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Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

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Man, 30s, dies in a crash between car and truck in Waterford

The man was killed when his car collided with a truck on the N25 in Newtown at around 1.30pm on Sunday

Irish Mirror

Mystery as missing man found dead after living under new name for years

Robert Hoagland disappeared from his home in Newtown, Connecticut, US, in 2013 leaving his wife and three sons desperately searching for answers

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Man missing for the past decade turns up dead as police reveal he used a pseudonym

Newtown man Robert Hoagland, 59, disappeared in 2013 and was found dead 89 miles away in New York

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook survivors join Biden in Washington to remember all victims of gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade classroom as a gunman tore through neighboring classrooms, killing 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Sandy Hook memorial opens with no ceremony 10 years after massacre

Jennifer Hubbard, who lost her 6-year-old daughter Catherine at Sandy Hook, said the memorial is “perfectly appointed in honouring and providing a place of contemplation and reflection for a day that really changed the country”.

The Independent UK

A Sandy Hook memorial opens to the public nearly a decade after school tragedy

The memorial honors the 26 children and adults killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown. A rebuilt Sandy Hook School is now visible from the site in Newtown, Conn.

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Lawyer: Punishment needed for Alex Jones' Sandy Hook claims

A lawyer for Sandy Hook families says significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Alex Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Capitol Lens | Eleventh-hour appeal - Roll Call

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Democratic candidate for the state’s open Senate seat, speaks during a rally in Newtown, Pa., Sunday.

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks new trial after nearly $1bn Sandy Hook verdict

Jury ordered Jones to pay $965m in damages to families subjected to harassment from Jones’s lies about Newtown school shooting

The Guardian - US

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Police appeal for missing 14-year-old boy

Officers in Newtown, Powys, are asking the public for help to find Caleb

Wales Online

Isolated woodland cottage that comes with its own waterfall

And it's purple

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Fight to save a beautiful period house that's the last link to a Welsh town's past before demolition date

The property is due to be demolished within weeks

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New evidence shows Alex Jones’ InfoWars sales volume exploded during Sandy Hook false ‘hoax’ programming

Sandy Hook parents revealed new records in court Thursday that show conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company ran sophisticated analyses of his web-based businesses and knew his sales volume exploded during programming portraying the Newtown school shootings as a government hoax.

Evening Standard

Huge fire breaks out in factory near Birmingham city centre

A fire has broken out at a derelict factory in Birmingham City Centre.West Midlands Fire Service are currently dealing with the blaze on Princip Street, near Newtown.Motorists who have to travel through the smoke have been warned to close windows, turn off air conditioning and keep their air vents closed,…

Wales Online

Beautiful semi-detached hidden home that comes with a tower and a turret

Not your standard semi in the suburbs

The Independent UK

Alex Jones didn’t personally verify false Infowars stories about Sandy Hook, trial told

Jones is being sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, died in the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut

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Chicago Sun-Times

After a tragedy like Highland Park mass shooting, communities must mobilize to deal with trauma

I am from Newtown, Connecticut, where Sandy Hook happened. I send kudos to Highland Park for quickly responding to the mental health needs of their residents.

The Guardian - UK

A Rembrandt goes to Wales: ‘It’s probably worth more than the whole town’

A portrait of the Dutch master’s first wife is leaving visitors to a tiny Welsh gallery in Newtown starstruck, as part of the National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tours

The Guardian - AU

Council takes owner of gutted Sydney boarding house to court over concerns for safety of passersby

Newtown property where three died in a fire is listed for sale but Inner West council says Albert Wong did not make it safe for public

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

Salon

Uvalde family hires Sandy Hook lawyer

The attorney successfully sued manufacturer of gun used in Newtown massacre. Now he's targeting Daniel Defense

WEKU

Should Robb Elementary be rebuilt? Here's what other school shooting sites did

In Newtown, Conn., a new Sandy Hook Elementary opened in 2016, four years after the shooting there. In other places, some have said that leaving buildings in place can offer survivors a way to heal.

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