Two threatening letters sent to New York City's mayor and his group that advocates for gun control contained traces of the deadly poison ricin, police have said.

A six-year-old boy in the US has died after he was accidentally shot in the head by his four-year-old friend.

Governor of Connecticut hails 'a new and historic model for the country' as he signs bill into law

Interview with a maestro

President Barack Obama says the gun control votes in the US Senate next month are the best chance in more than a decade to reduce gun violence.

The massacre - which re-ignited the gun control debate in America - lasted only five minutes

Residents of Newtown, the quiet Connecticut community rocked by the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, have expressed outrage after receiving automated phone messages from America’s leading pro-gun group, the National Rifle Association, imploring them to lobby local lawmakers against supporting new gun control legislation.

The Cable King is on course for new duel with News Corp

Neil Heslin was testifying at a local hearing on firearm control at the time

Residents from Newtown, Connecticut, were expected at the march in the wake of Sandy Hook massacre

Identifying transition from 'autistic' to functioning like their peers could lead to effective therapies

Police praise heroism of Ryan Heber, who, despite being shot himself, persuaded pupil to drop weapon

Bill Clinton says that the availability of high-capacity bullet magazines was 'nuts'

The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut primary school has been claimed for burial.