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New York woman charged with Newtown fundraising scam

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bronx grand jury indicted a New York woman on Tuesday on suspicion of posing as the aunt of one of the 20 children killed in last year's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in order to fraudulently solicit donations. Full story

Task force urges rebuilding Sandy Hook Elementary on site of massacre

NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A special task force of elected town officials recommended on Friday tearing down Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 young children and six adults were shot to death in December, and rebuilding the school on the site of the massacre. Full story

Disbursement of donations to Newtown postponed

The foundation overseeing more than $11 million donated to Newtown, Conn., following the December massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School has postponed hearings on the disbursement of that money. Full story

Newtown heroes honored with Citizen Honors Medal

   Six educators from Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored by the congressional Medal of Honor Society with the highest award it gives to a civilian. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

Medal of Honor Society honors Newtown educators

The six educators killed in the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored Monday by an organization comprised of Medal of Honor recipients. Full story

Local task force to decide future of Sandy Hook Elementary School

   NBC’s Michelle Franzen discusses whether local authorizes will decide to keep the Sandy Hook Elementary School building, where a gunman shot and killed 20 children and six adults, closed for good.

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Moment of silence for Sandy Hook Elementary victims

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  Sandy Hook families vow to prevent more killings

The families of the children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School and other Newtown community members to demand change. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.

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A woman touches a printout of messages from teenagers around the United States at a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown
A woman touches a printout of messages from teenagers around the United States at a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown

A woman touches a printout of messages from teenagers around the United States at a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut December 18, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

Aerial photo of Sandy Hook Elementary School
Aerial photo of Sandy Hook Elementary School

This aerial photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire inside the school in a shooting that left 26 people dead, including 20 young children, onDec. 14, 2012.

Men's finishers pass mile marker 26
Men's finishers pass mile marker 26

A motorcycle camera crew photographs the lead men's finishers as they pass the 26th mile marker, which was dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., during the 2013 running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013.

The 26th mile marker of the Boston Marathon was dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.