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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 bn for Sandy Hook lies

Washington (AFP) - A US jury ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a "hoax."

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 bn for school shooting lies

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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

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As Parkland shooting trial ends, state makes case for death penalty for Nikolas Cruz

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a nearly three-month trial, a prosecutor on Tuesday urged jurors to vote to execute Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members in Florida’s deadliest school shooting.

Miami Herald

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

‘Hunting his victims.’ As trial ends, state makes case for death penalty for Parkland shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a nearly three-month trial, a prosecutor on Tuesday made the case for executing Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members in Florida’s deadliest school shooting.

Miami Herald

Is Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive based on a true story?

The number one film on the streamer follows Mila Kunis as a writer who experienced a school shooting as a teenager

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Uvalde superintendent retires, becoming latest local official to leave post after school shooting

Hal Harrell said his decision to leave the district after 31 years in education was “not made lightly and was made after much prayer and discernment.”

The Texas Tribune

Luckiest Girl Alive: Is the Netflix movie based on a true story?

The number one film on the streamer follows Mila Kunis as a writer who experienced a school shooting as a teenager

The Independent UK

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force amid anger

Move comes as families continue to demand answers over the police’s handling of May school shooting that left 21 dead.

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

Nicholas Goldberg: Did the 23-year-old Columbine attack inspire last week's school shooting in Russia?

When a gunman wearing a swastika on his T-shirt and a black balaclava burst into School No. 88 in the Russian city of Izhevsk on Sept. 26, panicked kids as young as 7 fled through the halls and stairwells or huddled in classrooms. The shooter killed 17 people — including…

Los Angeles Times

Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde school hires ex-trooper who responded to massacre

A former Texas state trooper who was part of the law enforcement response now under investigation for its actions during the deadly school shooting in Uvalde has been hired by the school district as a campus police officer

The Independent UK

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Alex Jones says he will not put on defense ; both sides rest cases in Sandy Hook defamation trial

WATERBURY, Conn. — Both sides rested their cases Wednesday in the Sandy Hook defamation case against far-right broadcaster Alex Jones, who began trying almost immediately in a post-trial motion to limit the tens of millions of dollars in damages he could be ordered to pay families of victims of the…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones declines to put on a defense in defamation trial

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones declined to put on a defense at his defamation trial in Connecticut and was back in Texas as the a jury was sent home in advance of closing arguments over how much he should pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting…

Tribune News Service

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.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott appoints first school safety chief four months after Uvalde shooting

John P. Scott, a former U.S. Secret Service agent, is tasked with ensuring Texas schools implement statewide safety policies and safeguard against school shootings.

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Manhunt continues for Oakland school shooters who injured 6

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two days after an Oakland school shooting left six people injured, police continue to search for the gunmen who stormed the campus before fleeing in a getaway car.

The Texas Tribune

35 family members of Uvalde shooting victims throw their support behind Beto O’Rourke ahead of debate

In a news conference ahead of the only gubernatorial debate, 35 family members of Uvalde school shooting victims said they would support O’Rourke because of Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun control measures.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Father: Jones Sandy Hook lies forced move from Connecticut

A father whose 6-year-old daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting says his family gets hit by another round of abuse whenever conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says something on his show about the massacre

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly school shooting has educators asking: If a football scrimmage isn’t safe, what is?

PHILADELPHIA — As soon as Clarice Brazas heard Tuesday about the shooting by five apparent juveniles at Roxborough High that left four students wounded and one dead, the Philadelphia teacher thought: How will I explain this to my students?

Tribune News Service

Sandy Hook mom testifies that Alex Jones followers told her: ‘Watch your back, we are watching you.’

HARTFORD, Conn. — The mother of one of the murdered Sandy Hook children described Wednesday how her life and her husband’s changed a decade ago when deniers of the school shooting twisted and abused her husband’s attempt to record what was intended to be a tender remembrance of their murdered…

The Independent UK

Jurors must decide how much Newtown families suffering worth

A Connecticut jury soon will have the difficult task of coming up with a dollar amount conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for promoting the idea that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax

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