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Author of threat against Gilmer ISD a 13-year-old
GILMER â Our news partners at KETK report a 13-year-old is facing a terroristic threat charge in connection to a social media threat targeting Gilmer ISD, the Upshur County Sheriffâs Office said. According to the department, on Tuesday night deputies and Gilmer police officers responded to a threat made to Gilmer ISD on social media. Shortly after letting the community know about the investigation, Gilmer ISD Superintendent Rickey Albritton said the author of the post had been identified and detained. The sheriffâs office said the teenager admitted to authoring the threat and was taken to a Harrison County juvenile facility where he faces a terroristic threat charge. Albritton said the district will continue with a strong security presence as a precautionary measure. âThank you for your continued trust and partnership in maintaining a safe and supportive environment for our students,â Albritton said.
2nd gentleman Douglas Emhoff raises more than a million in Texas
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Tribune reports that second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff raised more than $1 million at a San Antonio fundraiser for Kamala Harris presidential campaign Monday night, the largest presidential fundraiser in the cityâs history.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg made the announcement at a reception hosted by Frank and Cecilia Herrera that was attended by prominent area Democrats like Henry Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Development, State Sen. José Menéndez, and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar.
âWe have to work, even here in Texas,â Emhoff told the guests at the fundraiser. âWe can’t take any state off the map. We gotta make sure we’re doing the work here. And even if we can’t turn Texas blue this time around you have a good chance of sending [U.S. Rep.] Colin Allred to the Senate.â
Emhoff also said that voters could also make âserious changesâ to the state by flipping some statehouse races and their statewide leaders.
He acknowledged that the presidential election was very close and urged the guests to knock on doors, register to vote and help raise more money for the campaign to continue its fight all over the electoral map.
Earlier in the day, Emhoff attended a rally organized by Texas Democrats in San Antonio. He stumped with down-ballot Texas Democrats and railed against Republican efforts that he said were âattacking the right to vote.â
âUnder the guise of election integrity, they have made it harder to vote,â Emhoff said. âThey know the only way they can win is if fewer people vote. ⊠Texas, unfortunately, has been ground zero for unchecked MAGA power grab.â
Emhoff, who was making his first visit to Texas since his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, became the Democratic presidential nominee, said if Trump returned to the White House it would usher a national abortion ban, more inaction on mass shootings and policies that benefited only the wealthy.
But he sounded a note of confidence even as a New York Times/Siena Poll Monday morning showed Trump leading Harris in Arizona by five percentage points and also ahead in the battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia.
âI am really excited about Texas. Are you?â he said to applause from about 1,200 people in the gymnasium at the Candler Physical Education Center at San Antonio College. âAre we going to send my wife Kamala Harris to the White House?â
The rally included brothers JuliĂĄn Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio.
The effort was part of the Texas Democratic Partyâs âTexas Offense,â an effort to coordinate voter contact efforts and political resources from the top to the bottom of the ticket. Comedian and actress Cristela Alonzo and social media influencer and political activist Olivia Julianna also attended the event.
The Democratic speakers attacked Republican state officials for what they said were efforts to suppress the votes of people who do not align with their political views. They pointed to recent investigations by Attorney General Ken Paxton on Latino groups who work to register people to vote. The speakers urged the crowd to make their voice heard in November by casting ballots for Democrats.
Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa told the crowd that Republican officials like Attorney General Ken Paxton were âattacking the voteâ because of the tight races for president and U.S. Senate.
âHe knows theyâre in trouble,â Hinojosa said.
Emhoffâs visit is a boost for Texas Democrats. National politicos may not see the state as a battleground â despite the state partyâs best efforts â but any boost to down-ballot candidates could help the minority party make up ground in state elections. It also gets those candidates in front of new potential voters.
Texas political leaders tried to energize the crowd through Emhoffâs visit.
âTexas is in play and if you need proof of that, weâve got second gentleman Douglas Emhoff here,â Casar said.
The event also included Kristian Carranza and Laurel Jordan Swift, two San Antonio Democrats vying to unseat Republican incumbents in crucial statehouse races.
Republicans hold a majority in the Texas House and are likely to push for legislation that would allow for the use of public money to pay for private education at least in some way. The issue is a top priority for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Democrats are trying to make dents in the majority to hold the line against that type of legislation.
Carranzaâs race against Republican John Lujan is seen as one of the top targets for Democrats and Swift is running for a seat that is vacant because moderate Republican incumbent, Steve Allison, was defeated in the primaries by Marc LaHood, a Republican challenger who is further to the right.
John Harrison, 72, of Kerrville who drove about an hour to attend the event with his wife Jo, said Emhoffâs visit showed that national Democrats were still throwing some support behind the state.
âIt means they havenât given up in Texas and that they can turn some races blue,â Harrison said. âI hope we can beat Cruz and Trump. Itâll be tough but still possible.â
CrowdStrike executive apologizes to Congress for tech outage
WASHINGTON (AP) â An executive at the Austin-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike apologized in testimony to Congress for sparking a global technology outage over the summer.
âWe let our customers down,â said Adam Meyers, who leads CrowdStrike’s threat intelligence division, in a hearing before a U.S. House cybersecurity subcommittee Tuesday.
Austin, Texas-based CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off a global tech outage in July that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers.
âWeâre deeply sorry and we are determined to prevent this from ever happening again,â Meyers told lawmakers.
CrowdStrike’s faulty software update crashed about 8.5 million computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
Meyers said he wanted to âunderscore that this was not a cyberattackâ but was, instead, caused by a faulty ârapid-response content updateâ focused on addressing new threats. The company has since bolstered its content update procedures, he said.
Shelby County authorities find one dead, another injured
SHELBY COUNTY â Our news partners at KETK report a man was found dead from a gunshot wound and another person injured Monday afternoon, according to the the Shelby County Sheriffâs Office.
According to the sheriffâs office, at around 5:45 p.m. deputies were called to County Road 1459 in Center.
When authorities arrived, a 26-year-old man, identified as James Ray Daniels, of Center, was found dead from a gunshot wound, the SCSO said. According to deputies another person, whose identity has not been released, was also found injured.
âThis case is under investigation and no further information will be released at this time,â Shelby County Sheriff Kevin W. Windham said.
New documentary footage may provide crucial video evidence for Jordan Chiles to reclaim Olympic bronze medal
(NEW YORK) -- U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles could be one step closer to reclaiming her Olympic bronze medal.
In the ongoing battle to get back the medal that was stripped from Chiles after the women's floor exercise final at the Paris games, her legal team said it believes they have new evidence to further support her case.
The Olympic gymnast filed a second appeal to overturn the decision to strip her of the medal, urging Switzerland's supreme court to require the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reopen the case and consider what her attorneys said is crucial video and audio evidence.
In video footage that was filmed by a documentary crew who was following Chiles' teammate Simone Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, her coach can be heard asking for an inquiry into Chiles' floor routine twice within what appears to be the one minute deadline required by the committee.
The inquiry initially led the judges to award Chiles an extra tenth of a point increase that, at the time, moved her from fifth place to third over Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu, who had already begun celebrating the bronze before Chiles' adjusted score was posted.
Days later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided that inquiry and said the coach's appeal to change her degree in difficulty score was filed four seconds too late and gave the bronze medal Barbosu.
The latest appeal was filed in conjunction with a similar application from USA Gymnastics, which told ABC News the video evidence "...Clearly proves Jordanâs bronze-medal finish in Paris was correct ... as Jordan has publicly stated, the case at this point is about her peace and justice, and the right of all athletes to be treated fairly."
Chiles recently choked up when talking about the controversy earlier this month.
"The biggest thing that was taken from me was a recognition of who I was," she said holding back tears at the 2024 Forbes Power Women's Summit.
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Women are taking Mucinex to get pregnant. Does it work?
(NEW YORK) -- The journey to get pregnant can be a long road for many women, some of whom are sharing that they found unlikely help from an over-the-counter cough and cold medicine.
The hashtag #mucinexdpregnancy has over 1,500 posts on TikTok from women claiming the medication Mucinex helped them get pregnant.
"I tried the Mucinex hack [and] it worked!," one TikTok user captioned a post with more than one million views. "After 5 months of trying gave it a shot [and] got pregnant first try."
"Trying to conceive for years just to take Mucinex and get pregnant," another TikTok user captioned a viral video with two million views.
According to people sharing their stories on social media, taking a Mucinex pill every day during their high-fertile window helped them get pregnant.
ABC News' Good Morning America spoke with board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Jessica Shepherd to break down the trend and whether it's research-proven to work.
Why would Mucinex help with pregnancy?
Mucinex contains an active ingredient, guaifenesin, that helps with congestion by thinning phlegm, a type of mucus produced by the respiratory system.
The theory in using Mucinex to help with fertility is that guaifenesin could also help thin cervical mucus, making it easier for sperm to reach an egg during fertilization, according to Shepherd.
In addition to Mucinex, guaifenesin is also an active ingredient in other over-the-counter cough and cold medications.
"The reason why people think that this is going to be a way that's going to help increase chances of fertility is that the actual medication is going to thin secretions," Shepherd said. "Now, when we think of thinning secretions, we are usually looking at it from a perspective of cervical secretions."
Is there any research proving Mucinex can help with fertility?
Not really, according to Shepherd.
"When we actually look at the data and the studies that have been done on Mucinex and fertility, we know that it hasn't significantly improved the quality of cervical mucus, which could, again, help with some of the motility of the sperm getting to the egg," she said. "However, it is, again, something that women can try on their own, but there is no strong data that's going to say that it's significantly going to increase their chances of fertility."
The most frequently-cited study is one published over 40 years ago in 1982, in a journal entitled Fertility and Sterility. In the study, which included 40 couples over a span of 10 months, the female was given 200 mg guaifenesin three times daily from day five of her menstrual cycle through when she was ovulating. Scientists studied how well the sperm moved through her cervical mucus after using the guaifenesin.
Of the 40 patients, two-thirds showed some improvement in sperm motility. Fifteen of the 40 couples became pregnant during the study, though their pregnancies cannot attribute that solely to guaifenesin.
More recently, in 2010, a case study showed anecdotal evidence of improvement in one patient's sperm count and motility after taking guaifenesin 600 mg extended release tablets twice a day for two months.
However, the study's researchers said it was "not clear" why the patient had improvement and that more research on guaifenesin and male fertility was needed.
What does the maker of Mucinex say about taking it for infertility?
Reckitt, the maker of Mucinex, told GMA in a statement that taking the medication for infertility is considered "off-label use."
"Reckitt is aware of recent social media activity surrounding Mucinex and fertility, and we understand why there is heightened interest in this topic. As a global leader in health and hygiene, it is important that we clarify that Mucinex should only be used as intended in line with label directions. Taking Mucinex for infertility constitutes off-label use," the company said in a statement.
"Taking any medications outside their approved indications or without acknowledging all active ingredients may be harmful. In case of doubt, we recommend women have a discussion with their healthcare professional. Please always read the label and safety information before taking any self-care medication," the company said.
Is guaifenesin safe to take during pregnancy?
Guaifenesin is considered pregnancy category C by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
That classification means means there's no data on human fetuses and studies on animal fetuses showed adverse effects.
Women who are pregnant or are trying to become pregnant should always check with their medical provider before taking any medication.
What causes infertility?
Female infertility is known to decline with age as well as smoking, excessive alcohol use, obesity, low body weight and excessive physical or emotional stress.
Medical conditions that impact the ovulation cycle, uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries can also contribute to infertility, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Shepherd said it is important that women talk with their doctor if they have concerns about infertility, which is defined by the CDC as being unable to get pregnant after one year of trying or after 6 months if 35 years or older.
"When we look at the different trends that we may see on social media ... I think that is so important for every woman to take into account that they need to discuss this specifically with their doctor to ensure that it doesn't cause any harm, but also that they are following recommended ways for them to improve their chances [for pregnancy] in health and wellness," she said.
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Kilgore recognized as a Purple Heart City
KILGORE — Kilgore is known for the worldâs richest acre and the World Famous Rangerettes and on Tuesday night the city added a new honor to that list. According to our news partner KETK, Kilgore is now recognized as a Purple Heart City in a ceremony at the city hall. The cityâs new title carries a lot of weight for long time resident and veteran Daniel Abram, because he understands the sacrifice veterans have made for their country.
âWe think itâs wonderful,â Abrams said. âI think it should be respected, men paid an awful price for that.â
The Kilgore mayor said resident Vickie Raymond brought this idea to the city and immediately had full support. The designation comes from the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 1513, to honor veterans who live in Kilgore and make sure they feel appreciated. Continue reading Kilgore recognized as a Purple Heart City
ER doctor shares how to prepare for flu season with a ‘flu box’
(NEW YORK) -- With autumn in full swing, flu season is ramping up as well.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu season in the U.S. typically picks up in the fall and winter months and children, especially, are the most likely to get sick from influenza, a type of respiratory virus.
Hereâs how to prepare for the season ahead:
What causes influenza (flu)?
The flu is caused by various influenza viruses that impact the respiratory system. For the 2024-2025 flu season, the CDC expects the dominant influenza viruses in the U.S. to be an A(H1N1) virus, an A(H3N2) virus, and a B/Victoria virus.
What are common flu symptoms?
Symptoms of the flu can vary but per the CDC, they may include fever or chills, a cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, vomiting or diarrhea. The latter two symptoms are more common among children with the flu.
What is the flu incubation period and when are you most contagious?
Individuals with the flu can spread the virus to others, and according to the CDC, the incubation period can last between one and four days. The first three days of an infection tend to be the most contagious period.
The CDC recommends a flu vaccine for nearly everyone six months and older in the U.S. every flu season, except for anyone younger than six months or anyone with a severe, life-threatening allergy to any ingredient in a vaccine or the flu vaccine specifically.
What months are considered flu season?
The flu is most active between the fall and winter months. During the 2023 to 2024 flu season, CDC reports showed that national flu activity started to increase in October 2023 and didnât start to decline until mid-April 2024.
How can you prepare for flu season?
Dr. Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and a mom, shared in a TikTok post what she keeps on hand at home to stay prepared for flu season.
Her top items include:
- Disposable vomit bags
- Acetaminophen/Ibuprofen in multiple forms, including chewable tablets, liquid form or suppositories
- Digital Thermometer
- Zyrtec or a similar second-generation histamine for allergic reactions or hives
- A portable pulse oximeter to measure heart rate and oxygenation
- Packs of electrolyte powder
- Cough suppresants and oral anesthetics including those in lollipop forms
- Saline nasal mist
- A squeeze bottle kit for over-the-counter saline solutions
- A saline inhaler
- Nasal saline drops with a suction bulb
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Smith County appoints new Justice of the Peace for Precinct 5
TYLER — The Smith County Commissioners Court voted to appoint a new Justice of the Peace for Precinct 5 after the retirement announcement of Judge Jon Johnson. According to a release, Danny Brown was unanimously voted to be appointed as JP 5 for Smith County on Tuesday morning. The county said that Brown has served as Tyler ISD Police Chief for the past 12 years and is looking forward to serve his community of Lindale.
âI have always driven to Tyler to work,â Brown said. âI want to serve in Lindale where I have lived all these years.â
According to the release, Brown worked for the Tyler Police Department for 21 years, then for Child Protective Services for five years before becoming the chief for the Tyler ISD Police Department. Continue reading Smith County appoints new Justice of the Peace for Precinct 5
Senate probe reveals Boeing’s ‘troubling and recurring’ safety failings
(NEW YORK) -- The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations published a memo Wednesday including new details about Boeing safety failings relating to the Alaska Airlines door plug incident in January.
The memo -- released ahead of Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker's planned testimony before the subcommittee on Wednesday -- suggested Boeing had failed to ensure adequate standards in multiple areas.
Boeing personnel, the memo said, "continue to feel pressure to prioritize speed of production over quality."
The Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines incident saw a door plug on flight 1282 blow out minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, leaving a large hole in the side of the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane. The plane safely made an emergency landing and no one was seriously injured.
The memo noted the results of a May 2024 employee survey that found only 47% of workers answered favorably to the statement, "Schedule pressures do not cause my team to lower our standards."
Training also remains a problem, the memo said.
"Boeing is failing to ensure many of their employees have the appropriate education, training, skills or experience to effectively perform their assigned tasks," it read.
The subcommittee said Boeing failed to ensure that nonconforming parts are appropriately documented, stored and dispositioned so that they are not installed on aircraft.
Quality inspection procedures -- and FAA review of those procedures -- also raised questions as to the qualifications and independence of inspectors, the memo said.
"Boeing personnel are allowed to inspect the quality of their own work," it read.
"These troubling and recurring safety deficiencies raise questions about the FAA's ability to oversee the quality and safety of Boeing aircraft through effective and lasting enforcement," the memo said.
Wednesday's memo and Whitaker's testimony are part of a wider inquiry that began on March 19, investigating Boeing's safety and culture practices following whistleblower allegations.
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Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over listing Texas lizard as endangered
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Biden administration officials for declaring a rare lizard endangered earlier this year.
The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows in the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles west of Odessa â the same West Texas land that supports the stateâs biggest oil and gas fields.
For four decades, biologists warned federal regulators about the existential threat that oil and gas exploration and development poses for the reptileâs habitat, while industry representatives fought against the designation, saying it would scare off companies interested in drilling in the nationâs most lucrative oil and natural gas basin.
In May, federal regulators ruled that the industryâs expansion posed a grave threat to the lizardâs survival when listing it as endangered.
Now, the stateâs top lawyer is suing.
âThe Biden-Harris Administrationâs unlawful misuse of environmental law is a backdoor attempt to undermine Texasâs oil and gas industries which help keep the lights on for America,â Paxton said. âI warned that we would sue over this illegal move, and now we will see them in court.â
Paxtonâs statement said the listing of the lizard was a violation of the Endangered Species Act, adding that the Fish and Wildlife Service âfailed to rely on the best scientific and commercial dataâ when declaring the lizard endangered and did not take into account conservation efforts already in place to protect the lizard.
The 2.5-inch-long lizard only lives in about 4% of the 86,000-square-mile Permian Basin, which spans Texas and New Mexico, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. In Texas, the lizard has been found in Andrews, Crane, Gaines, Ward and Winkler counties.
According to a 2023 analysis by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the lizard is âfunctionally extinctâ across 47% of its range.
The listing requires oil and gas companies to avoid operating in areas the lizard inhabits, but the Fish and Wildlife Service has yet to determine where those areas are because it is still gathering information. Oil and gas companies could incur fines up to $50,000 and prison time, depending on the violation, if they operate in those areas.
Paxtonâs office said that because the Fish and Wildlife Service has not specified those areas, it has left operators and landowners uncertain about what they can do with their own land.
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Ex-officer charged with couple’s death in Houston drug raid awaits jury’s verdict
HOUSTON (AP) â A jury on Tuesday began deliberating the fate of a former Houston police officer accused of being responsible for the 2019 deaths of a couple during a raid that prompted a probe which revealed systemic corruption problems within the police departmentâs narcotics unit.
Gerald Goines is charged with two counts of murder in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his 58-year-old wife Rhogena Nicholas. Goines has pleaded not guilty.
The couple, along with their dog, were were fatally shot after officers burst into their home using a âno-knockâ warrant that didnât require them to announce themselves before entering.
Jurors could also convict Goines of a lesser charge of tampering with a governmental record over allegations he falsified the search warrant used to justify the raid of the couple’s home.
The jury deliberated for about three hours Tuesday afternoon before breaking for the day. Deliberations were set to resume Wednesday.
During closing arguments in a trial that began Sept. 9, prosecutors told jurors Goines, 59, fabricated a confidential informant and manipulated people in order to get a search warrant for the coupleâs home that falsely portrayed them as dangerous drug dealers.
Prosecutor Keaton Forcht told jurors everything that happened in the home, including the coupleâs deaths and the injuries to officers, âflowed directlyâ from the falsified search warrant and Goines’ lies. During the raid, four officers were shot and wounded, and a fifth was injured.
âThe deaths of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle are a grave, grave injustice,â said Forcht, with the Harris County District Attorneyâs Office.
Goines attorneys admitted the ex-officer lied to get the search warrant but tried to minimize the impact of his false statements. They said Nicholas and Tuttle were responsible for their own deaths.
Tuttle and Nicholas âdid not die because there was a bad warrant and officers came into their houseâ but because they failed to listen to officersâ commands and fired at them, putting the officersâ lives in danger, said George Secrest, one of Goinesâ attorneys.
âYou can hate Gerald ⊠but heâs not guilty of murder,â Secrest said.
Nicole DeBorde, another of Goinesâ attorneys, suggested to jurors that Tuttleâs history of psychiatric problems might have played a role in the shooting. She also suggested evidence did show the couple were armed and dangerous drug dealers.
But prosecutor Tanisha Manning told jurors Tuttle was a military veteran who had a long history of medical problems and that he had every right to fire his gun and defend his home from individuals who had burst through his front door.
Manning said prosecutors werenât placing blame on the other officers in the house who didnât know about the falsified search warrant and were justified in defending themselves.
âThe only person responsible for that volley of bullets was Gerald Goines,â Manning said.
Investigators said they only found small amounts of marijuana and cocaine in the house.
During the trial, Jeff Wolf, a Texas ranger who investigated the shooting, testified officers fired first when they entered the home and shot the coupleâs dog. Wolf said the gunfire and Nicholas screaming at officers likely resulted in Tuttle coming from his bedroom and opening fire at the officers.
Goinesâ attorneys have said that officers had identified themselves before entering the home but Wolf testified the couple might never have heard this before gunfire erupted.
Goinesâ attorneys argued during the trial that it was Tuttle and not officers who was the first to fire at another person.
An officer who took part in the raid and the judge who had approved the search warrant testified the raid would never have happened had they known Goines had lied to get the warrant.
If convicted of murder, Goines faces up to life in prison.
The probe into the drug raid also uncovered allegations of systemic corruption.
A dozen officers tied to the narcotics squad that carried out the raid, including Goines, were later indicted on other charges following a corruption probe. A judge in June dismissed charges against some of them.
Since the raid, prosecutors have reviewed thousands of cases handled by the narcotics unit.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned at least 22 convictions linked to Goines, who also faces federal charges.
One of the other cases tied to Goines that remains under scrutiny is his 2004 drug arrest in Houston of George Floyd, whose 2020 death at the hands of a Minnesota police officer sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing. A Texas board in 2022 declined a request that Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for his drug conviction stemming from his arrest by Goines.
Federal civil rights lawsuits the families of Tuttle and Nicholas have filed against Goines and 12 other officers involved in the raid and the city of Houston are set to be tried in November.
Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones’ Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families
AUSTIN (AP) –Â Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ‘ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge.