Sandy Hook Elementary School

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February 15, 2022

Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced they have agreed to a $73 million settlement.
April 11, 2013

Obama congratulates Newtown families on gun vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lauding the role the families of the Newtown shooting victims played in pressing…
April 9, 2013

Cops: Man pulls out BB gun as Obama’s motorcade passes

NBC Chicago - A man was taken into custody Monday afternoon after he pulled out a BB gun as President…
February 15, 2013

Obama bestows Presidential Citizens Medals

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Citizens Medal on the six adults killed in the Newtown,…
January 31, 2013

Jennifer Hudson to sing with Sandy Hook chorus

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The NFL says Jennifer Hudson will join the chorus from Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing…
January 4, 2013

R. Kelly records tribute to Sandy Hook shooting victims

VIDEO - The horrific mass shooting on December 14th claimed 26 lives, including 20 children, and shook the nation...
January 3, 2013

Sandy Hook kids face 1st classes since shooting

MONROE, Conn. (AP) - Classes are resuming for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since last month's…
December 21, 2012

'Demand-a-Plan' PSA: Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and more rally for gun control

VIDEO - The National Rifle Association held a press conference today and demanded the access to guns be protected...
December 21, 2012

9-year-old Brooklyn rapper memorializes Sandy Hook tragedy with his song 'Stop Da Violence'

theGRIO REPORT - This week, Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga, a nine-year-old Flatbush-raised rapper, dedicated his latest opus 'Stop Da Violence' to…
December 21, 2012

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school

The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left…
December 21, 2012

The hip-hop community responds to the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy

theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop artists have oftentimes been criticized for glamorizing gun violence, with some rappers even brandishing guns in…
December 21, 2012

Michelle Obama writes open letter to Sandy Hook victims

theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama wrote an open letter entitled "Holding You in Our Hearts" to the victims…
December 21, 2012

Online gamers hold 1-day ceasefire for Sandy Hook victims

theGRIO REPORT - Antwand Pearman, CEO of GamerFitNation.com, decided that even gamers should show there support for Sandy Hook and…
December 20, 2012

In Newtown’s shadow, Chicago’s bleak gun toll goes on

NBC NEWS - The cost of gun violence is astonishingly high in Chicago, calculated in both deaths and bullet- battered…
December 20, 2012

What exactly Obama is proposing on gun control

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act…
December 20, 2012

Victor Cruz: Meeting Sandy Hook shooting victim's family was 'toughest by far'

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - For much of his hour-long visit with the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in…
December 19, 2012

On the Sandy Hook tragedy: The God we know

ESSAY - We can’t answer why awful people choose to kill our children, whether in 1963 Birmingham or 2012 Newtown.…
December 19, 2012

On gun control, a new passion from Obama

theGRIO REPORT - The president showed a passion and urgency on the issue that suggested that he is eager to…
December 19, 2012

'Ted Nugent's Gun Country' not returning for new episodes on Discovery Channel

theGRIO REPORT - In light of the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, during which twenty children were killed,…
December 19, 2012

Obama presses for new gun policies after shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked an administration team to offer 'concrete proposals' on curbing gun violence…