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Alex Jones of InfoWars, in a deposition, denies he had intentionally spread lies about Sandy Hook and rejects responsibility for Sandy Hook parents' pain — For all his dangerous talk about the Sandy Hook school shooting, Alex Jones couldn't even recall the date it happened.

Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap:

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro returned to air Saturday night without mentioning the reason for the two-week absence of her show — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro returned to air Saturday night without mentioning the reason for the two-week absence of her show, “Justice With Judge Jeanine.”

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Joseph Lichterman / The Lenfest Institute …:

How an Illinois public radio station and high school students collaborate annually since 1993 to produce audio documentaries on topics of community interest — What was your high school journalism experience like? If you were anything like me — I'll tell you the stories of how I got …

Britta Lokting / OneZero:

As cannabis gets legalized around US, High Times struggles to keep up with a changing culture, losing readers, money, and half of staff in the past few years — For decades, High Times was the flagship of cannabis culture. Now it's struggling to keep up.

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