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Supreme Court Slams Door On Alex Jones, Upholds $1.4B Sandy Hook Judgment

Right-wing troll Alex Jones has come to the end of his rope. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), the Supreme Court declined an appeal from Jones, who wanted to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgement from a lower court over his false comments about the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.  “Jones has faced mounting legal pressure after […]

Families Of Sandy Hook Victims Awarded $73M Settlement In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images / Getty In 2014, the families of five children and four adults who were killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting sued the now-bankrupt manufacturer of the gun a monster used to cut down 20 six and seven-year-old children along with six adults. On Tuesday (Feb. 15), those families’ attorneys announced a huge win for the victims of that senseless and heartbreaking tragedy. According to CNN, the families were awarded a $73 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against bankrupt gun manufacturer Remington and four of its insurers. Along with the multi-million dollar payout, the plaintiffs have “obtained and can make public thousands of pages of internal company documents that prove Rem...