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Fight to save a beautiful period house that's the last link to a Welsh town's past before demolition date

The property is due to be demolished within weeks

Wales Online

Beautiful semi-detached hidden home that comes with a tower and a turret

Not your standard semi in the suburbs

Wales Online

Alex Jones didn’t personally verify false Infowars stories about Sandy Hook, trial told

Jones is being sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, died in the 2012 mass shooting…

The Independent UK

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After a tragedy like Highland Park mass shooting, communities must mobilize to deal with trauma

I am from Newtown, Connecticut, where Sandy Hook happened. I send kudos to Highland Park for quickly responding to the…

Chicago Sun-Times

A Rembrandt goes to Wales: ‘It’s probably worth more than the whole town’

A portrait of the Dutch master’s first wife is leaving visitors to a tiny Welsh gallery in Newtown starstruck, as…

The Guardian - UK

Council takes owner of gutted Sydney boarding house to court over concerns for safety of passersby

Newtown property where three died in a fire is listed for sale but Inner West council says Albert Wong did…

The Guardian - AU

Uvalde family hires Sandy Hook lawyer

The attorney successfully sued manufacturer of gun used in Newtown massacre. Now he's targeting Daniel Defense

Salon

The Lessons of Newtown for the Future of Uvalde

For a town that suffers a school shooting, the months and years ahead can bring reverberating pain.

The Atlantic

Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to…

The Conversation

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How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, just 10 days apart,…

The Conversation

'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parents

Some relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled…

The Independent UK

10 Years After Sandy Hook, Here We Are Again

I wish I could tell the people of Uvalde that they will be the last mourners. But in the decade…

The Atlantic

Echoes of Sandy Hook massacre in Texas primary school shooting

Victims of the 2012 attack that killed 20 children and six adults condemn lack of progress on gun control.

Al Jazeera

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‘Another Sandy Hook:’ Connecticut lawmakers, officials respond to hauntingly familiar shooting in Texas

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s lawmakers said they were heartbroken Tuesday at the news of a deadly Texas elementary school shooting…

Tribune News Service

Senator who represented Sandy Hook begs for gun compromise after Texas shooting

Connecticut US Senator Chris Murphy, who came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, has begged his colleagues to finally pass legislation…

Irish Independent

Chancellor Rishi Sunak paid £10,000 to fly to Wales for dinner

The chancellor funded the trip to a dinner at the Conservative conference in Newtown, Powys, from his own pocket

Wales Online

Book explores Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, and why modern conspiracy theories have been so contagious

In late April, one week before a trial began that would decide how much Alex Jones should pay the families…

Chicago Tribune

Mark Z. Barabak: Day after day of gun violence in America. Nothing changes

"Nothing changed after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora. Nothing changed after children were massacred in Newtown, after worshipers were killed…

Los Angeles Times

Will Bunch: Who is Kathy Barnette, and can Pa. figure it out before she wins the GOP Senate nod?

For about an hour Wednesday night, the crunchy green artificial turf of the big indoor practice field at Newtown Athletic…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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'Devastated' family pay tribute to teenager with 'cheeky smile' killed in crash

Owen Paul Bennett, 18, was described by his family as a 'kind, thoughtful and caring young man'

Wales Online

Body found in river near Newtown

The body has not been formally identified yet

Wales Online

Boarding house regulations in Sydney’s inner west under review after fatal Newtown fire

Owner of Newtown property ordered to make repairs and clean three other boarding houses after council inspections

The Guardian - AU

Mid-Wales life sciences manufacturer eyes Middle East and South Asia in ambitious expansion plans

CellPath has invested £2m in a new international distribution warehouse at its headquarters in Newtown to fulfil increased orders overseas

Birmingham Post

Welsh shopping centre sold at auction to retail site owner

Bear Lanes Shopping Centre in Newtown, Powys, went under the hammer this month

Birmingham Post

Newtown families: Alex Jones fails to show up for deposition

Lawyers for relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims are asking a judge to order Infowars host Alex Jones…

The Independent UK