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Elon Musk couldn't be more wrong about Alex Jones: He's not a free-speech hero āĀ he's a hate-speech monster
Frankly, itās hard to imagine a more egregious eāxample of what should nš¦ot qualify as free speech than Jones waging a relentless campaign of deliberate lies about the Sandy Hook...
Alex Jones' Infowars sees sales surge since Sandy Hook defamation trial
Last week, a jury ordered Jones to pay $49 million in damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy murdered at Sandy Hook in 2012. ź¦
Well-known black bear fatally shot in Connecticut, leaving behind two cubs š
A mama black bear popular among locals in a Connecticut neighborhood was gunned down Thursday -- and an investigation into the illegal act is underway, a report said. ā
Retired CT state trooper who respondšed tą¼o Sandy Hook dead from COVID-19
A retired Connecticut state trooper who responded to the Sandy Hook massacre died of coronavirus on Saturday, authorities said. Patrick Dragon, who left the force ąµ²in 2018, died from the...
Seven years to the day afterš Sandy Hook, Newtown revels in historic footą¹ball win
Newtown, Connecticut, celebrated a climactic football state championship victory Saturday ā exactly seven years after the city mourned the deaths of 26 people in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.... ź§
Dick's Sporting Goods turned $5M in assault rifles into scrap metal: CEO
Dickās Sporting Goods not only took all assault rifles off its shelves ā it even turned $5 million worth of the wź¦eapons into scrap metal, the retailerās CEO revealed this...
Teen brotherš“ of Sandy Hošok victim running for office
The 19-year-old brother of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim in Connecticut is running for a seat on the state Senate. JT Lewis said he was inspired to seek electišve...
Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sšent them child pornography
Conspiracy theorist and "Infowars" radio host Alex Jones has been accused of sending child pornography to the lawyers of thše Sandy Hook families -- just days after he claimed to...
š City schools not prepared for mass shoą¼otings: report
City schools are not adequately prepared for the next Adam Lanza, according to a hair-raising new report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli that found Department of Education caš¼mpuses are relying...
Adam Lanza's shrink pleads guilty to sex assault on patient
The psychiatrist for Adam Lanza, the man who gunned down 26 people at Connecticutās Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, has admitted sexušally assaulting an 18-year-old girl whom he was...
Newtown urges Trumź¦p to denouncāe Sandy Hook truthers
HARTFORD, Conn. ā Members of the Newtown Board of Education hoped a newly elected President Donald Trump would speak out šŗagainst a famous conspiracy theorist and others who question the...
āNewtownā shines a spotlight on the parents of Sandy Hook's victims
When Mark Barden, Nicole Hockley or David Wheeler tells someone theyāre the parent of a slain child from Neāwtownā, Conn., āpeople donāt know what to say,ā says documentarian Kim A....
š Divided Senate rejects gun control measures š
WASHINGTON ā A week after the deadliest mass shooting in US history, legislation to block suspected terrorists from š¼purchasing firearms failed in the Senate Monday in a partisan showdown. All...
Senaš§øte Democrats end 15-hour filibuster onā gun control
WASHINGTON ā A Democratic senator frustrated with congressional inaction on gun violence led a nearly 15-hour Senate fišlibuster before yielding the floor early Thursday, making a pledge that ą¹he and...
Sandy Hook mom urges caution aź¦bout club massacre charities
Dozens of fund-raising efforts have already popped upš² online since the mass shootings aš¬t the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando -- raising the specter of the heartless fraud that's haunted...
'I know the horror of waiting to hear': Moms of mass shootings unite in grief
They're mothers united in grief. A Connecticut mom whose daughter was killed in the Sanš»dy Hook Elementary School slaughter wrote an emotional post empathizing witšh the families of those killed...
Newź¦town teacher busted for bringing gun to school
A gun scašre rocked a school in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, whenš a teacher was caught carrying a concealed firearm on his way to class, according to reports. Jason M. Adams,...
Sandy Hook massacre 'truther' accosts hero teacher's family
A Brooklyn man was arrested at a Sandy š¹Hook massacre charity event in Connecticut for accosting a victimās family ā and yelling that the shooting was a hoax, cops said...
Walmart takes semi-automatic rifles offš sheālves
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the United Staź¦tes' top seller of guns and ammunition, said on Wednesday it would stop selling the AR-15 and other semi-automatic rifles at stores because of sluggish... ā
Judge rejects suit backing student expelled for toy gun š į£
A Manhattan judge shot downšØ a lawsuit by the mom of a student who was expelled from his special-needs school for threatening classmates with a toy gun. Justice Cynthia Kern...