Mass killings in the U.S., like Friday’s schoolhouse slaughter, have become a troubling and recurring fact of life in America. In the latest carnage, authorities say a gunman killed at least 26 people, including 18 students, inside an elementary school in the northeastern state of Connecticut. In July, a troubled graduate student opened fire at […]
Official: 27 People Killed in US School Shooting
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
News reports in the northeastern state of Connecticut say 26 people – most of them young children – were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school. A Connecticut State Police lieutenant told reporters the fatalities included students and staff, and that the gunman involved also was dead. The officer did not give a […]
News Reports: At Least 20 Killed in US School Shooting
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
News reports from the northeastern U.S. state of Connecticut say at least 20 people, including children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school. The reports say a suspected gunman was among the dead at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Police and other emergency vehicles are at the scene. Images showed […]
News Reports: Multiple Dead in US School Shooting
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
News reports from the northeastern state of Connecticut are reporting multiple deaths at a shooting at an elementary school. The reports say the suspected gunman was among the dead at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Police and other emergency vehicles are at the scene. Images showed children being rushed out of the school. […]
South Korea Analyzing North’s Rocket Debris
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
South Korea says its navy has retrieved debris from the North’s rocket launch earlier this week and will analyze it to learn more about Pyongyang’s missile capability. Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok says a navy ship carrying what appeared to be a fuel tank arrived Friday at a military base in Pyeongtaek. The tank was […]
Sources: Suspected Gunman Dead at Connecticut School
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Sources in the northeastern state of Connecticut say a suspected gunman at an elementary school is dead. Police and other emergency vehicles are at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Authorities are to provide further details at an afternoon news conference. Early reports said three people had been wounded.
European Leaders Say Worst of Debt Crisis Is Over
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Some European leaders are saying that the worst of the continent’s three-year governmental debt crisis is behind it, even as they remained cautious about its weak economy. The leaders approved creation of a single supervisor for the eurozone’s largest banks and handed Greece more bailout money at their yearend summit in Brussels. French President Francois […]
Eleven-year Sentence Doled Out in Politkovskaya Killing
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
A Russian court has sentenced a former police officer to 11 years in prison and fined him some $100,000 for his role in the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The sentencing of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov came Friday after a speedy trial in which the defendant struck a plea bargain that qualified him for a […]
European Leaders Say Worst of Debt Crisis Is Over
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Some European leaders are saying that the worst of the continent’s three-year governmental debt crisis is behind it, even as they remained cautious about its weak economy. The leaders approved creation of a single supervisor for the eurozone’s largest banks and handed Greece more bailout money at their yearend summit in Brussels. French President Francois […]
Israeli FM Resigns After Indictment
Posted December 14th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has resigned after the country’s attorney general charged him with a breach of trust. Lieberman’s decision to resign Friday comes just one month ahead of Israeli elections. It is unclear if the move will help or hurt votes for Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party. Lieberman has […]
