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News Articles: sandy hook

Jennifer Hensel waits for the school bus with her 8-year-old daughter, Imogen, and her 6-year-old son, Owen, on the first day of school this year. They share hugs, kisses, excitement and still some anxiety 10 years after the shooting.

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10 years after Sandy Hook, a family finds bits of joy amid shards of pain

Families who had their lives shattered on Dec. 14, 2012, are still straining under the weight of their losses — and still pushing for the changes they had hoped would have already happened by now.

December 14, 2022
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  • Tovia Smith
Plaintiff's attorney Chris Mattei (left) questions Alex Jones on Thursday at Jones' trial to determine defamation damages in Waterbury, Conn.

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Alex Jones testifies over damages he must pay families for Sandy Hook hoax claims

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand at his defamation trial as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

September 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Alex Jones talks to reporters during a break in his trial in Austin, Texas, on July 26.

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At Alex Jones trial, an FBI agent breaks down as he describes the scene at Sandy Hook

An FBI agent struggled to control his emotions as he described seeing bodies inside Sandy Hook elementary school — a scene that the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones later claimed was staged by actors.

September 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Infowars founder Alex Jones listens to a supporter at the Texas State Capital building in April 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

A jury will decide if Alex Jones has to pay punitive damages to Sandy Hook parents

Jones is being sued for defamation by the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 for saying the school shooting was a hoax on his radio show.

August 05, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Tuesday.

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  • National

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

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

August 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Neil Heslin, father of 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, becomes emotional while testifying in the trial of Alex Jones on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

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The father of a Sandy Hook victim says Alex Jones has made his life a 'living hell'

Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, testified that he has endured online abuse, anonymous phone calls and harassment on the street.

August 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 5, 2018. A Texas judge on Wednesday pushed back a trial over how much Jones should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims.

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Alex Jones' trial to determine payments to Sandy Hook families is delayed

A Texas judge pushed back the first jury trial over how much the conspiracy theorist should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims. Jones' Infowars company sought bankruptcy protection this week.

April 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Photos of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims sits at a small memorial near the school on Jan. 14, 2013 in Newtown, Conn.

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Sandy Hook ushered in new era of conspiracy and lies, author finds

Following the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, journalist Elizabeth Williamson says, conspiracy theorists tormented the victims' families by accusing them of being actors.

March 09, 2022
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  • Dave Davies
Firearms training unit Detective Barbara Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle — the same make and model of the gun used in the Sandy Hook School shooting.

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Families of Sandy Hook victims reach $73 million settlement with Remington

The elementary school shooting left 20 students and six adults dead. The settlement is thought to be first of its kind, awarding major damages against a U.S. gun manufacturer based on a mass shooting.

February 15, 2022
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  • Frankie Graziano and
  • Laurel Wamsley
A mourner kneels beside 26 teddy bears, each representing a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at a sidewalk memorial in 2012 in Newtown, Conn.

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  • National

Gun-Maker Sued In Sandy Hook Shooting Wants The School Records Of Slain Children

Remington Arms, the now-bankrupt gun-maker being sued by nine families of those killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has subpoenaed academic, attendance and disciplinary records.

September 03, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Among the documents produced by Remington Arms Co. were more than 18,000 files depicting emoji, cartoons and other images, including one of a <em>Despicable Me</em> minion sliced like steak with the caption "filet minion," according to a court filing by lawyers representing 10 Sandy Hook families in a lawsuit against the company.

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  • National

Asked For Documents In Sandy Hook Shooting, A Gun-Maker Sent Thousands Of Cartoons

Lawyers for victims' families suing Remington say the gun-maker is slowing the legal process by filing thousands of pictures, videos and emoji. Remington sources say that accusation is not fair.

July 09, 2021
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  • Becky Sullivan

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  • Environment

Most People Run From Disasters. NPR's Russell Lewis Runs Toward Them

In 2017, thousands evacuated southeast Texas in preparation for Hurricane Harvey. As they sped down the highway away from the storm, one car drove...

April 09, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Leighton Rowell

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