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In its unanimous opinion, the court cited the “traumatic threats and harassment” the families endured “stemming from the lies, as propagated by the defendants, that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.”
Alex Jones Isn't Getting Out Of $965 Million Verdict To Sandy Hook Families, Appeals Court Says
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Each year on December 7, Pearl Harbor Survivors, veterans, and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A further 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships (the USS Arizona and the USS Utah) and destroyed 188 aircraft.
On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Every year, remembrance events are held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, culminating in a commemoration ceremony on December 7. To see videos of these events, please see the links below.
TVNL Comment: As a child in school on Dec. 7th commemorations during the war years, I still recall the song we sang :
Let's remember Pearl HarborAs we go to meet the foe.Let's remember Pearl HarborAs we did the Alamo.We will always remember how they died for Liberty.Let's remember Pearl HarborAnd go on to victory.
US judge cites diversity provision in rejecting Boeing plea deal over 737 Max crashes
A US federal judge on Thursday rejected plane giant Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty to fraud after two fatal crashes of its 737 Max passenger jets, faulting a diversity and inclusion provision in the deal regarding the selection of an independent monitor to audit the company’s compliance practices.
Boeing and the US justice department now have 30 days to update the court on how they plan to proceed in the case, Judge Reed C O’Connor of the northern district of Texas ordered.
Spokespeople for Boeing and the DoJ did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Relatives of the victims of the two 737 Max crashes, which occurred in 2018 and 2019 and killed 346 people, have called the agreement a “sweetheart” deal that failed to adequately hold Boeing accountable for the deaths of their loved ones.
Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime hoax overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a fake hate crime against himself.
In a decision issued Thursday, the court said the "Empire" actor, 42, should not have been charged for the same incident a second time after the original charges brought against him were dropped in 2019. Smollett was alleged to have falsely reported to police that he was the victim of a hate crime. He was found guilty in 2021 on five counts of disorderly conduct.
"Because the initial charges were dismissed as part of an agreement" with Smollett and he "performed his part of the agreement, the second prosecution was barred," the ruling said.
Footage of Arizona police punching and tasering deaf Black man sparks outcry
Phoenix police are facing widespread criticism following the release of body camera footage that showed two white officers violently using a stun gun on and punching a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy.
On Monday, attorneys for 34-year-old Tyron McAlpin, who has been charged with resisting arrest and two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, released body camera footage of McAlpin’s arrest on 19 August outside a Circle K convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona.
According to a police incident report, officers responded to a call about a fight in the store. ABC15 reports that the 911 caller said a white man was causing a disturbance in the store. The police officers, Benjamin Harris and Kyle Sue, approached the man who claimed that he was assaulted while trying to stop someone from stealing a bike. The man proceeded to point to McAlpin, who was walking nearby, as the aggressor.
Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese to pay $880m in child sex abuse settlement
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880m to 1,353 people who alleged that they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests, in the largest settlement by a US diocese over decades-old abuse claims.
Archbishop Jose H Gomez expressed sorrow for the abuse in announcing the settlement on Wednesday.
“I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart,” Gomez said in a statement. “My hope is that this settlement will provide some measure of healing for what these men and women have suffered.”
The archdiocese began mediating the abuse claims after California enacted a law that allowed new lawsuits to be based on past instances of sexual abuse involving minors.
5 women, 1 man shot during Los Angeles drive-by shooting; 3 suspects at large
Police in Los Angeles are searching for three suspects who opened fire during a drive-by shooting and shot six people along a south Los Angeles street Wednesday.
The crime took place just before 3:15 p.m. in the city's Florence neighborhood near a homeless encampment, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
Officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon call and said they found six people shot, according to a news release.
Police reported four women ranging in age from 40 to 62 were struck by gunfire, and a 36-year-old man was also shot. A fifth woman, whose age was not provided, was also shot.
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