BLACKSBURG, Va. - The gunman suspected of carrying out the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead was described Tuesday as a sullen loner whose creative writing in English class was so disturbing that he was referred to the school's counseling service.

Some 800 to 1,000 Arizona State University students and other attendees gathered Thursday night for a candlelight vigil held in memory of the shooting victims in the Virginia Tech massacre.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The gunman who carried out the massacre at Virginia Tech fired more than 170 rounds in nine minutes and died with a bullet to his head in a classroom surrounded by his victims, authorities said Wednesday.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Thousands of Virginia Tech students and faculty filled the center of campus Monday to pay solemn tribute to the victims of last week's massacre - listening quietly as a bell tolled for the dead on the day classes resumed at the grief-stricken school.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The gunman blamed for the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history had previously been accused of stalking two female students at Virginia Tech and had been taken to a mental health facility in 2005 after an acquaintance worried he might be suicidal, police said Wednesday.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Restaurant patrons cringed and mothers turned their children away from the television as the video came up of an armed Cho Seung-Hui delivering a snarling, venomous tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs."

Campus police would not be able to return fire if a gunman attacked a school in the Maricopa County Community College District.

NEW YORK - With a backlash developing against the media for airing sickening pictures from Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui, Fox News Channel said Thursday it would stop and other networks said they would severely limit their use.

NEW YORK - With a backlash developing against the media for airing sickening pictures from Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui, Fox News Channel said Thursday it would stop and other networks said they would severely limit their use.

A year ago, in the weeks before the anniversary of the Columbine school massacre, several East Valley schools were the scene of cops on campus, students spilling out of evacuated buildings and empty classroom seats belonging to students whose parents kept them home.

PHOENIX - After a man robbed a bank near Northern Arizona University and fled toward the school last Friday, cell phones buzzed around campus.

A series of bomb threats across Arizona, including one at the Capitol on Friday morning, has some of the state’s top officials looking at passing tougher laws.

DENVER (AP) — In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy five years ago, the University of Colorado and other schools across the U.S. created "threat assessment teams" to identify and take action against students who might turn violent. Now, in the aftermath of the movie theater rampage in Aurora, some are wondering whether the system broke down.

State Senator Ron Gould is one persistent man.

WASHINGTON — The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told The Associated Press on Friday that they feel "hopeless, helpless and lost," and "never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence."

John M. Crisp, guest commentary

ASU needs better tools to track and assess students’ behavior and to upgrade its emergency notification system for when worst-case scenarios become real, a university committee recommends.

Less than a quarter of Corona del Sol High School’s students showed up for classes Friday following a series of threats that violence would occur on the Tempe campus.

Less than a quarter of Corona del Sol High School’s students showed up for classes on Friday following a series of threats that violence would occur on the Tempe campus. "There was, like, no-one," said Tanya Robertson, an 18-year-old senior.

For nearly a year, ASU officials have discussed worst-case scenarios. In particular, what can Arizona State University do to prevent bloodshed on its four campuses? And if a safety emergency occurs, how can the university minimize, or even prevent, serious injuries?

The central administration of the Maricopa County Community College District has had a lot of issues to address in the past year as it has responded to a series of mismanagement scandals, many of which were first revealed by the Tribune’s Ryan Gabrielson.

A series of bomb threats across Arizona, including one at the Capitol Friday morning, has some of the state’s top officials looking at passing tougher laws.