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The nearly $1 billion a Connecticut jury ordered Alex Jones to pay to the families of Sandy Hook victims for calling the mass shooting a hoax is a “historically high” penalty and one the Infowars host and conspiracy theorist will be unlikely to evade, civil litigators said.“He may be forced to live a subsistence type of life,” said Richard Signorelli, a New York attorney and former federal prosecutor. “He’s always going to be watched. He’s always going to be hounded, and he’s not going to, I believe, be able to ultimately escape the ramifications of his wrongful act.” The families of…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  The House January 6 committee took the extraordinary and theatrical step of voting to subpoena former President Donald Trump on Thursday. A coda to its public hearings, the subpoena might not lead to Trump’s testimony and handing over of documents, but it will act as a teaser for what’s to come. RELATED: 7 takeaways from the January 6 hearing The committee still has a report to publish and could also request that the Justice Department pursue…

Twitter has said Elon Musk is under investigation by federal authorities for “his conduct in connection with the acquisition” of the social media group, according to a court filing. Twitter’s lawyers have demanded copies of “substantive correspondence” between Musk and federal authorities, which they say could provide ammunition for their attempt to compel the Tesla chief executive to close the deal that he struck in April.The documents at issue include a May 13 email to the Securities and Exchange Commission and a slide presentation to the Federal Trade Commission, according to a letter to the Delaware judge in the case,…

A suspected gunman was in custody after five people were fatally shot Thursday evening in Raleigh, North Carolina, in what the governor called “the nightmare of every community.”An off-duty police officer was among the fatally wounded victims, Mayor Mary-Anne Baldwin said.The officer and the other four victims have not been identified.Hours after the shooting that prompted warnings for residents to stay inside, the suspect, who was described as a “white male juvenile,” was captured, Lt. Jason Borneo of the Raleigh Police Department said at a Thursday night news conference. The suspect was not identified, and his condition wasn’t immediately clear.…

Looking to the future. Sister Wives star Christine Brown has been open about the process of moving on following her split from husband Kody Brown. “I think what’s healthy for me and for our family is me leaving,” the mother of six confessed during a September 2022 episode of Sister Wives. “I thought that it was OK to be sad. I think I was a lot sadder than I thought. I tried to be happy as much as possible and certainly I still found joy in things. Plural marriage is tough.” Christine and Kody, who were spiritually married in 1994,…

Netflix revealed its plans for a lower-cost advertising-supported service, betting that a $6.99-a-month option for consumers will help it shore up revenues in more straitened economic times.Reed Hastings, chief executive, reversed his longstanding opposition to advertising support earlier this year, when the company’s once-blistering subscriber growth went into reverse in a sign of market saturation in North America.The new ad-supported service, which launches in November, will “grow membership and, over time, build a significant incremental revenue and profit stream” across the 12 countries it will be available in next month, said Greg Peters, Netflix chief operating officer, on Thursday.The advertising tier…

Gursagar Singh has played his fair share of arcade games this past month. “I feel like I’ve gotten a lot better at these things. I’ve probably set all the records in here,” said Singh.The 20-year-old is in the driver’s seat both at the top of the scoreboard and in his career. Step into Singh’s Arcade in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.“I just wanted to do something where I could just be creative. So I felt like having a place where I could be creative was an advantage to my life,” said Singh.The John Abbott College alum was walking by the once-empty storefront, which he…

Nearly 2 million New York voters are getting tax relief from the state government led by Gov. Kathy Hochul — just as polls show her race tightening against Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin ahead of the looming Nov. 8 election. The first batch of tax refunds for New Yorkers, who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Credit on their 2021 state returns — first revealed by the Times Union on Wednesday — were sent last Friday with roughly 1.8 million people receiving an average of $270 each, according to the state Department of Taxation and Finance. Her political rivals…

Turkey has passed a sweeping law on “disinformation” that critics say will further restrict criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his government in the run-up to elections.The bill, which was approved by the Turkish parliament late on Thursday, has drawn criticism from across Turkish society — including media groups, economists and scientists.A central provision is a proposal that people who “disseminate false information about the internal and external security, public order and general wellbeing of the country in order to create anxiety, fear or panic among the public” will face a prison sentence of between one and three years.That…

The teenager charged in the broad-daylight murder of a Brooklyn school worker this week allegedly admitted to firing three shots at the victim, prosecutors said at his arraignment Thursday. Javier Oates, 19, was ordered held without bail on murder charges in the Tuesday shooting death of 19-year-old paraprofessional Ethan Holder outside of PS 203 in Flatlands, where the victim was working as a substitute. Oates was spotted on surveillance footage firing off three rounds at Holder at the intersection of Avenue M and Utica Avenue at about 2:50 p.m., prosecutors alleged in Brooklyn Criminal Court. The victim was struck in…