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The task force responsible for deciding the future home of Sandy Hook Elementary School has narrowed it down to two locations.One is to build a new facility just down the street from the now-vacant Newtown, Conn., elementary school where 20 first graders and six staff members were killed in December.The second option is to renovate or rebuild at the existing site, which has some of the victims' fa...
Union workers, some of whom are also veterans, are rebuilding the World Trade Center. This week, they lifted the last piece of spire to a height of 1,776 feet. At 22 tons, the spire will house state-of-the-art lighting and a beacon, which will be visible for miles.
The nation’s economy added 165,000 new jobs in April while the jobless rate dropped to 7.5% from March's 7.6%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC NewsFederal law requires anyone served with an order of protection to give up their guns, but it's rarely enforced at the state level, leaving domestic violence victims in jeopardy.One community in California, though, is using a federal grant to tackle the problem -- with promising results, as a report by NBC News' "Rock Center with Brian Williams" found.San Mate...
A U.S. military cargo plane crashed Friday near the border of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, according to Pentagon and Central Command officials.It was not immediately clear how many people were on board.Reuters quoted an official from Kyrgyzstan's Emergencies Ministry as saying the aircraft had "caught fire in the air and crashed." The plane disappeared from radar near the Kyrgyz village of Chaldovar...
Witnesses say a Little League baseball coach in New Jersey slapped a 17-year-old umpire who had ejected him from the game.Berkeley Township, N.J., police say 43-year-old Thomas Murphy was given summonses for simple assault and simple assault at a sporting event in the presence of children under 16.Thursday's game between the Dodgers and Mets included players who ranged in age from 10- to 12-years-...
