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The Latest Breaking News from School Shooting

As a teacher educator, I feel hopeless

Teaching is a calling for my students — and gun violence has made them terrified of the classroom

Salon

Stage set for Parkland gunman’s brother and sister to testify

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The biological brother and sister of the Parkland gunman are preparing to testify for him when the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting case resumes.

Tribune News Service

Texas taps Chuck Norris to help promote school safety tip system

DALLAS — Actor Chuck Norris is promoting a tool that Texas leaders are leaning on to prevent the next school shooting.

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Four years after the Santa Fe school shooting, “There is still a lot of pain”

Some residents still struggling with grief, trauma as government mental health funding recedes.

The Texas Tribune

Alex Jones’ $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation

Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3 million in damages and counting — for claiming the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

US jury orders Alex Jones to pay $45 million more for lying about Sandy Hook massacre

A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he has to pay for the suffering he put them through by…

France 24

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.

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First Thing: Alex Jones to pay $4.1m over false Sandy Hook claims

Infowars owner faced defamation trial for saying the school shooting was a hoax. Plus, how the Astroworld tragedy changed gigs for ever

The Guardian - UK

InfoWars’ Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4 million to Sandy Hook parents

HOUSTON — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $4.11 million in defamation damages for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury said on Thursday after deliberating for a full day in Travis County.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: What happens when TikTok is your main source of news and information

On TikTok you’re liable to find restaurant recommendations, lip-syncing snippets and false claims stating that COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal tissue and that crisis actors faked the Uvalde school shooting. TikTok, along with Instagram, is where Gen Z searches for information and entertainment. They often come up with a blurry…

Los Angeles Times

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook school shooting was ‘100% real’

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has testified that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was “100% real” and it was wrong to call it a hoax.

Evening Standard

Lawyers for Alex Jones turned over evidence that contradicted his testimony

After years of telling his followers the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged, Jones admitted on the stand that the massacre was real. He is being sued in Austin by parents of one of the shooting’s victims.

The Texas Tribune

Sandy Hook victim’s mother leads a powerful condemnation of Alex Jones: full text

‘Having a six-year-old son shot in his forehead in his classroom is unbearable... You think I’m an actress?’ Scarlett Lewis asked Jones directly at one point

The Independent UK

Parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim call for accountability in Alex Jones’ defamation trial

The parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis are suing Jones for falsely claiming that the 2012 mass school shooting was a hoax meant to take away Americans’ guns. The trial is the first of three to determine monetary penalties against the Texas-based conspiracy theorist for his lies about the tragedy.

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones 'cowardly' for missing court, Sandy Hook dad says

The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting says it was “cowardly” of Alex Jones to skip hearing his testimony in person about how Jones’ claims that the massacre was a hoax deeply affected his family

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz watched ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ music video about school shooting on his way to Parkland massacre

Foster the People song is written from the perspective of a violent student

The Independent UK

Uvalde rekindles school police officer's looming fears

The fear that the next school shooting could happen in their hallways hangs over school resource officers across the United States

The Independent UK

Psychiatrist says Sandy Hook parents fear for their lives

A psychiatrist says that the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them

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Uvalde school shooting survivor Mayah Zamora discharged from San Antonio hospital

Ten-year-old Mayah Nicole Zamora, critically injured in the shooting at Robb Elementary School, goes home after 66 days, with the hospital hailing her a "hero".

The Texas Tribune

Alex Jones’ company files for bankruptcy midway through Sandy Hook damages trial

Free Speech Systems submitted the filing during a two-week trial to determine how much the Texas-based conspiracy theorist will award the parents of a victim in the 2012 school shooting, prompting speculation about the company’s effort to avoid bankruptcy oversight as a small business.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde elementary principal reinstated after school shooting investigation, lawyer says

Mandy Gutierrez was put on paid leave Monday and responded Wednesday to a Texas House committee’s investigative report about the massacre. On Thursday, her attorney released a letter from the Uvalde superintendent saying she’s no longer on administrative leave.

Axios

America's brand tanks in Europe

The Uvalde school shooting and the end of Roe took a devastating toll on Europe's view of the U.S.

The Independent UK

America’s Got Talent judges stunned by school shooting survivor’s emotional audition

Simon Cowell described the performance as ‘one of those auditions that I’ll never forget’

Daily Mirror

Simon Cowell 'will never forget' America's Got Talent audition by school shooting survivor

Simon Cowell and his fellow America's Got Talent judges were wowed by Ava Swiss, who survived a school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan last year

The Texas Tribune

Texas House publishes report of Uvalde school shooting investigation in Spanish

The House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting said it intended to publish the report in both languages but was unable to get it translated before a meeting last Sunday when the English version was released.

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