Politics Aug 22 WATCH: Gun control advocates share their stories at 2024 Democratic National Convention By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
Nation Oct 20 Judge rules Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families It's another defeat for Jones in the wake of juries in Texas and Connecticut punishing him over spreading falsehoods about the nation's deadliest school shooting. By Associated Press
Politics Oct 06 Jury hears closing arguments in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook trial A Connecticut jury has heard closing arguments in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. By Dave Collins, Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press
Nation Aug 04 Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million The jury’s decision Thursday marks the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for falsely claiming that the attack that killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, was staged. By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press
Nation Aug 03 Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100 percent real’ Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was "100 percent real."… By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press
Aug 02 The father of 6-year-old killed at Sandy Hook says Alex Jones made his life a ‘living hell’ By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has testified that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a "living hell" by pushing claims the murders were a hoax. Continue reading
May 26 After Uvalde, Congress hears calls for gun control legislation. Compromise remains elusive By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Will Congress act on guns after Sandy Hook, Buffalo and now Uvalde?… Continue reading
May 26 Newtown parents feel ‘transported back in time’ after Uvalde shooting By Michael Melia, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 31 Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Jones is being ordered to pay the legal fees in a defamation lawsuit brought by the parents of a 6-year-old who was among the 26 people killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack at an elementary school. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 8:06 Can schools prevent mass shootings? Sandy Hook parents train teachers to help at-risk students By Lisa Stark, Education Week Five years after a shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, many parents who lost children have taken their efforts to reduce gun violence into the classroom. Their group, Sandy Hook Promise, offers free training to schools and youth programs to… Continue watching