Newtown, Connecticut, schools placed on lockdown after threat
Newtown, Connecticut, put its school system on lockdown on Monday afternoon after a threatening call was placed to an elementary school about a mile from the site of a mass shooting six months ago.
Newtown families fight to keep shooting massacre pictures sealed
Families of the victims of the Connecticut elementary school massacre are fighting to keep graphic crime scene photos and audio recordings from being released.
(Update) Public calls for apology after police shoot, kill bear in Newton tree
Police in Newton reportedly shot and killed a bear that was in a tree near the Massachusetts Turnpike early Sunday morning after attempts to tranquilize it were unsuccessful.
Maryland governor signs tough gun control law
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed into law one of the United States’ toughest gun control measures, even opponents vowed to overturn it.
Prosecutors charge Bronx woman with Sandy Hook donations fraud
Officials accuse a woman of fraud.
Hundreds walk for peace on Mother’s Day
Hundreds of people set off in the rain from a Dorchester park Sunday in honor of the countless victims of violence during the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace.
Opinion: Road map to recovery is a marathon, not a sprint
Opinion: Road map to Boston recovery is a marathon, not a sprint
VIDEO: Was the ‘Glee’ school shooting episode too soon after Newtown?
Thursday night’s ‘Glee’ episode struck a chord with many of its viewers, as the typically upbeat show took a dark turn with a long and tense school shooting scene.
Menino’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns group to score Congress on gun policy
Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced today that, for the first time, it will score votes and other official activity on firearms policy in the 113th Congress.
Connecticut Governor signs strict gun law in wake of Newtown shooting
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Thursday signed a tough new gun law that restricts sales of the sort of high-capacity ammunition clips that a gunman used to massacre 26 people in minutes in December in an attack at a school in the state.