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Infowars founder Alex Jones listens to a supporter at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

Closing arguments set in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax.

Plantiffs' attorney Chris Mattei shows Brittany Paz, the corporate representative for Infowars, a document during questioning in the Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in Superior Court in Waterbury on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.

Infowars sales spiked as Jones talked about Sandy Hook

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Infowars revenues and website viewership spiked around the time of one of Alex Jones’ shows in 2014 when he talked about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting being a hoax.

Connecticut emergency rooms strained as virus surges

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Hospital officials and health care workers say a surge in coronavirus infections is straining Connecticut hospitals as emergency rooms fill with people who have only mild symptoms but are having trouble finding tests elsewhere.