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...“J’aime votre chariot!” said a passing cyclist, leaping to my assistance. His grin carried a whiff of sarcasm. “Est-ce lourd?”...
...Last year, Jones was ordered to pay almost $1.5bn in damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, which he claimed was a hoax....
The FT investigates the mystery owners behind gambling brands that sponsor top flight football clubs
...UK insurer Aviva this week announced a Lancashire research project on salt marshes, coastal wetland shown to cut property-related damages in the US from Hurricane Sandy....
...A lawyer for the parents, Wesley Ball, on Friday urged jurors to “send a message” with their punitive damages award on Friday: “Stop Alex Jones, stop the monetisation of misinformation and lies.”...
...We drop our metal detectors, run over and there, sure enough, at the bottom of a shallow hole, a tiny gold disc glints in the sandy soil of coastal Suffolk. Jones gingerly lifts it out....
...But first, these cunning lecturers, like Gerald Jones and Sola Sobowale, are tempting them in and hoping to build up an appetite to get back into formal learning....
...Jones admitted during the trial that the Sandy Hook shooting was real, but he also lashed out during questioning....
...Steve Jones, chair and chief executive of the world’s largest private security group, Allied Universal, said the technology “will continue to evolve over the coming years”....
...Wesley Ball, a lawyer for the parents, on Friday urged jurors to “send a message” with their punitive damages award: “Stop Alex Jones, stop the monetisation of misinformation and lies.”...
...The weekend was compèred and curated, as always, by Jonzi D (né David Jones), the 53-year-old rapper, former dancer and all-round hip-hop evangelist....
...The families’ lawsuit alleged that Jones used his Sandy Hook conspiracy theory to attract listeners and for financial gain....
...Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $4.1mn in damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim, dealing a blow to one of America’s most notorious peddlers of misinformation...
...Sure, other cities have their famous coastlines or sweeping sandy beaches — Rio, say, or Sydney — but how easy is it to actually strip off and take a dip in these without some serious forethought or travel...
...“Standing next to these poles and looking at them really strikes a chord,” said BJ Jones, the president of the Battery Park City Authority, which oversees the neighbourhood....
...Having spent years in sandy trenches with a fossil brush, Jack Carlson has a fondness for long-dead things. Classic American prep is one of them....
...For antiques, curios and reclaimed furniture fans seek out three Aladdin’s caves at the Pembroke Antiques Centre (in the old Wesley Chapel), The Chapel (in the old Baptist chapel) and the Pembroke Market...
...the victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting, after falsely claiming it was a hoax....
...Visual journalism by Cleve Jones...
...Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1bn over Sandy Hook claims A Connecticut jury has ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1bn in damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims as a result of his claims that the...
...Companies owned by rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have filed for bankruptcy after being hit by defamation lawsuits over Jones’ claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax....
...Second, Sandy Hook was the day that Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, a dark, conspiratorial, rightwing website that makes Fox News look like a cooking show, came into his own....
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