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  "id": 2445657,
  "title": "Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/court-slashes-award-alex-jones-was-ordered-to-pay-sandy-hook-parents",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T22:05:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Alex Jones’ $50 Million Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed by Texas Appeals Court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/alex-jones-50-million-sandy-hook-judgment-slashed-by-texas-appeals",
        "published": "2026-08-21T22:44:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}