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InfoWars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay just under $50 million in damages to a pair of parents whose son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.

A jury tags Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages for 2 Sandy Hook parents

Jones, the creator and face of the conspiracy-peddling website InfoWars, is on the hook for a total of $49.3 million for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school.

Photo of Douglas Badger, a Sexually Violent Predator, was recently released from the San Diego Superior Court and proposed to be placed in Borrego Springs, Calif. The photo was taken on July 5, 2022.

Residents urge judge to reject SVP placement in Borrego Springs

Douglas Badger is classified as a sexually violent predator, a designation for those convicted of sexually violent offenses.

A screenshot of a map showing case counts of COVID-19 reported in different animal species, part of an interactive <a href="https://vis.csh.ac.at/sars-ani/#infections">COVID data tracking dashboard</a> rendered by Complexity Science Hub Vienna. The drawings represent the type of animal, including both domestic and wild; the size of the bubbles reflects the number of cases in each locale.

How many animal species have caught COVID? First global tracker has (partial) answers

Just as human counts are incomplete, so are animal counts. But the first worldwide compilation of animal cases is a start at understanding the extent of human-to-animal transmission, scientists say.

Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his text messages during the Sandy Hook trial in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday.

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.

Arizona Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake speaks at an election-night gathering in Scottsdale, Ariz., Aug. 02, 2022.

Kari Lake, news anchor turned election denier, is Arizona GOP nominee for governor

Kari Lake, who has spent her campaign spreading election lies, was endorsed by Trump. Her rival, Karrin Taylor Robson, was backed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Infowars founder Alex Jones listens to a supporter at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million

The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.

A video showing Alex Jones is shown as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on July 12.

The Jan. 6 committee is asking for data from Alex Jones' phone, a lawyer says

An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said the House committee has requested records from Jones' phone.

An aerial view shows the large sinkhole that appeared over the weekend near the mining town of Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province in Chile.

A massive sinkhole just discovered in Chile has authorities puzzled

The 656-foot-deep sinkhole was found Saturday near a mining site. Investigators are working to determine what caused the sinkhole to open, and say they have seen a lot of water inside.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the crowd at the CPAC conference in Dallas on Thursday that they were fighting a "culture war."

Hungary's autocratic leader tells U.S. conservatives to join his culture war

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán, who has suppressed civil liberties and intimidated media and corporate critics, kicked off the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas.

Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Tuesday.

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

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