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Alex Jones and Infowars Ordered to Pay $100K in Court Costs for Sandy Hook Case

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A Texas judge has ordered suing Jones for his promotion of conspiracy theories about the 2012 elementary-school shooting. Jones and Infowars are being sued by Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting. On Dec. 20, Travis County Judge Scott Jenkins granted a motion for sanctions and legal expenses against Jones and Infowars, ordering them to pay $65,825 for ignoring a court order about providing documents and witnesses. In another ruling issued that same day in Heslins case, Jenkins denied an Infowars motion to dismiss the…

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At Least One Dead in Shooting at Russias FSB Security Service Headquarters

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At least one person is reported to be dead in Moscow after a shooter opened fire Thursday evening at the highly secure headquarters of Russias Federal Security Service, or FSB, according to according to the agency, and the gunman involved was neutralized. according to the Interfax news agency. Some people were injured. The Health Ministry said that five other people were wounded in the shooting, including two Federal Security Service personnel, the told Reuters she had heard shots fired in the same area and sirens, gunfire, and screams were heard…

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