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Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment

Read full article: Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment

The trustee overseeing Alex Jones’ personal bankruptcy case is accusing the far-right conspiracy theorist of trying to shield more than $5 million from his creditors.

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What happens next with Alex Jones' Infowars? No certainty yet after sale to The Onion is rejected

Read full article: What happens next with Alex Jones' Infowars? No certainty yet after sale to The Onion is rejected

Lawyers in the Alex Jones bankruptcy case are now in discussions on what could happen next after a federal judge in Texas rejected the auction sale of Jones’ Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet.

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Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to The Onion in dispute over bankruptcy auction

Read full article: Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to The Onion in dispute over bankruptcy auction

A federal judge has rejected the sale of the conspiracy platform Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet after Alex Jones claimed that a recent bankruptcy auction was fraught with illegal collusion.

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Connecticut court upholds $965 million verdict against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook

Read full article: Connecticut court upholds $965 million verdict against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook

The Connecticut Appellate Court has affirmed a $965 million verdict from 2022 against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars

Read full article: Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars.

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Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation

Read full article: Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation.

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Judge rejects call to immediately shut down Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy dispute

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A federal judge has rejected a request to immediately shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company as disputes in his bankruptcy cases widen.

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Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition

Read full article: Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition

A Connecticut appeals court has upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook families.

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Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones' $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

Read full article: Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones' $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

Families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay only a fraction of the $1.5 billion in legal judgments they won against him.

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Judge rules Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

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A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

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Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer says

Read full article: Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer says

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company says a bank recently shut down the company's accounts, citing unauthorized transactions.

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How the Sandy Hook tragedy is impacting parents 10 years later

Read full article: How the Sandy Hook tragedy is impacting parents 10 years later

A decade after the Sandy Hook tragedy, for some those feelings of grief and fear are still being felt.

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Sandy Hook anniversary: Biden cites 'societal guilt' on guns

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President Joe Biden says the U.S. “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms as he marked the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows

Read full article: A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows

Ten years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, victims' families and survivors say grief and trauma remain but hope continues to grow.

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Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy

Read full article: Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy

Infowars host Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas.

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

Read full article: Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company have been ordered to pay an extra $473 million to families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Alex Jones trial moves to punitive damages phase

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing the possibility of having more penalties heaped onto the amount he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

Read full article: Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax.

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Jury begins deliberations in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

Read full article: Jury begins deliberations in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

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

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Witness questioned about Jones criticism of Sandy Hook trial

Read full article: Witness questioned about Jones criticism of Sandy Hook trial

Alex Jones' criticism of his trial in Connecticut over calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax has become a topic of the proceedings.

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Infowars sales spiked as Jones talked about Sandy Hook

Read full article: Infowars sales spiked as Jones talked about Sandy Hook

Infowars revenues and website viewership spiked around the time of one of Alex Jones’ shows in 2014 when he talked about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting being a hoax.

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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

Read full article: Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax.

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Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created 'living hell'

Read full article: Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created 'living hell'

The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre say conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made their lives a “living hell” by repeatedly pushing false claims that the killings were a hoax.

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Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Read full article: Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he now understands he was irresponsible to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax, and he now believes it was “100% real.”.

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Detective: Alex Jones 'most dangerous' type of attack denier

Read full article: Detective: Alex Jones 'most dangerous' type of attack denier

An attorney for the parents of one of the children who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting told jurors that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the 2012 attack was a hoax.

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'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parents

Read full article: 'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parents

Some relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness.

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After Texas shooting, Conn. senator begs for gun compromise

Read full article: After Texas shooting, Conn. senator begs for gun compromise

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook.

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Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resume

Read full article: Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon.

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EXPLAINER: What does Infowars’ bankruptcy filing mean?

Read full article: EXPLAINER: What does Infowars’ bankruptcy filing mean?

Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

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Alex Jones found in contempt for not showing up to Sandy Hook suit deposition, faces $25,000-per-day fines

Read full article: Alex Jones found in contempt for not showing up to Sandy Hook suit deposition, faces $25,000-per-day fines

A Connecticut judge found Infowars host Alex Jones in contempt Wednesday after he failed to appear for a deposition in a lawsuit filed by victims’ families in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Jones’ lawyer said.

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Braces, sex pills, fake eyeball among bizarre NJ beach trash

Read full article: Braces, sex pills, fake eyeball among bizarre NJ beach trash

What do a set of braces, a glow-in-the-dark condom, a plastic monkey and half a bowling ball have in common.

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Sandy Hook families: Gun maker trying to wipe out lawsuit

Read full article: Sandy Hook families: Gun maker trying to wipe out lawsuit

The judge, however, allowed one lawsuit plaintiff not the Sandy Hook families to sit on the main committee of unsecured creditors. He said the bankruptcy case is so new that many people who may have claims against the company may not even know about the case. A gunman using a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle made by Remington killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. The lawsuit has been put on hold because of the bankruptcy case. Jessup on Tuesday approved a schedule for the Sept. 17 auction that allows the Sandy Hook families and others to object to the sale by Sept. 1.

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'See something, say something' is working

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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - Authorities say they thwarted two potential attacks on schools this week, thanks to tips from concerned citizens. Authorities are attributing their success to a strategy increasingly advocated by some experts: When you see something, say something. "It really speaks to the heart of prevention," Mark Barden, co-founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, said. Sandy Hook Promise said it has received more than 30,000 tips since April 2018. Critics of Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program and similar approaches say that the strategy places an unfair burden on children and exposes them to unnecessary trauma.

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Haunting Back-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a Shooting

Read full article: Haunting Back-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a Shooting

A new back-to-school commercial is turning heads because it is more than meets the eye. Teens show off the ordinary items they would bring to school like book bags, sweaters, folders and skateboards, and demonstrate how they might save their lives in case of a school shooting. The chilling PSA was released by Sandy Hook Promise, a gun safety advocacy group formed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012. Most chilling of all is a scene of a young girl, hiding in the bathroom and using a new phone to text her mom during a school shooting, tears running down her face. RELATED STORIESDad Whose Daughter Died in Sandy Hook 'Succumbed to Grief,' Says WifeFormer Columbine Principal Recites Shooting Victims' Names Every MorningDebunking the Myths Around Columbine High School Shooting

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School shooting sweatshirts spark outrage after NYC Fashion Week debut

Read full article: School shooting sweatshirts spark outrage after NYC Fashion Week debut

The hoodies feature what are supposed to be bullet holes and school names like Sandy Hook, Columbine, Virginia Tech and others. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

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