Giffords in TV ad urges background checks for all gun purchases

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is urging key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases in a new television ad that is to begin airing Tuesday in Arizona and Iowa.

Fitz Blog: Tucson survivors to talk about Newtown trip

This is worth attending. Here's the news release I received:

Giffords, Kelly to lobby for gun control

PHOENIX — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.

Giffords meets with Sandy Hook families

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords holds hands with her husband, Mark Kelly, as they leave Newtown's Town Hall after meeting with state and local officials there on Friday.

Giffords meets with Sandy Hook families

NEWTOWN, Conn. - Nearly two years after being critically wounded in the Tucson mass shooting, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with families of victims in last month's shooting that left 26 people dead inside a Connecticut elementary school.

AZ attorney general proposes arming 1 educator per school

PHOENIX — In the wake of the Connecticut school shootings, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is proposing a plan to allow one educator in each school to carry a gun.

Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training as organizers seek to arm more educators in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting.

Company that makes Bushmaster rifles to be sold

The company that makes one of the weapons used to kill elementary school children in Connecticut is being put up for sale by its owner, which called Friday’s tragedy a “watershed event” in the debate over gun control.

Blog: Grijalva says it's time to stand up to gun rights activists

U.S. Congressman Raul Gríjalva, a Democrat from Tucson, says we can no longer allow ourselves to be "cowed" by absolutism when it comes to gun rights.

Blog: Tucson vigil for Connecticut shooting victims on Sunday

Homicide Survivors, Inc. will host a local candlelight vigil for Connecticut shooting victims tomorrow - Sunday, Dec. 16 - evening.

Man killed mother before deadly school rampage

A man opened fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children.

UConn's Calhoun retires on own terms

STORRS, Conn. - As Jim Calhoun stood in his office at Gampel Pavilion, waiting for his final news conference as Connecticut's basketball coach, Pat Calhoun turned to her husband and gave him one final piece of advice.

UConn's Calhoun retires on own terms

STORRS, Conn. - As Jim Calhoun stood in his office at Gampel Pavilion, waiting for his final news conference as Connecticut's basketball coach, Pat Calhoun turned to her husband and gave him one final piece of advice.

Women's NCAA tournament: Diggins digs in, lifts Notre Dame

Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins, who stands only 5 feet 9 inches tall, took over the Raleigh Regional final against Maryland and posted 22 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds and five steals.

Women's NCAA tournament: Diggins digs in, lifts Notre Dame

RALEIGH, N.C. - Skylar Diggins knew she needed to do more than score to send Notre Dame back to the Final Four.

$254M Powerball winners are Conn. money managers

ROCKY HILL, Conn. — A trio of wealth managers from Greenwich, one of the most affluent towns in America, claimed a Powerball jackpot worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars Monday off a $1 ticket.

Number of students home with flu is multiplying

CHICAGO — The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide, and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big-city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.

Number of students home with flu is multiplying

Pac-10 suspends ref over facemask no-call

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The Pacific-10 has suspended a game official for missing a facemask call in Saturday's game between Southern California and Oregon State.