On Columbine anniversary, a nation divided over guns: A quarter century after the Columbine massacre, Americans continue to square off over the interplay of guns ...
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Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families a minimum of $55 million to settle lawsuit claims
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Quick Glance: Court Upholds $75K Fine for Alex Jones
- A Connecticut appeals court upheld a $75,000 fine against right-wing personality Alex Jones for missing a deposition in March of last year.
- The court agreed with the trial court's ruling that Jones' decision to host a live radio broadcast significantly undermined his claim of being too ill to attend the deposition.
- The Connecticut Appellate Court stated that Jones still did a live broadcast of his show Infowars despite claiming to be ill and receiving doctor's recommendations to avoid the deposition in a lawsuit by families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims.
- Jones' lawyer mentioned the possibility of appealing the appellate court's ruling to the Supreme Court.
Alex Jones still must pay $1B judgment: Judge: Judge says Jones' "intent to harm the Plaintiffs" negates bankruptcy protection.
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Quick Glance: Judge: Jones can't use bankruptcy to avoid paying Sandy Hook families
- Judge rules: Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy to evade over $1.1 billion payment to Sandy Hook families
- Another defeat for Jones after spreading false information about the Sandy Hook massacre
- Jones' fortune is approximately $14 million, but he cannot use bankruptcy to avoid payments
- Families welcome court ruling: Jones' malicious behavior is not protected in bankruptcy court
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11 years ago, a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones' $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones's $1.5bn Debt Settlement Offered by Sandy Hook Families
- Sandy Hook families win $1.5bn lawsuit against Alex Jones.
- Mr Jones admits to repeated false claims about the deaths, leading to harassment of the victims' families.
- Despite bankruptcy, Mr Jones will not be released from paying the settlement, as ruled by a judge last month.
- The new offer would require Mr Jones to pay the families half of any income he earned over $9m (£7m) per year, as revealed in court filings last week.
Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting
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Quick Glance: Connecticut strengthens gun law after Sandy Hook incident
- The new law, signed by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont in June, bans the open carrying of firearms and limits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person.
- Other liberal-leaning states like California, Washington, Colorado, and Maryland have also enacted controversial gun laws this year.
- About 150 gun rights activists held a rally outside the state Capitol, despite the rainy weather, to mark the last day that carrying a visible firearm was legal in Connecticut.
- Despite having stringent gun laws, Connecticut remains vulnerable to states with looser gun laws.
Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones eyes late March bankruptcy exit: Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy by late March or early ...
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An unlikely provocateur, Miss Texas, takes on the state’s GOP leaders: Averie Bishop, the first Asian Miss Texas, has campaigned across the state defending much ...
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Quick Glance: Miss Texas challenges state's GOP leaders
- Averie Bishop, the first Asian Miss Texas, advocates for diversity and inclusion in public schools.
- The Miss America organization is apolitical, but Averie was coming from a very political position.
- Bishop explained that her accounts are considered personal, not a part of Miss Texas.
- Texas will see a completely different face in the next decade.
On This Day, Dec. 14: Dozens killed in Sandy Hook massacre - UPI.com: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary ...
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Victims identified in Michigan State University shooting: Police release the identities of those killed in a shooting at Michigan State University on Monday.
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Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families: A Connecticut jury ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones Sandy Hook damages could follow him the rest of his life
- "Do these people actually think they're getting any of this money?
- " Jones stated.
- Lawyers told Insider that the damages were astounding for a slander case, with Barhoma calling the payout a "jaw-dropping" number.
- "Compensatory damages are looking to make a plaintiff whole," Barhoma said, adding that while Jones will almost certainly appeal the verdict, an appellate court will be less inclined to interfere with compensatory damages awarded by a jury.
- Furthermore, unlike punitive penalties, compensatory damages are not capped in Connecticut, according to some lawyers.
Connecticut governor poised to sign state’s most sweeping gun measure since post-Sandy Hook laws
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Will Alex Jones pay Sandy Hook families $1B? What to know about the huge award.: Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay a massive ...
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Quick Glance: Will Alex Jones give $1 billion to Sandy Hook families? What you need to know about the massive reward.
- Infowars founder Alex Jones was sentenced to pay almost $1 billion to family of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims for spreading the idea that the tragedy was staged — a startling judgement described by one lawyer as "probably one of the largest defamation verdicts in U.S. history."
- The compensatory damages granted by a Connecticut jury on Wednesday were the most so far in various lawsuits filed by families of victims in the Newtown, Conn., attack that killed 20 children and six instructors.
- Families and allies of the victims said the verdict proves "the truth matters."
A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows: NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — They would have been 16 or 17 this year. High school juniors ...
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Connecticut House passes most wide-ranging gun safety bill since legislation passed after Sandy Hook
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Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones Has Been Ordered to Pay $473 Million More for Sandy Hook Claims
- The Connecticut court adds to the $965 million in damages owed by the Infowars host to families and an FBI agent he defamed in the aftermath of the 2012 killing.
- Alex Jones, an internet broadcaster, was ordered in October to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook school shooting victims and one F.B.I. officer.
- It concluded a weeks-long trial to decide how much Mr. Jones should pay for saying the 2012 tragedy, in which a shooter killed 20 children and six adults, was a government conspiracy.
MSU student who experienced Newtown tragedy: ‘2nd mass shooting that I have lived through’
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Alex Jones says he can pay less than 1% of Sandy Hook verdicts: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday said he has less than $12 million of the $1 ...
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Alex Jones’ $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation: Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones was ordered to pay $45.2 million to the Sandy Hook family.
- These punitive damages are in addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages he must pay to the mother and father of a 6-year-old boy slain in the 2012 shooting.
- Late Friday, jurors issued a decision against Alex Jones, ordering him to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- "[Alex Jones] is worth almost $270 million that we know of."
- The verdict concluded off a terrible trial for the conspiracy theorist, which included his own lawyers handing a lawyer for the Sandy Hook victim's family two years' worth of Jones' damaging text conversations.
Alex Jones lawyer suspended 6 months over records release: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing ...
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Mother of Uvalde shooting victim claims employer exploited tragedy: The mother of a Robb shooting victim sued her former employer, alleging it wrongly used the ...
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Alex Jones on Trial Again for Spreading Lies About Sandy Hook Massacre: The right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is on trial again, this time in Connecticut ...
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Sandy Hook families focus on pushing for change, decade after shooting: When Nicole Hockley gets into her car, she still looks in the rear view mirror and ...
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Alex Jones' 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook massacre to move forward: A jury decided Jones must pay a victim's family $49 million in damages.
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Quick Glance: The parent company of the bankrupt Infowars will face a second Sandy Hook defamation trial.
- The Connecticut trial will decide how much FSS and its creator, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, should pay in a defamation complaint brought by family relatives of the shooting victims.
- On July 29, when the Texas defamation trial was well underway, Free Speech Systems filed for Chapter 11.
- The corporation first claimed that coming to trial in Connecticut would imperil its capacity to reorganize, but it consented to participate after a Connecticut judge ruled that the trial against Jones, who is not bankrupt, could proceed.
- During the Texas trial, Jones admitted that the shooting was "100% real."
Sandy Hook jurors end first day of deliberations in Alex Jones damages case: A Connecticut jury on Friday ended its first full day of deliberations without a ...
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Video Obama comments on Sandy Hook shooting in 2012: The president spoke about the school shooting that happened in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012.
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2nd gunshot victim found in search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre graves: Forensic scientists in Tulsa will continue to examine the exhumed burials.
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Alex Jones Must Pay Nearly $50 Million For Sandy Hook Conspiracies, Texas Judge Rules
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Ripped For Ludicrous Defense Of Alex Jones: Greene stood up for her fellow conspiracy theorist after a jury ordered Jones to pay $965 ...
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Quick Glance: Only appropriate online regulation can put a halt to dangerous conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones.
- I acknowledge that I should have included political maniacs among the millions of other benefits.
- However, the culpable individuals who were left off the hook by the Jones jury were the agents of his deception, the money diggers of social media.
- Jones, like QAnon, Donald Trump, and others, can reach millions by navigating fake news sites and social media.
- It did exactly what it said on the tin.
- Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting, speaks to the media on October 12 in Waterbury, Connecticut, after a jury awarded the victims' families $965 million in damages in a second defamation trial against Alex Jones.
Alex Jones takes stand in 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims: The jury will determine what Jones should pay to Sandy Hook families.
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones testifies in court about his Sandy Hook fake liesf
- Alex Jones testifies in a trial about how much he must pay in damages for calling the Sandy Hook school massacre a fabrication.
- "This is not really a trial," he explained.
- He said that the hoax lies were irresponsible and that the incident was "100% real."
- Jones said that the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy was staged by actors as part of gun control efforts.
'One chance to get it right': Memorial honors Sandy Hook shooting victims after decade-long effort
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Newtown remembers those killed at Sandy Hook a decade after the tragedy: Ten years ago, a mass shooting forever changed the small town of Newtown, Connecticut ...
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Investigation into 1921 Greenwood Race Massacre Uncovers Another 17 Bodies: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, investigators searching for victims of the 1921 Greenwood ...
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Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1bn over Sandy Hook hoax claims: InfoWars founder hit with second massive damages award for lying about tragedy at Connecticut ...
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Shooting sprees in the US: The love of guns is part of the culture: It's not just lax laws and easy access to guns that are responsible for the regular massacres ...
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An onslaught of trauma is creating a generation on alert: Survivors of multiple traumatic events might find themselves becoming hypervigilant ...
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$1B judgment against Alex Jones not the final word: WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — The nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones for spreading false conspiracy ...
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Joe Biden says US should have ‘societal guilt’ 10 years after Sandy Hook: President commemorates 2012 shooting, in which 20 children and six adults were killed ...
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Quick Glance: Biden pushes for assault-style weapons prohibition on the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- On Wednesday, Biden marked the tenth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- Biden described the shooting as "unthinkable," but argued that with a prohibition, similar mass school shootings might be avoided.
- "Enough is enough," said Biden.
- Adam Lanza, 20, committed suicide after the shooting rampage inside the school.
Alex Jones' lawyer avoids discipline over records release: WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge on Tuesday ruled that a Texas lawyer for conspiracy ...
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U.S. should have ‘societal guilt’ on access to guns, Biden says on Sandy Hook 10th anniversary
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Sandy Hook parents reflect on 10th anniversary of mass shooting, work to curb gun violence
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10 years after Sandy Hook school shooting, grief and hope linger: Ten years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, victims' families and survivors say ...
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Editorial: Don’t let Alex Jones hide: This move on his part blocks the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims from trying to collect the nearly $1 ...
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'Emotional weight' - 10 years since Sandy Hook massacre: In one of America's worst gun outrages, 20 primary school children and six school workers ...
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Survivors mark 10 years since Sandy Hook shooting
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Hope amid grief: 10 years after Sandy Hook, a town reflects: It’s been 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and residents of Newtown ...
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US conspiracy ideologue: Alex Jones must pay another $473 million in damages: Lies were Alex Jones' business model. Now a court has ordered the U.S ...
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Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks re-trial in $1bn Sandy Hook lawsuit
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Memorial to victims of Sandy Hook massacre opens in Newtown, Conn., nearly 10 years after 26 were killed
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Despite defamation suit against Alex Jones, research shows 1 in 5 believe mass shootings are fake
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A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered Alex Jones to pay $965 million to the families of several Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims ... Show more http://on.forbes.com/6180M9vYO
Watch Now: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his defamation trial in Connecticut as he and his lawyer try to limit damages he must ... Show more
Explainer-What’s at stake in Alex Jones’ second Sandy Hook defamation trial: By Jack Queen
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Conspiracy website InfoWars parent files for bankruptcy: Jones was found liable last year in lawsuits Sandy Hook families filed after he falsely claimed that the ...
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How conspiracists clean up from the gullible: What most of the world knows is that a couple of weeks before Christmas 2012 a young man called Adam Lanza shot and ...
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Paid articlePaid Biden signs landmark gun violence bill, says ‘lives will be saved’: The legislation will toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers and keep firearms ...
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