hurt" for the lives lost.

16/12/2012 | World

Obama consoles Connecticut town hit by school massacre

17/12/2012 | World

Funerals begin for Connecticut victims as schools confront tragedy

The small Connecticut town shattered by an act President Barack Obama called "unconscionable evil," holds the first two of 20 funerals for schoolchildren massacred in their classrooms last week.

14/12/2012 | World

Tearful Obama calls for action after school shooting

A tearful US President Barack Obama expressed "overwhelming grief" today for the victims of a shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school and called on US citizens to set aside politics and take "meaningful action" to prevent further tragedies of this kind.

14/12/2012 | World

Argentines in Connecticut astonished

14/12/2012 | World

Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter

A 20-year-old gunned man entered to an elementary school in Connecticut, killing at least 27 people, including 20 children, according to the State Police.

07/12/2012 | World

Obama seeks $60.4 bln for Sandy storm repairs

US President Barack Obama asked Congress today to approve a $60.4 billion aid package to help East Coast states rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, well short of their initial requests.

14/12/2012 | World

Twenty-eight killed in Connecticut school shooting massacre

14/12/2012 | World

'Obama remains committed to trying to renew a ban on assault weapons'

President Barack Obama has been notified about the "tragic" shooting incident at an elementary school in Connecticut and will receive regular updates throughout the day, the White House said.