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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 enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has…

The Conversation

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, are stirring the now-familiar national debate over guns seen after the tragic 2012 and 2018 school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida.

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 grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness

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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

‘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 that is hauntingly familiar to the elementary school massacre that took 26 lives in Newtown 10 years ago.

Tribune News Service

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

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 inside a church in Charleston, after office workers were mowed down at a holiday party in San Bernardino."

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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 of first-graders murdered in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, the conspiracy theorist filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court. Jones, at the helm of a multi-million…

Chicago Tribune

Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon

The Independent UK

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 Club in Bucks County offered a kind of a safe space for Kathy Barnette to revel in her new status as sudden-shock co-front-runner in Pennsylvania’s GOP U.S. Senate primary, in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'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

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Welsh shopping centre sold at auction to retail site owner

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

The Independent UK

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 to appear at a deposition and have him arrested if he doesn’t

The Guardian - UK

Welsh couple charged with causing morbidly obese daughter’s death

Newtown parents allegedly failed to meet dietary and health needs of Kaylea Titford, 16, in first lockdown

Daily Mirror

'Normal' tummy bug turned out to be deadly condition for five-year-old girl

Maryama Hussein died several days after being taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital after she started suffering from headaches, fever and stomach pains at home in Newtown

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The RAT Shortage Is Truly Over Bc A Swarm Of Ratatouilles Was Just Spotted In A Syd Chemist

Our RAT shortage is well and truly over because a swarm of rats was spotted hoarding goods in a Chemist Warehouse in Sydney this weekend.

The Guardian - AU

Newtown boarding house fire puts spotlight on conditions for vulnerable residents across sector

Advocates call for reform including a licensing regime and better enforcement of existing regulations after tragedy that killed three men

AAP

Man in court over boarding house fire

A boarding house resident has appeared before court and charged with three murders after allegedly causing a fiery explosion at the Newtown residence.

Pedestrian.tv

Man Charged With Three Counts Of Murder After Allegedly Setting Newtown Boarding House Alight

Police have charged a man with three counts for murder for allegedly setting fire to a boarding house in Newtown in Sydney's inner-west.

The Guardian - AU

Former resident charged with murder after three die in Sydney boarding house fire

Police are still seeking to establish a motive for the alleged lighting of the fatal fire

The Guardian - AU

Seventh Japanese encephalitis case in NSW; nation records 17 Covid deaths - as it happened

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ABC News

Man charged with murder after Newtown boarding house fire

Police say Richard Hotoran was a recent resident of the Sydney boarding house he allegedly set fire to in the early hours of yesterday morning, killing three people.

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