Quick Glance: Affair Rumors Surrounding Prince William and Kate Middleton
- Kate and William's friends were baffled by the absence of the wedding ring in a photoshopped picture, raising concerns about their marriage.
- Stephen Colbert's comments on alleged affairs involving Prince William spark controversy.
- Rumors of an affair between William and Rose Hanbury resurface.
- Speculations on Kate and William's marriage, especially after a mysterious photo without a wedding ring, add strain to the royal couple.
Quick Glance: 72% Loss Since Musk's Twitter Acquisition
- Fidelity devalues X stake by 72% since Musk's $44 billion payment.
- Monthly report lists the value of X Holdings Corp. stake as $5.6 million on November 30, 2023.
- It's unclear if Fidelity sold parts of its stake in November, but the recent loss isn't surprising given the Musk-related controversies.
- Based on the $44 billion Musk paid for Twitter over a year ago, Fidelity's devaluation would estimate the company to be worth about $12.5 billion.
Quick Glance: Elon Musk Brings Back Conspiracy Theorist to Twitter
- Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter led to changes on the platform.
- After a vote, Elon Musk brought back Infowars operator Alex Jones to Twitter/X.
- Elon Musk emphasized freedom of speech on the platform and surprisingly brought back Jones.
- Elon Musk reaffirmed freedom of speech as the platform's highest priority since taking over Twitter a year ago.
Join Alisyn Camerota as she meets parents who turned their pain into power after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary. This CNN Special Report airs tonight at 10 p ... Show more
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Quick Glance: Kareem Daniel is leaving Disney as Bob Iger plans to restructure the Media and Entertainment Distribution Division.
- In a message to staff this afternoon, newly reappointed CEO Bob Iger announced the news (read it in full here).
- Iger stated that he has charged Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Jimmy Pitaro, and [...]
A Texas judge ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook parents the full $49 million for damages in a defamation lawsuit ... Show more
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.
Quick Glance: Student loan forgiveness applications are no longer being accepted.
- "Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program," the Education Department announced on its federal student aid website.
- Already, over 26 million people have applied, with 16 million applications granted.
- However, due to court judgements, none of the remedy has been distributed.
- Student loan forgiveness will almost certainly end up before the Supreme Court.
- During the pandemic, people with school loan debt were not obligated to make payments.
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.
BREAKING: Jury awards hundreds of millions to Sandy Hook parents from Alex Jones. https://abcn.ws/3RXHx5h
A jury ordered Jones to pay $965 million in damages to families of those slain in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.
The gun industry is generally immune to lawsuits, but this year the families of Sandy Hook victims received a $73 million settlement from another ... Show more https://bit.ly/3xZGElh
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.
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.
Breaking news: Infowars founder Alex Jones was ordered by an Austin jury on Friday to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old ... Show more https://wapo.st/3zD6WKo
Quick Glance: Alex Jones' ex-wife will seek phone records after her lawyer'messed up'
- A lawyer for the Sandy Hook parents told Alex Jones on Wednesday that his counsel "messed up" and disclosed two years of phone data.
- Kelly Jones, Alex Jones' ex-wife, wants access to a treasure trove of information – several years of phone records — thanks to a blunder by Alex Jones' attorneys.
- Kelly Jones told Insider that, like the January 6 committee, she is ready to subpoena phone records because she feels they would help her in her current child custody dispute with Alex Jones.
- "Another stunning and unbelievable attorney gaffe by Alex Jones' attorneys," said Kelly Jones on Wednesday.
Quick Glance: Alex Jones' $49.3 million verdict and the Future of Misinformation
- Alex Jones is facing a large fine for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre – $49.3 million in damages, and counting — for claiming the nation's bloodiest school shooting was a fabrication — a severe volley in a burgeoning fight on harmful misinformation.
- "Alex Jones was attacking individuals," said Stephen D. Solomon, a law professor at New York University and the founding editor of First Amendment Watch.
- "You do want to chill that speech," Solomon suggested.
- "These kinds of damages and verdicts do have a chilling effect," said Volokh.
Quick Glance: Alex Jones "texted naked photo of his wife to Trump ally Roger Stone"
- Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist, allegedly emailed a "intimate" photo of his wife to a known Republican political strategist and ally of ex-President Donald Trump.
- Jones had previously told his InfoWars audience that an intimate photo of his wife was unintentionally passed over to attorneys for the plaintiffs in his defamation trial.
- "I"m concerned since that intimate photo was shared to Roger Stone."
- He admitted that he had to look through more "intimate" images of Jones personally, but he deleted them so that his staff and others could evaluate them.
Quick Glance: "Your attorneys messed up": Alex Jones confronted in Sandy Hook defamation trial with texts from his phone
- #AlexJones' attorney, Mark Bankston, told him that his attorney made a mistake and handed him Jones' entire cell phone history.
- Jones' attorney, Andino Reynal, argued during closing arguments that the plaintiffs failed to prove that Jones' acts and words caused actual harm, and that the trial lacked evidence of the harassment, pain, and reputation defamation that the parents claimed.
- "A COWARDLY DISPLAY": Alex Jones fails to testify during his Sandy Hook deposition.
- HOW MUCH WILL ALEX JONES PAY? : The trial has begun after a court determined that he defamed the Sandy Hook parents.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December 2012 was described by Jones as a hoax. The conspiracy theorist is now being held liable for his lies ... Show more