NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School’s class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement ceremony — excitement about heading off to college or careers and sadness about leaving their friends and community. But about 60 of the 330 kids graduating Wednesday will also be carrying the emotional […]
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims claimed victory in Alex Jones‘ bankruptcy case on Friday, accepting the conspiracy theorist’s proposal to sell his assets, including InfoWars, to partly pay legal judgments to them for his lies about the 2012 U.S. school shooting. Jones, who filed for U.S. […]
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to sell his assets to help pay the massive debt he owes to families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, whom he has spent years spreading lies about and defaming. Jones’ decision to liquidate his assets this week ends his pursuit of Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of an […]
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, facing a massive debt owed in defamation judgments for lies he spread about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, told his Infowars listeners on Friday that he has no assets other than money he can make from selling nutritional supplements and continuing to broadcast. The products “are worthless if I […]
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre. The seismic move paves the way for a future in which Jones no longer owns […]
Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting are asking a Houston bankruptcy court to liquidate the media company of Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in 2022 for repeatedly claiming that the 2012 massacre was staged. Filed Sunday in the federal Southern District Bankruptcy Court […]
Relatives of the Sandy Hook elementary school victims who won more than $1.5bn against the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claim that the 2012 mass shooting was a hoax to force Americans to accept gun control are demanding his businesses be liquidated. In a letter to a bankruptcy court judge on Sunday, […]
Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, including Infowars, instead of allowing him to reorganize his business as they seek to collect on $1.5 billion in lawsuit verdicts against him. Lawyers for the families filed an emergency motion Sunday […]
Keynote speaker Sandy Dukat, a Canton native and retired Paralympian, speaks at Thursday’s Goodwill community breakfast at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Nash Family Event & Conference Center. Sandy Dukat, a Canton native and Paralympic medalist, says her family’s no-excuse policy helped her excel in life. “The one thing my siblings never gave me […]
A New Jersey contractor who stole nearly $600,000 intended to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy will spend five years in prison, prosecutors said Friday. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Adam Nevius, 49, is headed to New Jersey State Prison after admitting to pocketing money from at least 17 homeowners for repairs his […]
Sandy Springs police arrested a man suspected of kidnapping someone. On Wednesday, April 24, police officers were informed about a kidnapping in a nearby city. When the suspect’s car was detected by a license plate reader near East Palisades Trail, officers searched the area and located him. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as […]
Apr. 11—After recent hikes that involved scrambling up Connecticut’s rocky ridges and stumbling down boulder-strewn ravines, it was a relief to hit the trail the other day in Rhode Island, where sandy paths covered with pine needles made for happy feet. “Soft and smooth. I’ll take it,” said Phil Plouffe, as he, Andy Lynn and […]