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Los Angeles police officer Sgt. Frank Preciado greets school children arriving at the Main Street Elementary School after winter break. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Opinion: Seeking middle ground on school safety

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- Safety in public schools has been much on the public's mind in the post-Newtown era. The massacre has inspired calls for getting more police officers … Read More

Ana Grace Marquez-Greene was one of the final victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy to be laid to rest. (Photo provided by Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Courtesy Kate-Orlikow Kineret-Rifkind)

Mother of Sandy Hook victim releases touching letter on what would have been her 7th birthday

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Ana Grace Marquez-Green, the little girl who loved to sing and dance, and was killed in a brutal school shooting at Sandy Hook elementary, was remembered by her … Read More

Dr. Jose Mendez of United Physicians of Newtown with his son Juan (Courtesy Dr. Jose Mendez)

United Physicians of Newtown call for changes to address violence, guns

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“I’m a Newtown resident -- I have children in the school system -- that was the worst day of my life,” says Dr. José Mendez, a pulmonologist at Danbury … Read More

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto's (Photo from Facebook)

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto’s

By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook has agreed to remove some so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns they're … Read More

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal trained Arizonans to guard schools this weekend. Randy Parraz, an Arpaio critic, brought forms to recall Arpaio to the event. (Getty Images)

Joe Arpaio, Steven Seagal train Arizonans to guard schools

By Associated Press

The self-proclaimed “America’s Toughest Sheriff” joined forces this weekend with action movie star Steven Seagal to train volunteer armed posse members to … Read More

Joined by children who wrote letters to to the White House about gun violence, U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announce the administraton's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC.

Opinion: Obama’s gun control proposals fail to address the violence in our streets

By Stephen A. Nuňo

Dead minorities aren't really a problem for this country; otherwise we would be having a much different conversation about gun violence in America. Minorities … Read More

Victoria Soto, the Sandy Hook Elementary teacher trying to save her students will be awarded a Presidential medal along with 5 other educators.

New Connecticut school to be named after heroic teacher

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The town of Stratford, Connecticut voted to name a new school after one of its homegrown heroes, Victoria "Vicki" Soto.  She is the 27-year-old teacher who was … Read More

Los Angeles police officer Sgt. Frank Preciado greets school children arriving at the Main Street Elementary School after winter break. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

LA schools reopen after break with extra security

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles schools reopen after winter break with tighter security in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary … Read More

Miguel Caballero has introduced a new line of bulletproof clothing for children after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut (Courtesy Miguel Caballero)

Colombian bulletproof clothing designer launches kids line of vests and backpacks after Sandy Hook

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As the town of Newtown tries to continue on with their lives and the children of Sandy Hook elementary resume classes in a different school, a Colombian … Read More

Ana Grace Marquez-Greene was one of the final victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy to be laid to rest. (Photo provided by Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Courtesy Kate-Orlikow Kineret-Rifkind)

Sandy Hook victim Ana Márquez-Greene forever remembered on Facebook

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It's been 14 days since 6-year-old Ana Grace Márquez-Greene was killed in the mass school shooting in Sandy Hook, Conn., but she's far from forgotten. In … Read More