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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...

The following are excerpts taken from editorials, blogs and other comments on the shooting Friday at the elementary school in Newtown. — The school's principal and other staffers [reportedly] are among the dead in this western Connecticut town....

A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 26 people, including 20 children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others: The...

A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, July 20, killing at least 12 and wounding 38. Police arrested a suspect in theater's parking lot. Here are some of the worst U.S. mass shootings since World War II....

August 15 Goodbye They say all good things must come to an end.  With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business.  I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools.  There are several reasons why I'm switching...

Janelle Stewart said she was alarmed as she listened to the words about human sacrifice tumbling from the mouth of fellow Morgan State student Alexander Kinyua at a widely attended campus forum about hazing. But the January outburst wouldn't be the...

As I read the newspaper and await the next horrific headline which details the sadistic behavior of one human against another human, I pause to study those characteristics of good and evil. Why are people prone to committing violent and shocking acts...

Virginia Tech officials are still waiting for a federal judge to rule on its appeal of U.S. Department of Education fines in connection with the 2007 campus massacre. The university was fined $55,000 for violating the federal Clery Act, which requires...

Virginia Tech president Charles Steger is no longer an individual defendant in the lawsuit over the 2007 murders on the campus. That leaves only the commonwealth as a defendant.  The case is currently set for a week-long trial starting March 5. Here...

Ellie Kavanagh had never been so happy to sleep through her alarm. The Virginia Tech junior had planned to go for a morning workout at the campus gym on Thursday. But instead, she was in her apartment a few miles away when her computer screen went...

The parents of victims in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting say they have no reason to believe their kids knew of a safety threat on campus as they walked into class that morning. The parents testified Wednesday, as an administrative judge is considering...

Geithner says he is encouraged at progress Europe is making in addressing debt crisis PARIS (AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he is very encouraged with the progress Europe is making in coming up with a plan to shore up the...