Newtown shooting

‘It got vile very quickly’: how Alex Jones turned a tragedy into a battleground

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed spent four years following the circus created by the rightwing TV host after he claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened

Chris McGreal

26, Mar, 2024 @10:04 AM

Alex Jones offers $55m to Sandy Hook families to satisfy $1.5bn judgment

Families of the slain schoolchildren had earlier proposed an $85m settlement for the Infowars host’s lies about the 2012 massacre

Coral Murphy Marcos

16, Dec, 2023 @3:58 PM

Alex Jones lives it up but refuses to pay $1.5bn debt to Sandy Hook families

Far-right conspiracy theorist spending tens of thousands on high-end restaurants while failing to pay damages from legal verdict

Richard Luscombe

15, Sep, 2023 @5:34 PM

‘It’s a weapon to hunt people!’ Why so many Americans hate – and love – the AR-15

Semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 have become the weapon of choice for mass shooters. They’ve been banned before – yet countless gun owners are determined it will never happen again

Charlie Scudder

03, Apr, 2023 @2:33 PM

Alex Jones reportedly concealing funds to avoid $1.5bn payout to Sandy Hook families

The conspiracy theorist was ordered to pay the families of the victims damages for claims that 2012 shooting was a hoax

Maya Yang

19, Mar, 2023 @7:03 PM

Alex Jones lawyer’s license is suspended for releasing sensitive records

Norman Pattis cannot practice in Connecticut after releasing medical records of Sandy Hook families during Infowars host’s trial

Maya Yang

06, Jan, 2023 @10:48 PM

Joe Biden says US should have ‘societal guilt’ 10 years after Sandy Hook

President commemorates 2012 shooting, in which 20 children and six adults were killed in Newtown, Connecticut

Joan E Greve in Washington and Martin Pengelly in New York

14, Dec, 2022 @6:08 PM

Sandy Hook’s tragic legacy on gun safety takes a new turn 10 years on

In the decade since the shooting, a reinvigorated movement aimed at ending gun violence has spread across the country

Joan E Greve in Newtown, Connecticut

14, Dec, 2022 @12:16 PM

Alex Jones owes $1.5bn and declared bankruptcy. So how is Infowars still running?

Jones is already making headlines again for platforming Ye’s antisemitic rants. Legal experts explain what’s going on

Wilfred Chan

08, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

Senator Chris Murphy: ‘victory after victory’ is coming for US gun safety

A decade after the Sandy Hook shooting, the Democrat believes the US is ready to embrace change around firearms

Joan E Greve in Washington

03, Dec, 2022 @8:51 PM

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after billion-dollar Sandy Hook court ruling

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $473m in damages on top of nearly $1bn verdict handed down in October

Guardian staff and agencies

02, Dec, 2022 @4:58 PM

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks new trial after nearly $1bn Sandy Hook verdict

Jury ordered Jones to pay $965m in damages to families subjected to harassment from Jones’s lies about Newtown school shooting

Maya Yang and agencies

23, Oct, 2022 @4:01 PM

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