By: Melissa Toupinmtoupin@abc6.com Bob and Penny Taylor can't help but beam as they talk about their grandson's. The Naragansett couple grateful their young lives were spared. They boys, ages 7 and 1
By: Alexandra Cowleyacowley@abc6.comThe first funerals from Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School are set for Today. This, as the president, offers the "love and prayers of a nation"
By News Staff news@abc6.com One bright spot glows among the grief in Newtown, Conn.: the stories of staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School who may have prevented further carnage.
By News Staff news@abc6.com The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut school is inspiring soul-searching worldwide even as it raises more basic questions about the gunman's motive.
By Abbey Niezgoda aniezgoda@abc6.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/abc6 NEWTOWN, Conn. - Candles lit the first night in Newtown since a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook elementary, killing 6 adults and 20 children. "Innocent children, very innocent children and I just can't…
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A principal in Everett Mass., may face disciplinary action but will not be "terminated" after creating a spoof video of "The Terminator" movies that was shown to stud
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Governor Dan McKee signed two gun safety bills into law on Monday morning. The first bills (2021-H 5386aa, 2021-S 416aa) ban "straw purchases," prohibiting the purchase of a firearm on…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden, who said Thursday that it is “long past time” to do so.…
Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance said they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup. That California startup, Verkada, said…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell denounced newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a “cancer for the Republican Party.” “Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps…
FOSTER, R.I. (WLNE) - The Foster Police Department announced the death of dispatcher Patrick Dragon on Sunday. Foster police Chief David Breit said Dragon died Saturday night after a "valiant battle with COVID-19." Dragon was a retired Connecticut…
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson throws a pass against Ohio State during an NCAA college football game in Columbus, Ohio. Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King moved a change of plea hearing from…
The former congresswoman was holding an event for constituents when she survived a gunshot wound to her head, and now she's traveling the country advocating for solutions to gun violence.
Cries for change as thousands of people flood the Rhode Island State House lawn calling for an end to gun violence. Local students say they just want to feel safe in their classrooms, joining the m...
By John Krinjak Email: jkrinjak@abc6.com Twitter: @johnkrinjakABC6 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Members of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence met with a mix of heartbreak and frustrat...
Police in Lincoln are training teachers on a new app that allows them to instantly communicate with administration and police in the event of an emergency, like an active shooter situation.
By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com Even before the bell rings at Winsor Hill Elementary School in Johnston a uniformed police officer will be present. Thursday marks the second day of increased ...
By The Associated Press scahill@abc6.com Twitter: @ABC6 Police in Connecticut released thousands of pages of documents Friday from the investigation into last year's school massacre in Newtown, which
By News Staffnews@abc6.comThe Associated PressNewtown groups and members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation are kicking off a week of ``acts of kindness'' to honor the victims of the massacre
By: News Staff news@abc6.com Twitter: @ABC6 The 911 calls from the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last December were released today. A Connecticut judge ruled last week tha
By: Alexandra Cowley acowley@abc6.com A vote Monday night in favor of arming campus police at Bristol Community College. Officers at two of the school's campus's could be carrying guns as early as th
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com It's been almost a year since a gunman entered Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 26 students and staff. When the emer
By: Haley Costello news@abc6.com The Rhode Island House passed legislation on Wednesday that will authorize a task force to handle firearm safety and behavioral health issues. This piece is a key port
