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Gun ruling mostly well-received in Va.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down the District of Columbia's handgun ban was mostly well-received Thursday in neighboring Virginia, a strong gun-rights state.
Va. Tech president: Victims' conditions not confirmed
Virginia Tech's president says the first e-mail warning on the day of the mass shootings was not specific because officials weren't certain of the victims' conditions.
Lawyer: Virginia Tech officials knew about shooting before campus alert
Some Virginia Tech officials knew about the first shootings at the Blacksburg university in April 2007 and had locked down their offices about 20 minutes before student gunman Seung-Hui Cho burst into Norris Hall, chained its doors shut and killed 30 people before taking his own life, according to e-mails and memos released Tuesday by lawyers of the victims’ families.
Some Va. Tech offices got 1st warning on gunman
Last year's lockdown of some Virginia Tech offices before all students and faculty were alerted about a rampaging gunman did not surprise the chairman of a state panel that investigated the mass shootings, he said Wednesday.
Judge OKs $11M settlement in Va Tech shootings
A judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year's Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court battle over whether anyone but the gunman was to blame.
Panel moves to bar mentally ill from buying guns
A plan prompted by the Virginia Tech shooting to bar the mentally ill from purchasing guns was approved by a Senate committee Thursday, over the objections of lawmakers who said the measure may infringe on individuals' right to bear arms.
Former Oregon man pleads guilty in Va. Tech-style threat
A man possessing an arsenal of AK-47 assault weapons, other guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition at the time of his arrest pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of threatening over the Internet to pull off a Virginia Tech-style massacre. |
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