Newtown Mass Shooting

Grace Forfeited: Adam, Tamerlan, and the Lady

Grace Forfeited: Adam, Tamerlan, and the Lady

Poetry | Below is a first for WORLDmag.com but a new start of an old tradition in American journalism: the news poem. Hardly a vile murder or a military victory went by without colonial poets bemoaning or celebrating the

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signs legislation restrictiing weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines.

Tougher gun laws based on emotion, not logic

Law |  In 1983 when President Reagan ordered the deployment of missiles in Europe as part of his “peace through strength” strategy to counter the Soviet Union,

Neil Heslin holds a portrait of himself with his son Jesse, who was killed in the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting.

A theory of conspiracies

Culture |  Did you know that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax? Or at least very … fishy? Some things don’t add up. If you go online you can easily find videos and…

ALL TOO COMMON: Pallbearers carry the body of Joseph Briggs following a funeral in Chicago. Briggs, 16, was shot during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister—one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during the June 9 weekend.
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Loaded questions

Gun Rights |  The mass shootings that have prompted a national debate over gun control are tragic—but rare. What about the gun violence that takes the most American…

Violently ill?
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Violently ill?

Science |  It’s a mistake to presume mental disorders and violence go hand-in-hand

The names of Adam Lanza and his mother, Nancy, are attached to candy canes at a memorial in Newtown, Conn.

Troubled

Shooting |  “Now when Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him” (Matthew 2:3). There’s a saying in some households: “If Mama’s not…

What does God want us to think about this Christmas?

Faith & Inspiration |  “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a hot cocoa-and-popcorn-snuggle-up-in-your-footie-pajamas kind of rhyme. Christmas has associations with Currier…

Wayne LaPierre speaks during a news conference.

NRA calls for armed guards in schools

Law |  The National Rifle Association (NRA) broke its weeklong silence following the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., by calling for armed guards at every…

Mourners attend the funeral of Newtown shooting victim Anne Marie Murphy.

Must every tragedy be a lesson?

Shooting |  Here we are, exactly one week removed from the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. I first heard the news while sitting with some co-workers at a company…

VIOLATED: Residents of Newtown react to news of the shooting.
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A town clothed in misery

Shooting |  As they mourn, local churches seek to bring hope to a spiritually desolate city after the horrific Sandy Hook shooting

Ana Márquez-Greene

‘Ana is with Jesus’

Shooting |  A portrait of one family affected by Friday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., as they prepare for their daughter’s funeral

President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden in the White House briefing room.

Biden to head gun control commission

Law |  President Barack Obama on Wednesday appointed Vice President Joe Biden to head a commission that will make recommendations on new gun control laws by January.

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