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“In the law, there is a clear separation of church and state,” Childs, an attorney who represents the Houston area on the board, said of her decision. This year, Oklahoma’s top education official began ordering public schools with students in grades five through 12 to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, a Republican, has purchased 500 Bibles and asked for $3 million from the state to buy copies for every classroom. “Public school is not Sunday school,” Wright said. Childs, the Texas State Board of Education member, sees the current push for increased religious influence in public schools as concerning, as it comes amid a dialing back of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at companies and institutions.

Persons: Staci Childs, ” Childs, Childs, “, Donald Trump, ” Jonathan Saenz, Gov, Dan Patrick, Mark Chancey, ” Chancey, Ryan Walters, Erika Wright, ” Wright, Walters, ” Walters, we’ve, Trump, Louisiana’s, ”, Mike Johnson, Joshua Blackman, South Texas College of Law Houston, Rachel Laser Organizations: Texas State, of Education, Republican, U.S, Liberal, Target, ”, won’t, Southern Methodist University, NBC, Oklahoma Rural Schools Coalition, “, NBC News, Supreme, America, CNBC, South Texas College of Law, United, and State Locations: Houston, Texas, Dallas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Ohio, Florida

☆ Hurricane season is over, but the rise of storm-resistant homes in Florida is just getting started
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Dan Latu | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementAbout two hours southeast of Hunters Point is a development called Babcock Ranch, which bills itself as "The Hometown of Tomorrow." A rep said that in the days before Hurricane Milton, Babcock Ranch saw a 390% increase in daily visits to its website. Hunters Point homes are high off the ground and air-tightLiving spaces begin on the second floor of the homes in Hunters Point. AdvertisementThese connections — roof to walls, walls to each other, and walls to foundation — are fundamental to building a house that can withstand hurricane-force winds. AdvertisementIn Hunters Point homes, though, "everything is connected.

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Like rural communities across the country, Celina is seeing a housing boom that made it America’s fastest growing city in 2023. With more than 200 people moving there each week, the city projects it will have more than 100,000 residents by 2029. “Southern Collin County is just getting really, really, really expensive. Keeping Celina relatively affordable has also been a challenge for local officials with the typical home now selling for around $550,000. As land prices go up in Celina, developers like Plute’s Swindell are looking even further north to be able to build homes in the $300,000 price range.

Persons: Suzanne D’Amico, ”, D’Amico, Ryan Tubbs, Prosper, Anna, Bryan Swindell, “, Celina, LaCinda Russell, She’s, I’ve, Russell, Collin County, Kelcey Kasper, “ They’re, ” Kasper, Jasmine Hughes, Hughes, ” Hughes, Luke Thigpen, ” Thigpen, she’s, “ We’ve, “ I’ve Organizations: U.S . Department of, Celina, homebuilders, PulteGroup’s Dallas Division, Walmart, Costco, Nationwide, ” Locations: Dallas, Celina , Texas, Celina, America, California, Collin County, Princeton, Collin, Frisco, McKinney, Princeton , Texas, North Texas, it’s

A federal judge on Monday is set to review the sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company to satirical publication The Onion after a pro-Jones bidder who offered twice as much cash challenged the transaction. Collins also wrote that the Onion plans to relaunch Infowars as "the dumbest website on the internet." Infowars was briefly shut down after the sale was announced before it resumed operating with Jones, who claimed the site was "hijacked." X Corp. is presumed to be an interested party because Jones uses X to broadcast his show and the case involves the potential transfer of Jones' X handle in the sale. Jones described the auction process as "fraudulent," but told his audience that regardless of what happens with Infowars, he won't be silenced.

Persons: Alex Jones, Jones, Sandy, Christopher Murray, Christopher Lopez, Murray, Sandy Hook, Walter Cicack, Chris Mattei, Ben Collins —, NBC News —, Collins, Samuel Rigelhaupt, Infowars, —, Elon Musk, Donald Trump Organizations: Sandy Hook Elementary, Free Speech Systems, First United American Companies, First American United Companies, NBC News, AP, Global, Musk's X Corp, X Corp, United, United American Companies Locations: Newtown , Connecticut, Texas, Houston, Chicago, United American

☆ I run a group for individuals worth at least $100 million. Our members want their kids to have purpose — and prenups.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

R360 is a peer-to-peer networking group for people who have a net-worth of at least $100 million. There's a lot of concern about making sure children don't become spoiled or entitled. They don't want to hand over their wealth to their kids and have money go toward causes they don't support. AdvertisementThe adult children want to fill their parents shoesWe host a group for the adult children of our members. Families are transferring money over a lifetimeOur members aren't afraid to leave their children money.

Persons: Barbara Goodstein, didn't, They've, I've, they're Organizations: New Locations: New York City

☆ Opinion | Don’t Let Donald Trump Drive You Into Internal Exile
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Miriam Elder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For months leading up to that moment, tens of thousands of Russians protested as Mr. Putin prepared to return to the Kremlin following four years in a shadow role as prime minister. The day before Mr. Putin was inaugurated in May, the police violently cracked down on a mass protest. When Mr. Putin drove through a Moscow cleared of any signs of life, and through the Kremlin gates, the protest movement was effectively dead. As this fact settled in, opposition-minded Russians flooded social media, recalling just how young they were when Mr. Putin first headed the state more than 12 years prior — some remembered their college days, others elementary school. The United States is not Russia, and Mr. Trump is not Mr. Putin.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Trump Organizations: Mr Locations: Moscow, United States, Russia

☆ California Educator Is Charged With Molesting 8 Children
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Dana Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A Los Angeles assistant principal was arrested on Friday and charged with molesting eight children between 2015 and 2019, while he was working as an elementary school counselor in Ventura County. The defendant, David Lane Braff Jr., 42, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., is accused of molesting children aged 6 to 10 in an office at McKevett Elementary School in the Santa Paula Unified School District, roughly 70 miles west of Los Angeles. The charges emerged out of a cold case sexual abuse unit, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said. He noted that officials at McKevett Elementary had reached out to authorities at the time of the alleged incidents. Nevertheless, Mr. Braff has held several jobs in public education since and has also volunteered in a number of programs for children.

Persons: David Lane Braff Jr, Erik Nasarenko, Braff Organizations: Los, McKevett Elementary School, Santa Paula Unified School District, McKevett Locations: Los Angeles, Ventura County, Oaks, Calif

☆ I taught my kids how to be entrepreneurs from a young age. As teens, they've made about $10,000 so far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Amanda Miller Littlejohn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementI help people package and monetize their skills, and I've helped my kids do the same. From when they were young, they've published books, sold baked goods, and more. I told him that if he wrote a little more, I'd help him publish his story as a book on Amazon. He did a few book talks and book fairs, and all of his book sale money went into a high-yield CD. As of now, they've made around $10,000 from book sales, bake sales, audio editing, and digital art sales combined.

Persons: I've, they've, Connor, Amanda Miller Littlejohn Logan, Logan, they're, Amanda Miller Littlejohn, that's

The Texas Board of Education narrowly voted Friday to allow Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools. Greg Abbott has voiced support for the lesson plans, which were provided by the state’s education agency that oversees the more than 5 million students in Texas public schools. Staci Childs, who is an attorney and a Democrat who voted against the Bible curriculum at Friday's hearing, said she believes it will be challenged in court. The new Texas curriculum follows Republican-led efforts in neighboring states to give religion more of a presence in public schools. The Texas Education Agency, which oversees public education for students statewide, created its instruction materials after a law passed in 2023 by the GOP-controlled Legislature required the agency to do so.

Persons: Greg Abbott, Staci Childs, Matthew Patrick Shaw, ”, Mary Castle Organizations: Texas, of Education, Texas State, Republicans, Republican Gov, Republican, Vanderbilt University, The Texas Education Agency, GOP Locations: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana

☆ 'Wish I had done better': Colorado school bus driver dismissed after leaving 40 kids at wrong stop in freezing temperatures
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A Colorado school bus driver allegedly abandoned 40 elementary school-aged students at the wrong stop on Monday, leaving them frightened in the cold and dark, school officials and students say. The ordeal left young students from Clear Sky Elementary School in Castle Rock distressed, in tears and seeking aid from strangers, said school officials. The Douglas County School District said the driver, Irving Johnson, was a substitute who failed to follow proper protocols. “The driver should have immediately notified DCSD transportation dispatch.”The driver, Irving Johnson, shared an apology for the incident on Wednesday. I didn’t think about the fact that I had kids who got off the bus and this wasn’t their stop.

Persons: Irving Johnson, ” Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn’s, Ashley Stark, KUSA, Rich Cosgrove, “ Regrettably, “, ”, Cosgrove Organizations: Clear Sky Elementary School, Douglas County School District, NBC, Auburn, Weather, district's, NBC News, Castle Rock Police Department Locations: Colorado, Castle Rock, Denver, East Wolfensberger, Rock, “

☆ Bible-Based Lessons for Public Schools Get Final Approval in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Texas education officials on Friday approved a new elementary school curriculum that draws from the Bible, the final step of a contentious effort to expand religious instruction in the state. The reading and language arts curriculum, which will be optional for schools, could serve as a model for conservative Christian leaders in other states. Starting in August, the new Texas curriculum, for kindergarten through fifth grade, will be available to districts. The state serves more than two million elementary students in its public schools. The curriculum incorporates into English lessons stories from the Bible such as Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the Prodigal Son and the Old Testament tale of Esther.

Persons: Jesus, Esther Locations: Texas, Louisiana

☆ Colin Gray, father of alleged Apalachee High School shooter, pleads not guilty to charges that he shares responsibility for killings
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Andy Rose | Devon M. Sayers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Winder, Georgia CNN —Colin Gray, the father of alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, entered a not guilty plea Thursday morning to charges – including two counts of second-degree murder – alleging that he shares responsibility for the September shooting. Gray faces 29 charges, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter. He was indicted on 55 counts, including four counts each of malice murder and felony murder. Colt Gray will be tried as an adult. Colin and Colt Gray have both been jailed since their arrests.

Persons: Georgia CNN — Colin Gray, Colt Gray, Gray, Jimmy Berry, ” Colin Gray, Jennifer, James Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley, Ethan, Colin Gray, “, ” Colt Gray, Elijah Nouvelage, Thursday’s, Berry, Colin, Chase Boyd, Boyd, Brandon King, CNN’s Dakin Andone, Lauren del Valle Organizations: Georgia CNN, Oxford High School, Apalachee High School, Reuters, Grays, Barrow County Sheriff’s, Barrow News, Gun Safety Locations: Winder, Georgia, Michigan, Atlanta, Winder , Georgia, Barrow County, Barrow, Uvalde , Texas, United States

☆ Car crashes into people outside primary school in central China: state media
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Hong Kong CNN —Multiple students were injured after a car crashed into people outside a primary school in central China on Tuesday morning, state news agency Xinhua reported. In a brief report, state broadcaster CCTV said “specific casualties were being investigated.”Video circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN showed dozens of panicked school children screaming and running into the schoolyard, with a man’s voice heard yelling “quickly, quickly,” in the background. Images circulating online of the incident were quickly wiped from social media platforms. Days later, eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China. In October, police arrested a 50-year-old man after a stabbing attack near an elementary school in Beijing injured five people, including three children.

Persons: It’s, “, – Organizations: Hong Kong CNN —, Xinhua, CNN, Police Locations: Hong Kong, China, Hunan province’s Changde, Zhuhai, Beijing, Shanghai, Tai’an, Shandong province

☆ 30-year-old brings in as much as $176,000 per year playing saxophone at ‘an average of 80 events a year’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The 30-year-old, Hillsborough, New Jersey, native started playing piano and saxophone in elementary school and continued playing in various school bands through high school. Nelson has since built a bustling career as a live performer, playing piano and saxophone at "an average of 80 events a year," he says, mostly weddings. By fall 2019, after reaching out to local New Jersey DJ companies to let them know he was interested in playing events, he was "doing about two, sometimes three" events per weekend, he says. Jason Nelson playing sax at a wedding. Jason Nelson playing sax at a wedding.

Persons: Jason Nelson, Nelson, Michael Romeo Organizations: Rutgers University, Barnes & Noble College, DJ, New Jersey DJ, Fox Photography Locations: Hillsborough , New Jersey, New Jersey

Attorneys for X Corp., the firm established by Elon Musk to take over Twitter, filed a notice of appearance on Thursday in the bankruptcy case of Alex Jones and his Infowars platform. The new owners of satirical news site The Onion had been declared the successful bidders for Jones’ controversial platform, alongside families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims. Musk has allowed Infowars to broadcast on X while Infowars’ fate is in limbo. Jones has used Infowars as a platform to promote conspiracy theories, far-right ideologies and misinformation. Jones’ bankruptcy stems from his obligation to pay $1.5 billion in damages to families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who filed defamation lawsuits over his false claims that the massacre was a hoax.

Persons: Elon Musk, Alex Jones, Jones, Sandy, ”, Christopher M, Lopez, Mother Jones, Donald Trump, Musk, Ben Collins —, ” Collins, Infowars Organizations: X Corp, Elon, Twitter, Bloomberg, Sandy Hook Elementary, NBC Locations: Texas

☆ I quit my finance job to pursue my dream of writing comics. I used a pitch deck to convince my parents it was a good idea.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After college, he got a job at a Big 4 consulting firm, but his childhood dream was to make manga. He found success on platforms like Webtoon and ultimately quit his finance job to write full time. WEBTOONI published my first novel when I was 17I started working on writing my first novel when I was 14. I convinced my parents that my webcomic career was sustainableI finally quit my finance job in May 2021. They see everything I'm doing and my passion.

Persons: Brandon Chen, I'm, WEBTOON, —, I'd, COVID, Tezuka, it's, Kentaro Miura Organizations: Productions, Big, New York Comic Con, NYU, KPMG, Webtoon Locations: New York City, Instagram, Japan

☆ Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Steven Jiang | Shawn Deng | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing on Saturday, police say. The attack is the latest mass casualty incident to hit China. Last Monday, 35 people were killed after a car plowed into pedestrians who were exercising in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, injuring over 40 people. As news of the attack spread, censors swooped in to take down online videos of the attack and moderate social media discussionsIn October, police arrested a 50-year-old man after a stabbing attack near an elementary school in Beijing injured five people, including three children. In September, three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai.

Persons: “, swooped Organizations: CNN, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology Locations: Yixing, Wuxi, China, Zhuhai, Beijing, Shanghai, Tai’an, Shandong province

☆ Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. Still, Bela Karolyi remained unapologetic to the end for the methods he used to blaze a path to sports glory. And by his senior year, he was coaching the school’s women’s gymnastics team, whose star Marta Enoss would become his wife and professional ally. “I think he was learning gymnastics with us.”At age 14, Comaneci famously scored the first “perfect 10” in Olympic gymnastics. “Prior to entering the Bela Karolyi camp, I knew one thing; Bela was my bus pass to the Olympics,” Okino wrote in 2001.

Persons: CNN — Bela Karolyi, Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci, Kerri Strug, Karolyi, Marta Karolyi, Bela Karolyi, ”, ” Bela Karolyi didn’t, Marta Enoss, That’s, “, Marta, Bela, ” Comaneci, Comaneci, Nicolae Ceaușescu’s, Karolyi’s, USA's Kerri Strug, Susan Ragan, Dianne Durham, Kim Zmeskal, Strug hobbled, USA’s, Strug, ” Karolyi, Larry Nassar, –, Nassar, Retton, ” Retton, ‘, Betty Okino, ” Okino, “ Karolyi, goddam Bela, Dominique Moceanu, ” Moceanu, Moceanu, Nadia Comăneci, ” CNN’s Lindsey Knight Organizations: CNN, USA Gymnastics, Texas, Romanian, Romania College of Physical Education, Eastern Bloc, Guardian, Rocky Mountain News, University of Oklahoma, USA, Olympic, US, Los Angeles Games, Team USA, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Orange County Register, –, Team Training, US Olympic Committee, ” Locations: Romanian American, Texas, Montreal, Romanian, New York, America, Houston, American, Atlanta, Romania, United States, California

The sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media empire is a major blow to one of the defining independent media brands that ushered in a new era of fringe thinking, mainstreaming conspiracy theories once banished to the edges of the internet. And while Jones’ Infowars brand is now owned by the satirical news site The Onion, media researchers and conservative media experts say its legacy will live on thanks to the far-right media ecosystem it helped inspire, which continues to flourish. YouTube and other social media platforms began removing Jones’ videos in 2018 as they were flagged for violating content rules related to violent and graphic content. “What is going to happen with Infowars ‘Onion-ified,’ and what is going to happen to the kinds of internet conspiracy theorists who Alex Jones represents?” Phillips asked. “Alex Jones is not.”

Persons: Alex Jones, Jones, ”, A.J, Bauer, Donald Trump’s, Infowars, Sandy, Jones “, Reece Peck, Barack Obama, —, ” Jones, Peck, ” Peck, Trump, Sandy Hook, Josh Owens, ” Owens, Owens, “, Elon Musk, Whitney Phillips, ” Phillips, “ Alex Jones Organizations: University of Alabama, Sandy Hook Elementary, Free Speech Systems, Safety, Rush, City University of New York, College of, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Trump, Infowars, University of Oregon Locations: Newtown , Connecticut, Austin , Texas, College of Staten Island, Trump, Infowars

The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform. The Onion plans to shutter Jones’ Infowars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale. About an hour and a half after the announcement of the sale, Infowars' website was shut down. Details of Wednesday’s auction, including how much was offered for Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, and related assets, were not immediately known. “All you leftists celebrating the end of Alex Jones and Infowars, you’re fools,” he said.

Persons: Alex Jones, Jones, “, ” Jones, Infowars, Sandy, Sandy Hook, Chris Mattei, divesting Jones, John Feinblatt, Ben Collins, Collins, Christopher Murray, ”, Jeff Lawson, InfoWars Organizations: U.S, First United American Companies, Free Speech Systems, Sandy Hook Elementary, Gun Safety, NBC News, Onion News, ThreeSixty, Bankruptcy, Southern, Southern District of, Global, Onion staff, O Media, Speech Systems Locations: Connecticut, Texas, Winnebago, Austin , Texas, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Sandy Hook, Newtown , Connecticut, “

The Oklahoma school district where a transgender student died this year after an altercation in a bathroom violated federal law by mishandling sexual harassment allegations, according to an investigation by the federal Education Department. The department’s Office of Civil Rights opened an investigation into Owasso Public Schools in March following a complaint from the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization. A photograph of Nex Benedict is projected at a candlelight service in Oklahoma City on Feb. 24. The department said the district failed to respond to sexual harassment allegations repeatedly over three years, in violation of Title IX regulations that were implemented in 2020. The new regulations require district staff members to explain the process to file Title IX complaints or promptly contact complainants to discuss supportive measures like counseling or schedule changes.

Persons: Nex Benedict, Nate Billings, Benedict, Sue, “, ”, Jordan Korphage, Margaret Coates, ” Coates, ” Kelley Robinson, ” Robinson Organizations: federal Education Department, Civil Rights, Owasso Public Schools, Human Rights, HRC, Owasso High, The Oklahoman, USA, U.K, Education Department, Owasso Public, District Locations: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, America

☆ After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —After the suicide of a nonbinary student last February spurred a monthslong federal investigation, the US Department of Education found Title IX violations in an Oklahoma public school district including multiple failures to respond to notices of sexual harassment. The DOE’s Office of Civil Rights announced a resolution Wednesday with the Owasso Public School District to remedy Title IX violations linked to sexual harassment in district schools. The OCR investigation began last March, weeks after the death of nonbinary teen, Nex Benedict. The investigation also identified several other instances in the last three years when district staff failed to properly respond to sexual harassment complaints. The agreement between the DOE and the school district requires the district to implement new policies and procedures and additional training for staff and students.

Persons: “, Nex Benedict, Benedict, Patrick Quiring, Wednesday’s, ”, Margaret Coates, ” Coates Organizations: CNN, US Department of Education, Civil Rights, Owasso Public School District, Human, Owasso, Reuters, DOE Locations: Oklahoma

☆ The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, which was sold off as part of a defamation settlement after he falsely called the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax. The Onion’s bid was backed by the families of eight victims of school shooting and one first responder. Jones was previously ordered to pay $1.5 billion to families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. Jones had used Infowars to spread some of the most disturbing and disgusting lies and conspiracy theories into the public discourse. Though Collins declined to detail the bid amount, he said it was the highest and that the funding came from The Onion itself.

Persons: Alex Jones ’, Jones, Sandy Hook, he’s, motorhome, ”, Ben Collins, ” Alex Jones, David J, Phillip, Collins, “ We’re, Chris Mattei, Alex Jones, Robbie Parker, Emilie, Infowars, Jones ’, Oliver Darcy Organizations: CNN, Elementary, Gun Safety Locations: Sandy, Houston, harm’s

☆ The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars — and that's not a joke
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Onion, the satirical news site, bought Alex Jones' Infowars at an auction. Jones was found liable for defaming the Sandy Hook families and ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion. Under The Onion, the revamped Infowars is set to feature ads from Everytown for Gun Safety. AdvertisementThe conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars has a new home — and it's not the one he wanted. AdvertisementThe Associated Press reported that The Onion would acquire Infowars' social-media accounts, its trademarks, its video archive, and its studio in Austin.

Persons: Alex Jones, Jones, Sandy Hook, —, it's, Infowars, weren't, John Feinblatt, Ben Collins, Collins Organizations: Gun Safety, Service, Safety, Sandy Hook Elementary, Associated Press, New York Times Locations: Austin

Bidders interested in acquiring the media company founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will battle it out at a bankruptcy auction Wednesday, potentially silencing his Infowars broadcasting platform for good. "All you leftists celebrating the end of Alex Jones and Infowars, you're fools," he said. Jay Westbrook, a University of Texas bankruptcy law professor, said the ultimate goal would be to earn a "maximum return for the victims." Jones, 50, founded Infowars, which operates under Free Speech Systems, in 1999. "Despite the judgment, Alex Jones still has a First Amendment right to speak his mind and continue to speak about anything he wants," he said.

Persons: Alex Jones, Jones, Sandy, Infowars, Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Christopher Murray, Sandy Hook, Jay Westbrook, Callie Kalny, Roy Gutterman Organizations: Free Speech Systems, Elementary, ThreeSixty, Associated Press, University of Texas, Center of Media Psychology, Northwestern University, Musk, U.S, Bankruptcy, Southern, Southern District of, Sandy Hook Elementary, Speech Systems, Syracuse University, Center, Free Locations: Winnebago, Austin , Texas, Infowars, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Newtown , Connecticut, Connecticut, Texas

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