Sandy Hook parents reflect on 10th anniversary of mass shooting, work to curb gun violence Wednesday, December 14 by ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) -- Nearly a decade after a group of students at Sandy Hook Elementary School and their teachers were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, two Sandy Hook parents said they are still in shock that their young children could be taken away in such... Read More.
‘One chance to get it right’: Memorial honors Sandy Hook shooting victims after decade-long effort Wednesday, December 14 by ABC News(NEWTON, Conn.) -- Two days after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, then-President Barack Obama approached a podium to speak. Before him was a room of people in shock over what had occurred in their quiet Connecticut town.On Dec. 14, 2012, a... Read More.
Some Uvalde, Sandy Hook families join Biden, Pelosi at vigil for victims of gun violence Thursday, December 8 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Just days before the 10th anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, and six months after a similar massacre in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gathered Wednesday night with families of some of the victims at the... Read More.
Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Sandy Hook $1B verdict Friday, December 2 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, less than two months after a Connecticut jury awarded almost $1 billion in damages to plaintiffs who accused Jones of committing defamation when he called the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School... Read More.
Alex Jones ordered to pay hundreds of millions in Sandy Hook defamation trial Wednesday, October 12 by ABC News(WATERBURY, Conn.) -- A Connecticut jury awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to 15 plaintiffs defamed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones when the Infowars host called the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax staged by actors following a script written... Read More.
Plaintiffs argue Alex Jones should pay $500 million in damages in Sandy Hook defamation trial Friday, October 7 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The plaintiffs' attorney in a defamation trial against Alex Jones argued the conspiracy theorist should pay more than half a billion dollars to victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax."It is your job to... Read More.
Alex Jones takes stand in 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims Thursday, September 22 by ABC News(WATERBURY, CT) -- Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is testifying in a Connecticut courtroom Thursday in a second defamation trial to determine what the InfoWars host should pay to Sandy Hook families.The tempestuous testimony was so frequently interrupted by objections and sidebar conferences at the... Read More.
Alex Jones faces second trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims Tuesday, September 13 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A second trial to determine what conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay to Sandy Hook families began Tuesday in Connecticut with an attorney for the families calling what Jones said about the deadliest elementary school shooting in the nation’s history "beyond... Read More.
Alex Jones’ second defamation trial over Sandy Hook massacre to move forward Tuesday, August 30 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The parent company of InfoWars has agreed to face a second defamation trial over the false claims its founder, conspiracy theorist and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones, made about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Free Speech Systems said at a... Read More.
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $45M in punitive damages Friday, August 5 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Alex Jones has been ordered to pay more than $45 million in punitive damages to Sandy Hook parents, a Texas jury found on Friday.The development comes a day after the jury ordered Jones to pay them $4.1 million in compensatory damages.The conspiracy... Read More.
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M Thursday, August 4 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Alex Jones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to Sandy Hook parents, a jury ordered Thursday.The conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder was successfully sued by the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in... Read More.
Sandy Hook survivors speak out for first time — and share heartache ‘that it keeps happening’ Sunday, June 12 by ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) -- When Nicole, who was just a girl when she survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a decade ago, first heard about the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, she broke down in tears."I couldn't handle it," she said.... Read More.