Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday.

Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday. CBS News ...

I always worried about who will speak for the victims,” said McCarthy, a former nurse, shortly before retiring from the House ...

Over 100 people attended a private funeral ceremony Tuesday evening for former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, one of Congress’ ...

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

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

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

That evening, as a Long Island Rail Road train slowed into the Merillon Avenue station in Garden City, a 35-year-old gunman named Colin Ferguson opened fire inside a train car — in a three-minute ...

Over 100 people attended a private funeral ceremony Tuesday evening for former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, one of Congress’ fiercest gun safety advocates, who ...

Carolyn McCarthy, whose personal tragedy propelled her to national prominence after her husband was killed during the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre, launching a nearly two-decade ...