January 15, 2013 A month after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, students from the area gathered at the home studio of Christ Frantz & Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads/TomTom Club.) They recorded a special version 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' featuring Ingrid Michaelson.
Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, read a statement Friday morning in reaction to last week's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. He called for installing armed guards in schools to prevent future gun violence against students.
The National Rifle Association went quiet after last week's shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and many have been wondering what the gun-advocacy group would have to say. On Tuesday, the NRA released an official statement:
There is nothing anyone can do to take away the pain the community of Newtown, Connecticut is going through right now. But a charity group from Illinois is using man's best friend to provide a little comfort to those who are mourning the loss of life from last Friday's mass school shooting.
December 18, 2012 'The Voice' began their finale week on Monday, Dec. 17 with a touching musical moment that paid tribute to the 20 children and six adults tragically slain during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14.
While Rick Ross was performing at Power 106's annual Cali Christmas Concert on Friday (Dec. 14), he took a moment to reflect on the senseless tragedy that happened earlier in the day at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn.
The news of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting affected people nationwide, including singer-songwriter Mike Posner, who has written and dedicated a new song for the families of the tragedy.
December 16, 2012 I'm still kind of at a loss for words over the sadness and loss from the school shooting in Newtown, CT. I cry for the parents with children ripped from their lives just before the happiest day of the year for most kids, Christmas. I find it hard to watch the news but can't seem to stay away from the coverage.
In an attempt to heal not only the ones directly connected to the tragedy at Newtown, CT, this past Friday, but the entire town, retired special education teacher Michael Cragin has decided to offer out hugs — not from him, but from his beloved bulldog Truman.
In the wake of the Newton, Connecticut tragedy, the New York City Children's Chorus opened up 'Saturday Night Live' singing 'Silent Night.'
