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Alex Jones offers Sandy Hook victims' families $55 million to settle legal claims

Meanwhile, the families submitted a competing plan focused on liquidating the conspiracy theorist's Infowars business.

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Court Allows Sealing of Video of Police Shooting of 11-Year-Old Aderrien Murry

The boy's name has been publicly reported (apparently with his parents' permission), but the court nonetheless concludes that releasing the video would violate his privacy. (The grand jury has just declined to indict the police officer.)

Reason

Alex Jones Proposes .5M Yearly Settlement to Sandy Hook Families

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones offers a .5 million yearly settlement for 10 years to Sandy Hook families amidst his personal bankruptcy.

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Alex Jones offers $55m to Sandy Hook families to satisfy $1.5bn judgment

Families of the slain schoolchildren had earlier proposed an $85m settlement for the Infowars host’s lies about the 2012 massacre

The Guardian - US

West Loop homeless encampment will be cleared, Ald. Conway says

The area, adjacent to Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center, gets heavy foot traffic from commuters, and neighbors have said they’ve witnessed daytime drug-dealing and drug use.

Chicago Sun-Times

A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist

An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agency’s response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history

The Independent UK

Lawsuits accuse Chicago police, prosecutors and a judge of framing two men for the murder of an off-duty officer

Edgardo Colon and Tyrone Clay accuse prosecutors and detectives of hiding evidence in the murder of CPD Officer Clifton Lewis. Meanwhile, a third man serving time for the killing is making new allegations of misconduct.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Officer who shot unarmed 11-year-old boy cleared by grand jury

Aderrien Murry was shot by Sergeant Greg Capers in Mississippi

The Independent UK

Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher sentenced to two years in prison

Taylor accepted a plea deal over the summer

The Independent UK

Relatives anguished, angry after Austin mom of 2 gunned down on her front lawn

Maria Roque, 34, was a loving and committed mom who had “dreams and aspirations” in her career, her family says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police detective says department retaliated against her after she accused fellow officer of threatening, hitting her

The detective contends in a lawsuit that she was removed from her job in the homicide unit and told to seek a new assignment after reporting the allegations to senior officials and the Bureau of Internal Affairs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man sentenced to up to life in prison for shooting deaths of retired couple on hiking trail

A 27-year-old man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire has been sentenced to up to life in prison in the fatal shooting deaths of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk

The Independent UK

Woman sentenced to life with parole for killing man during citizen’s arrest

Hannah Payne, 24, was found guilty of killing 62-year-old Kenneth Herring in 2019 after he left the scene of a car crash

The Independent UK

Man jailed for at least 16 years over Speakers’ Corner gun attack plot

Edward Little had travelled to London with £5,000 to buy weapon for attack on Christian preacher Hatun Tash

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The Independent UK

Scene of brutal University of Idaho murders set for demolition

The University of idaho said the demolition will begin on 28 December

Evening Standard

Hyde Park terror plotter Edward Little jailed for at least 16 years

Edward Little has been jailed for at least 16 years after admitting planning a terror attack at Speaker's Corner with a gun

Evening Standard

Homegrown terrorist who considered Queen's funeral attack and Macron assassination jailed for life

Edward Little has been jailed for at least 16 years after admitting planning a terror attack at Speaker's Corner with a gun

The Guardian - US

US supreme court refuses to overturn Illinois assault weapons ban

Law was passed following Highland Park shooting in 2022, and has been challenged by gun shops and gun rights groups

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The Independent UK

Two men walk free from prison decades after being wrongfully convicted of murder as teens

Two men have been exonerated after decades in prison for seperate murder charges on crimes they did not commit

AAP

Terror co-conspirator jailed over accountant's murder

Mustafa Dirani has been jailed for his involvement in the terrorist conspiracy to murder a police accountant after a lengthy judicial delay.

The Independent UK

Shooting of Palestinian college students came amid spike in gun violence in Vermont

The recent shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont’s largest city come as the small rural state, often ranked as one of the safest in the country, is grappling with a spike in gun violence

The Independent UK

Her 6-year-old son shot his teacher, now a Virginia woman faces sentencing for child neglect

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia is scheduled to be sentenced for felony child neglect

AAP

Gunman jailed for murdering rival after car chase

Joshua Rozynski, 29, pleaded guilty to murdering another man after an extended pursuit through the streets of Geelong, southwest of Melbourne.

WEKU

No charges filed after police shot an 11-year-old who called for help, officials say

In a statement, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says her office completed its review into the May incident and presented it to a grand jury — who handed up the decision.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cousins who served longest wrongful conviction sentence in state history exonerated after 42 years in prison

James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, were released Thursday night after a judge vacated their convictions. They were serving life sentences in the 1981 shooting deaths of a Marine and a teen girl in McKinley Park, and were 20 and 18 when they were wrongfully charged.

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