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

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

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

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

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

After her husband was killed and her son wounded on a Long Island commuter train in 1993, she went to Congress on a mission ...

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

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

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 ...

When a mass shooting in 1993 shattered Carolyn McCarthy’s family, she took her gun control crusade to Washington. The former ...

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