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

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

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

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

Tributes poured in for former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), an outspoken advocate for gun control, who died Thursday at 81.

Ms. McCarthy’s political career began with tragedy in December 1993, when her husband was among six people killed in a ...

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

McCarthy launched her political career in 1993 following an awful personal tragedy: the Long Island Rail Road massacre. CBS ...

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 for gun control after her husband was killed in the LIRR massacre.