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Alex Jones has been ordered to pay eight Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion in defamation damages. The 15 plaintiffs were awarded between $28.8 million and $120 million each.
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During her first 100 days in office, Jahana Hayes has distinguished herself as a former teacher who is also willing to be a student when it comes to learning the ways of the U.S. Capitol.
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Senator Chris Murphy called President Trump's recent action on healthcare "the equivalent of health-care arson.”
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What's Alex Jones' net worth and how much has he made from Sandy Hook denial?
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Sens. Murphy and Blumenthal went to the Senate floor to displayed pictures of seriously ill children in CT undergoing expensive care that might be jeopardized if Republicans succeed in overturning the Affordable Care Act.
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In years when the Sandy Hook shooting anniversary has fallen on a school day, the belief has prevailed that kids were better off in class than at home. But the threats that have multiplied since the school shooting in Michigan have changed things.
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A Danbury High School safety advocate is facing a felony assault charge and three misdemeanors following an incident last week.
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“We need to make sure that this country doesn’t lose its sense of outrage about what’s going on,” Sen. Chris Murphy said of the ninth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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She hid with her students during Sandy Hook. Now, she’s co-founded teacher group to fight gun violence
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#Danbury club owner nabbed on mail fraud, wire fraud charges. http://t.co/r8YxKUDMqQ http://t.co/6TrYmVxWWl
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Danbury students walk out in support ot peers in Parkland, Florida
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Brookfield boys win first state basketball championship
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Coming soon to Danbury: John Oliver Memorial Sewage Plant
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Former UConn women’s basketball guard Christyn Williams to miss rookie WNBA season with knee injury
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Community mourns Henry Abbott Tech student killed in #Danbury crash: http://t.co/aulGqTeQhS http://t.co/0CudwOfJnc
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To help vulnerable youths, Nelba Marquez-Greene, a family therapist, is working with a Connecticut school system...
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Rep. Jahana Hayes wins CT’s 5th District after challenger Sullivan concedes
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Opinion: CIAC got it right; Gov. Lamont and media need to get out of the way
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This time one year ago, Malik Thomas didn’t have a varsity football coach, had only played the sport for one season and didn’t know what position he would play for his senior year at Danbury High. Now, he's poised to play at the next level.
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Republican Dean Esposito will be Danbury's next mayor after his Democratic opponent Roberto Alves conceded Tuesday night in what was a tight race. His victory will mark 11 straight terms for the GOP in the city’s top elected office.
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The Hatters are going to the FCIAC championship:
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Why Dan Hurley will be eating M&M's — but not green ones — before UConn’s NCAA Tournament opener
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Danbury teen arrested for drinking on beach
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In a dramatic gesture of solidarity, students from Newtown High School gave a banner signed by NHS students to Parkland teens Saturday at Washington's March for Our Lives.
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Plans to use an old passenger rail line by the Danbury Fair mall to connect Danbury to the Southeast, N.Y., station have been discussed for decades. Now, it could happen
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CT town clerks ‘inundated’ with absentee ballot application requests — but not from voters
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Save for some snowball-throwing, the protest was peaceful, police and school officials said.
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Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton pulled out a third-round victory on Saturday, giving him the Republican convention’s endorsement for governor.
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Danbury War Memorial hires new homegrown executive director
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Danbury Hospital ‘saved my husband’s life,’ wife of CT’s first coronavirus patient says
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Football: Joyner a force for Danbury
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A longtime Danbury High School teacher will undergo a dramatic surgery next week in a fight for her life against a rare form of cancer. She has almost 800 former students, neighbors, friends and strangers in her corner.
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Newtown high-schoolers feel “on right side of history” in crusade against gun violence
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9 years
#Danbury HS teacher charged with sexualy assaulting high school boy http://t.co/vQIHeENCT1 #ctedchat http://t.co/sBgmGx3oi1
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Danbury’s Calitro ready to turn some heads at Seahawks training camp
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UConn women's basketball great Maya Moore on campus as Huskies face Baylor: 'Special to be back'
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Cops: #Danbury teen stabbed another in the back: http://t.co/zChM5UBW8I
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PSA by Sandy Hook Promise wins Emmy Award for outstanding commercial
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‘It’s never-ending. It has to end’: Mothers seek to heal pain wrought by gun violence
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Memoli leaves position as Newtown baseball coach to become school’s full-time athletic director...
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‘Contagious enthusiasm’: Sandy Hook Promise touts 13 teenagers serving on its youth advisory board
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Denise Duggan teaches freshman health, medical technology and emergency medical technician courses at New Milford...
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As the damages number climbed, Alex Jones beamed with pride that it was approaching the 10-figure range. He kept laughing as the verdict was read, mocking families for trying to get “blood from a stone.”
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Ridgefield swimmer Kieran Smith qualifies for Olympics in 400 freestyle
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Firefighters in Danbury freed a man who was pinned underneath a 200-pound stone tabletop last night, but they didn't stop there. Once the man was freed, firefighters assembled his table.
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Danbury High School students walkout to protest what they call a weak response to harassment in the school...
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Lane Murdock, a junior at Ridgefield High School, will be Congressman Jim Himes' guest at the State of the Union next week.
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Abbott Tech basketball stars set to shine in college
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Police have surrounded a purple van at 33 Crosby Street in Danbury that may be connected to Newtown school shooting.
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Danbury relay team wins gold at New Balance Indoor Nationals
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BREAKING NEWS: A Danbury High School Safety Advocate has been charged with providing juveniles, including students, with marijuana, police said.
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Newtown’s Houle takes home CT Junior PGA title
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11 years
There's a moose on the loose in New Milford! Have you seen it? http://t.co/Bx8dXbUkmB http://t.co/f4Rr0UMfnG
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Watch the play that won Newtown the state title on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.
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"We’re all immigrants," one of the student activists said. "Some of us just have more pigment in our skin."
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Danbury’s Calitro to play in East-West Shrine Game, sets sights on pro ball
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. @NHS_TWEETS ' Troy Frangione made our list of the best #CTHSFB players this week http://t.co/1yBGlfxo0U http://t.co/4u0AsVGjL8
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Ventilators arrive at Danbury Hospital thanks to Ridgefield mover
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Surgery and then straight to graduation for Bethel teen
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A Q&A with Alan Menken as he readies for special ‘hometown show’ at The Ridgefield Playhouse
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Cops: Teens caught stealing bras at #Danbury mall http://t.co/QLexdoiWqh
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The largest high school in Connecticut has increased its overall graduation rate by more than 4 percentage points over the past five years.
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‘Sports define me’: Danbury athletes, parents call for return to game play
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Editorial: Connecticut knows the pain of dealing with the aftermath of a school shooting. The message to students and families on the painful first anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: Stay strong
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Congratulations to Danbury High's class of 2018!
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9 years
Teenager struck and killed while crossing street in #Danbury http://t.co/P5v4ykq0dE http://t.co/nPhPQ7ERtA
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Brookfield residents thank storm recovery crews with Route 7 sign
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UPDATE: Danbury's public schools will close Friday until further notice, Mayor Mark Boughton announced Thursday afternoon.
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“We want to continue to spur innovation, spur creativity, and be the idea center of Connecticut," Boughton said.
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Congratulations to New Milford High School's class of 2017!
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New Fairfield ed board picks Cosentino as superintendent
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Immaculate High School boys basketball and girls soccer coach Nelson Mingachos was named the permanent athletic director after serving in the interim role
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DiNardo is able to retire from her job as principal after this year. Decisions are to be made. She is sure she’ll continue to coach, continue to walk the sidelines where Bobby once chased after her to make a point.
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After 86 dogs were rescued from a fire at a pet shop in Danbury earlier this month, legislation has emerged to limit where pet stores can get the animals they sell.
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Danbury teen charged after food fight at high school http://t.co/wdkqIM66LD http://t.co/YYtCjd9xMb
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Danbury High's varsity and junior varsity cheerleading teams each took first place at the annual competition.
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A speaking engagement by a well-known Holocaust denier is planned for Friday in the heart of New Britain’s "Little Poland," and now city officials are trying to get the event canceled.
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New Fairfield names new athletic director
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A Danbury High School student caught an error in NASA’s data that helped discover an exoplanet that could have water on its surface.
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