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$1B judgment against Alex Jones not the final word

The nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones for spreading false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre bought long-sought relief to family members and hopes the eye-popping figure would deter people from broadcasting falsehoods

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Ex-school clerk admits scamming CPS out of money for Disney cruise in midst of Byrd-Bennett scandal

Ashley Beard pleaded guilty to one wire fraud count Thursday. She was first charged as part of a larger fraud investigation involving former Brennemann Elementary School Principal Sarah Jackson Abedelal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fresh sailors usher in a new generation of warships on USS Gerald R. Ford

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Jondanae Garza was in elementary school when the first cut of steel for the USS Gerald R. Ford was made in 2005. Now 17 years later, she shares a milestone with the Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced warship — both are deploying for the first…

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Editorial: The price of Alex Jones: The wretched liar must pay $965 million to the families of Sandy Hook victims

Six Connecticut jurors — or shall we call them justice actors? — just ordered Alex Emerick Jones to pay $965 million total to 14 parents and siblings of children and teachers murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, and one smeared FBI agent. America’s First Amendment free…

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Jury reaches verdict of nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook trial

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and a law enforcement first responder to compensate them for a decade of abuse from people who believe his…

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Deliberations resume in trial over Jones' Sandy Hook lies

Six Connecticut jurors have returned for a third full day of deliberations in the trial over how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax

The Independent UK

6 shot in Chicago Tuesday, including two people killed hours apart and less than a mile from each other on South Side

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death in South Shore, blocks from an elementary school. Later in the day, a man was killed blocks away.

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Boy, 17, fatally shot in South Shore

The teen was shot multiple times in the 1900 block of East 79th Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jury resumes deliberations in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

A Connecticut jury has resumed deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Uvalde school district suspends its entire Police Department; superintendent to retire

DALLAS — The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced Friday that it is suspending all activities of its Police Department, a move that comes a day after the district fired an officer who — then working as a state trooper — had been one of the first Department of Public…

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Uvalde school district suspends its entire Police Department

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Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage

Uvalde school leaders have pulled its embattled campus police force off the job four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting

The Independent UK

Jurors weigh cost of Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook lies

A Connecticut jury is set to resume deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company must pay victims’ families for calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax

The Independent UK

Jury resumes deliberations in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

A Connecticut jury has resumed deliberations in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax

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Teaching kids how to create a safe space, one downward dog at a time

LOS ANGELES -- Leah Rose Gallegos paced the library at Accelerated Charter Elementary School. In 15 minutes, the room would be full of fifth-graders in sneakers and school uniforms, arms raised overhead, dutifully following her instructions to breathe, stretch and look inward.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Jurors weigh cost of Alex Jones' Sandy Hook lies

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Closing arguments set in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax

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Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook jury hears from mom whose victims’ group didn’t believe her

The mother of one of the 20 kids killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting said that the lies “InfoWars” host Alex Jones told about the mass slaughter even spread to her victims’ support group.

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Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

Gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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Families of 3 Uvalde shooting survivors sue school district, police, gunmakers, others

DALLAS — The families of three students who survived the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school filed a federal lawsuit alleging a combination of negligence, intentional choices and a “culture of noncompliance with safety protocols” led to the shooting.

Los Angeles Times

Election workers train for battle against conspiracy theories and misinformation before midterms

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — From his perch in an elementary school gym during last month's Michigan primary, Grand Rapids City Clerk Joel Hondorp oversaw the electronic book of eligible voters, while first-time election workers Kimberly and Shayne Becher helped check people in and explain how to fill out ballots.

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Terrell Burgess helped distribute school supplies at LA elementary school

Terrell Burgess took some time this week to help give away backpacks and school supplies to students at Ritter Elementary School in LA.

Reason

Brickbat: That Smell

Ayana Hanzawa, who teaches at a city-run elementary school in Fujimi, Japan, has been charged with suspicion of forcible obstruction of business. Police said she mixed bleach into a curry that was to be served to students in her class. No one ate any of the curry because the child…

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Alex Jones decides against taking the stand on second day of Sandy Hook grilling

“Infowars” host Alex Jones decided against taking the stand on the second day of testimony in Waterbury, Connecticut, Friday, where a six-person jury will decide on punitive and compensatory damages he owes families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I’m going to read them all.’ Grade schoolers get excited about book donation during Bernie’s Book Bank’s crosstown charity walk

The volunteers were midway through their 20-mile “Walk As One Chicago” fundraiser, marching from Guaranteed Rate Field to Wrigley Field and back. They stopped at schools along the way to promote book ownership and literacy.

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