Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars
Read full article: Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on InfowarsA federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars.
What happens next in The Onion's effort to buy Alex Jones' Infowars
Read full article: What happens next in The Onion's effort to buy Alex Jones' InfowarsThe Onionās winning bid for Alex Jonesā Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers raised concerns about how an auction was conducted.
Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families
Read full article: Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook familiesConspiracy theorist Alex Jonesā Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax
Read full article: Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoaxA federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel
Read full article: Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travelPresident Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. āWe didnāt get into this mess overnight, and it will take months to turn this around,ā Biden said at the White House. Asked about that at the White House on Thursday, Biden told a reporter: āWhen I announced it, you all said itās not possible. But administration officials stressed that reopening schools safely depends on increased testing. āWe do not have nearly enough testing capacity in this country,ā said White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients.
Coronavirus: Florida death toll will double over next two months, projection says
Read full article: Coronavirus: Florida death toll will double over next two months, projection saysFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Florida is nearing 8,000 deaths from COVID-19, and according to one prominent projection, that total is going to double by early October and surpass 19,000 by Dec. 1. They predict that Floridas death toll from the novel coronavirus will reach 19,358 by Dec. 1. On the other hand, an easing of safety restrictions could have Floridas deaths surge to 61,938 by Dec. 1, the projection says. Nationally, the IHME model has the COVID-19 death toll rising from its current 160,000 to over 295,000 by Dec. 1. The publics behavior had a direct correlation to the transmission of the virus and, in turn, the numbers of deaths, Murray said.
As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise
Read full article: As virus rages in US, New York guards against another riseFILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, medical personnel work in the emergency department at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan in New York. Some health care workers are heading to other states to help fight the virus, reciprocating the influx that gave New York hospitals some much-needed relief just months ago. Yet with the virus tearing through the South and West, Cuomo warned Friday it would eventually rear up again in New York. "The question is one of timing.As cases spiked in March and April, New York became the nation's coronavirus nightmare, with New York City at the crux of it. New York has taken reopening relatively slowly and braked, postponing the resumption of indoor restaurant service in New York City, after cases began surging elsewhere.