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A judge in Connecticut Wednesday offered the father of a child slain in the Newtown massacre a plea deal to resolve his bad-checks and motor vehicle case.
A top Connecticut official has become involved in talks about how to divide money raised for the Newtown victims after hearings were postponed this week.
U.S. Senate leaders say they worry New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns' efforts could cost Democrats control of the chamber.
National Rifle Association members at the group's national convention in Houston are celebrating legislative victories and taking aim at gun control advocates.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the chamber, after defeating a gun sale background checks bill, would table the measure to focus on other legislation.
U.S. Senate votes to kill gun control legislation
U.S. President Obama said Wednesday the Senate vote to kill a bill expanding gun sale background checks was "shameful," but it was "just round 1" of the fight.
Biden: 'We're gonna get' new gun laws 'eventually'
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking Wednesday before the Senate killed a bill expanding gun-sale background checks, said "we're gonna get this eventually."
Sandy Hook victims' funds raise $20 million so far
More than 40 charitable groups have raised $20.4 million in the months since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., officials said.
Adam Lanza, who killed 20 students and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was beaten by classmates when he attended the school, a family member says.
U.S. President Barack Obama's renewed emphasis on promoting gun control legislation may have tilted the debate in his favor, political analysts said.
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Prince Harry arrives on Capitol Hill to tour a photography exhibit by HALO Trust, a British nonprofit focused on removing hazardous war debris, including un-exploded devices and landmines, on May 9, 2013 in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch