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• Wearing “killer” T-shirt, Ohio teen sentenced to life for school shootings

  March 19, 2013 in News An Ohio teenager was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after killing three students in a school shooting last year. 24

• Sandy Hook kids face 1st classes since shooting

  January 3, 2013 in Nation/World MONROE, Conn. — Classes resumed today for the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School for the first time since last month’s massacre in Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders … 1

• Sandy Hook students will find blizzard of welcome

  December 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A8 HAMDEN, Conn. – Snowflakes made of coiled copy paper, Post-it notes and even Swarovski Crystal pile into a business-park office like an indoor blizzard. They arrive by mail in envelopes …

• Mass murderers’ other commonality: AR-15

  December 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 The guy who killed all those people at Sandy Hook Elementary used a Bushmaster AR-15 .223-caliber assault rifle with 30-round magazines. The guy who killed all those people in the … 198

• Group gathering paper hearts to send to Connecticut town

  December 27, 2012 in Region on Page A6 BILLINGS – It started as a way for one Montana family to talk about the tragic school shooting of 26 children and adults. Now it’s blossoming into an international movement …

• Front Porch: Holiday wish: civil talk on gun control

  December 27, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 I am writing these words during the height of the holidays, when families all across America are rejoicing and happy and filled with glad tidings. That may be a bit … 1

• Rumored threat closes 3 N. Idaho school districts

  December 21, 2012 in City on Page A1 Rumors of a school shooting plot prompted three school districts to cancel classes today for about 20,000 students in Kootenai County. Although police have not verified a real threat of … 7

• Obama speaks at Newtown vigil

  December 16, 2012 in News NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls left President Barack Obama, like so many others, reaching … 23

• Despite precautions, local schools still feel vulnerability

  December 15, 2012 in City on Page A1 The tragedy in Connecticut could happen here. That’s the reality that struck parents, district officials, teachers and law enforcement in the Inland Northwest Friday as the story unfolded in Newtown, … 54

• No easy fix to halt violence

    December 15, 2012 in City on Page A6 In an address to the nation, President Barack Obama promised action to prevent future mass shootings in response to Friday’s killings at a Connecticut elementary school. In crafting potential policy … 2

• Spokane officials consider response to school shooting

    December 14, 2012 in City In an address to the nation, President Barack Obama promised action to prevent future mass shootings in response to Friday’s mass murder at a Connecticut elementary school. In crafting possible … 21

• Spokane school officials offer trauma tips

  December 14, 2012 in Health After a traumatic event such as the school shooting today in Connecticut, parents should limit their children’s exposure to news coverage because some children believe the event is reoccurring every …

• Suspected shooter may have had personality disorder

    December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The man suspected of killing his mother and then gunning down more than two dozen people Friday at the Connecticut elementary school where she taught may have …

• 9-year-old gets probation, must apologize for shooting

  March 6, 2012 in City PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months of probation and ordered to write a letter of apology to a fellow third-grader who was … 25

• 5 students reported wounded in Ohio shooting

  February 27, 2012 in Nation/World A gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria at the start of the school day today, wounding five students, authorities said. A suspect — believed to be a student … 17

• 2 wounded at LA school when gun in backpack fires

  January 18, 2011 in Nation/World A Los Angeles police official says the two students wounded in a shooting at a high school were hit by one bullet that was fired when a gun in a …

• Police: Teen arrested in school shooting plan

  March 2, 2010 in City Police in Brewster say they’ve arrested a 17-year-old boy and seized guns after investigating a tip that he wrote on Facebook about plans for a school shooting in 2011. 4

• Infatuated man kills Tacoma teacher outside school

  February 26, 2010 in Region A man apparently infatuated with a special education teacher he knew from college shot and killed her as she walked into her elementary school Friday, shortly before students began arriving. 8