Nearly $3M Raised for Sandy Hook School Fund After Shooting

Here's where you can donate

Nearly $3 million has been raised for the Sandy Hook School Support Fund since December 15, the day after Adam Lanza opened gunfire at the elementary school killing 20 kids, six adults and then himself. The team of Newtown Savings Bank and the United Way of Western Connecticut has collected $2.8 million, and one hundred percent of funds will go directly to the community. However, neither organization will have a say in where funds end up — instead, money will be distributed by an independent advisory board made up of Newtown residents, which could include school officials, parents and religious leaders. Though many opportunities for contributing have sprung up since the tragic shooting, the fund is the primary donation source listed on websites for Newtown Public Schools and the town of Newtown. To donate, click here.

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A concert promoter is suing Nas for $10 million, saying the rapper's failure to show up for a concert in the African nation Angola led to the promoter being kidnapped and held for ransom. Patrick Allocco says he suffered physical, financial and psychological damage after being taken hostage in December 2011 and held for 50 days by Angolan promoters who demanded the return of the $300,000 that had been paid to Nas as an advance.

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Conn. Shooter Thought Mom Loved Students More: Neighbor

Adam Lanza also angry because mother wanted to commit him, Newtown resident says

The man who shot his mother before going on a rampage at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, killing 20 children and six educators before killing himself, thought his mom loved students she cared for more than him, a neighbor says. Joshua Flashman, 25, of Newtown, says Nancy Lanza, the mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School gunman Adam Lanza, sometimes worked with kindergartners at the school as a volunteer. In addition, Flashman says that Adam Lanza, 20, also was angry that his mother was taking him to see a psychiatrist and wanted to have him involuntarily committed. Flashman's account to media outlets and investigators may prove to be the elusive motive in the Dec. 14 massacre that has outraged the nation and led to calls for tougher and more comprehensive gun control. (NewsOne)

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Let's Talk: Terror in Newtown

Join Loop 21 on Twitter tonight at 8 to talk about the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary

The massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators at a small elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Friday has led to some of even the staunchest gun-owners advocates questioning the unfettered right to bear arms in this nation.

The rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School is hardly the first mass shooting this nation has faced, nor is the country immune to the deadly gun violence that takes place in homes and on street corners almost daily in cities big and small. But the murders in the bucolic New York suburb of Newtown seem to have struck the largest nerve in the country, with stoic journalists and the president of the United States alike finding it difficult to remain composed.

Why? What is it about the Newtown massacre that makes it stand out from the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., or the rampage on the campus of Virginia Tech, or the hundreds of people, most of them young black men and boys, killed in gun violence on the streets of Chicago this year? What could be/should be the outcome when it comes to the regulation of guns in the United States?

Let's talk about it! Follow Loop 21 on Twitter to join a TweetUp tonight at 8 p.m. EST when we'll talk about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn. The hashtag is #L21Newtown.

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