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• No rise in mass killings, but their impact is huge
• AP Photos: Connecticut shooting
• Secretary of state faints, sustains concussion
• Evidence found at shooter’s home may point to motive, police say
• Mandela undergoes successful gallstone surgery
• Could shooting be a gun-control tipping point?
• 2 dead after shooting at Las Vegas Strip hotel
• Police, world wonder about Conn. shooting motive
• Connecticut school shooting: Officials ask why
• President's pot comments prompt call for policy
• Report: Two dead in murder-suicide in Las Vegas hotel
• Routine morning, then shots and unthinkable terror
• Police respond to report of gunfire at Vegas hotel
• Principal among victims in Conn. shooting rampage
• Hundreds pack church for vigil after rampage
• Massacre suspect was 'obviously not well'
• 'It was horrific': First grade teacher kept kids calm
• Official: Gunman's brother cooperating, not under arrest
• How to cope with fear after school shootings
• Rice withdrawal sparks gender concerns on Cabinet
• Syrian Scud missiles land near Turkish border: NATO
• 20 children, 6 adults killed at Conn. school shooting

No rise in mass killings, but their impact is huge Posted: 15 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST A gold plaque hangs next to a bullet hole in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a lone gunman killed six worshippers and injured three others last August. It is engraved with the words, "We Are One."

AP Photos: Connecticut shooting Posted: 15 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the 20-year-old gunman was driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. Police have shed no light on any motive, and investigators were trying to learn more about the suspect Adam Lanza.

Secretary of state faints, sustains concussion Posted: 15 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday.

Evidence found at shooter’s home may point to motive, police say Posted: 15 Dec 2012 09:11 AM PST Evidence recovered at gunman Adam Lanza's home may provide a motive for the massacre that left 26 dead at a school.

Mandela undergoes successful gallstone surgery Posted: 15 Dec 2012 09:00 AM PST South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela underwent a successful surgery to remove gallstones Saturday, the nation's presidency said, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon is still recovering from a lung infection.

Could shooting be a gun-control tipping point? Posted: 15 Dec 2012 07:32 AM PST The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?

2 dead after shooting at Las Vegas Strip hotel Posted: 15 Dec 2012 05:20 AM PST A man shot and fatally wounded a woman, then killed himself Friday at the Excalibur hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, sending many patrons fleeing in fear.

Police, world wonder about Conn. shooting motive Posted: 15 Dec 2012 02:35 AM PST The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, a 20-year-old described as brilliant but remote, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims.

Connecticut school shooting: Officials ask why Posted: 15 Dec 2012 01:29 AM PST FBI goes to 3 states, interviews relatives of suspected shooter

President's pot comments prompt call for policy Posted: 15 Dec 2012 12:25 AM PST President Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But advocates argue the president said the same thing about medical marijuana — and yet U.S. attorneys continue to force the closure of dispensaries across the U.S.

Report: Two dead in murder-suicide in Las Vegas hotel Posted: 15 Dec 2012 12:08 AM PST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Gunfire erupted in the lobby of the medieval-themed Excalibur Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip on Friday, killing two people in an apparent murder-suicide, Las Vegas media reported. Police identified the dead as a woman who had worked as a concierge and a man who died from a self-inflicted wound, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported. There was no immediate word on the nature of their relationship. ...

Routine morning, then shots and unthinkable terror Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:03 PM PST First, he killed his mother.

Police respond to report of gunfire at Vegas hotel Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:35 PM PST Police are responding to a report of gunfire at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

Principal among victims in Conn. shooting rampage Posted: 14 Dec 2012 07:47 PM PST The principal at the Connecticut elementary school where a gunman opened fire in a rampage Friday, killing 26 people including 20 children and then himself, was identified as one of the victims.

Hundreds pack church for vigil after rampage Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:57 PM PST A vigil Friday night for the victims of a school massacre in western Connecticut brought out hundreds of community members, including some parents who were struggling with mixed emotions after their own children survived the massacre.

Massacre suspect was 'obviously not well' Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:09 PM PST Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut this morning, was "obviously not well," a relative told ABC News.

'It was horrific': First grade teacher kept kids calm Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST There was so much gunfire rocking the Sandy Hook Elementary school that one teacher doubted that she and her students, locked in a bathroom, were going to survive.

Official: Gunman's brother cooperating, not under arrest Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:25 PM PST A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation of the Connecticut school massacre says the brother of the gunman has been "extremely cooperative" and is not under arrest.

How to cope with fear after school shootings Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:09 PM PST In the aftermath of a Connecticut mass shooting that may rank among the deadliest in U.S. history, many parents are struggling with a visceral fear for their own children, as well as questions about how to explain the horrific school shooting to young kids.

Rice withdrawal sparks gender concerns on Cabinet Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:52 PM PST The top contenders for the "big three" jobs in President Barack Obama's second-term Cabinet are all white men, rekindling concerns about diversity in his inner circle.

Syrian Scud missiles land near Turkish border: NATO Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:24 PM PST The comments by U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, were the first to confirm that Scuds have come down near the border of Turkey, a NATO-member state.

20 children, 6 adults killed at Conn. school shooting Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST A man opened fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in their classrooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building.

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