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Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook defamation trial set to begin in Texas

Jury selection began on Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in US history was ...

25 Jul 2022 at 18:23

World

US state may exonerate witches centuries after executions

Legislators in the US state of Connecticut are considering exonerating 11 alleged witches who were executed and dozens more who were accused of having ties to Satan more than 375 years ago. In 1647, Alse Young became the first person on record to ...

01 Feb 2023 at 10:33

World

US state absolves 12 people accused of being witches 370 years ago

Senators in Connecticut have voted to absolve 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft – 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 years ago and to apologise for the “miscarriage of justice”. The Senate voted 33-1 in favour of a resolution that ...

26 May 2023 at 18:12

World

Fifa criticised for letting Qatar ‘run the show’ over LGBTQ+ protest threats

Fifa has faced fresh criticism for its handling of World Cup teams showing support for the LGBTQ+ community, amid claims the Qatari hosts are “running the show”. Germany’s players covered their mouths during a team photo ahead of their 2-1 ...

23 Nov 2022 at 22:00

Cameron Young hits 59 as Tom Kim leads Travelers Championship

Golf

Cameron Young hits 59 as Tom Kim leads Travellers Championship

American Cameron Young holed a 10-foot putt for a 59 as South Korea’s Tom Kim held onto a narrow lead after the third day of the Travelers Championship. Young made two eagles and seven birdies at the TPC River Highlands course for the ...

23 Jun 2024 at 07:07

Satirical publication The Onion named winning bidder for Alex Jones’ Infowars

World

Conspiracy site Infowars ‘dead’ after satirical publication wins bankruptcy bid

Satirical news publication The Onion has been named the winning bidder for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction. The bid was backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than one ...

14 Nov 2024 at 22:42

World

Alex Jones agrees to appear at deposition in Sandy Hook case

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, his lawyers said. ...

31 Mar 2022 at 21:25

World

Five dead as storms sweep northeastern US

A major storm brought torrential rains and damaging winds to the northeastern US, killing five people. In Hallowell, Maine, just south of the state capital of Augusta, the Kennebec River was over flood stage and still rising. ...

19 Dec 2023 at 20:28

World

Wounded police officer shot suspect who killed two colleagues

A Connecticut policeman who was wounded in an apparent ambush that killed two of his fellow officers fired the shot that killed the attacker, US officials said. Police in Bristol said that officer Alec Iurato was hit by ...

15 Oct 2022 at 18:19

Northern Ireland

Inquest date set for US honeymooner killed in crash near Dark Hedges

An inquest for a US honeymooner killed in a car crash near a popular tourist destination in Northern Ireland is to be held in the summer, a court has heard. Michael Monroe, from Orange, Connecticut, suffered fatal ...

24 Feb 2022 at 15:55

World

Closing arguments held in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook trial

A lawyer for families of eight people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre told a jury on Thursday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones started lying about the shooting the day it happened and provided the ...

06 Oct 2022 at 22:14

Golf

Tom Kim keeps lead as Shane Lowry and Robert MacIntyre shoot into contention

South Korea’s Tom Kim has held onto his lead as Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre both shot into contention in a weather-hit second round of the Travelers Championship. On his 22nd ...

22 Jun 2024 at 02:59

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