Longtime former Democratic New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy died Thursday at her home in Fort Myers, Florida. She was 81. No ...

That evening, as a Long Island Rail Road train slowed into the Merillon Avenue station in Garden City, a 35-year-old gunman ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a fierce proponent of gun control who represented parts of Long Island in Congress for nearly 20 years, has ...

New York Democrat came to Congress after her husband and son were shot on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.

Former US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass ...

The political world in New York is grieving following news of the death of former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a staunch advocate ...

Former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, known as a prominent advocate for gun control, has died at the age of 81.

Carolyn McCarthy, a former U.S. Representative and gun control advocate, died at 81 after battling lung cancer.

Carolyn McCarthy, a former congresswoman from Long Island and fierce advocate for gun control, has died at age 81 after a ...

Ms. McCarthy’s political career began with tragedy in December 1993, when her husband was among six people killed in a shooting on a Long Island commuter train.

Carolyn McCarthy, a former Democratic U.S. Rep. and gun safety advocate, died Thursday. She was 81. McCarthy represented New ...

McCarthy was a nurse who became an advocate against gun violence after the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre.