Sandy Hook Families Vote to Liquidate Alex Jones' Assets (Newser Morning 8)

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February 23, 2024     "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." —Bertrand Russell   1 'Odysseus Has Found Its New Home' "Houston, Odysseus has found its new home," Intuitive Machines mission director Tim Crain said Thursday after the company's lander became the first American spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972. Keep reading   2 Sandy Hook Families Vote to Liquidate Alex Jones' Assets The families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting have rejected Alex Jones' offer to pay them $55 million over 10 years. Keep reading   From our sponsors Always Put a Plastic Bottle on Your Tires When Parked, Here's Why Life can get overwhelming, leaving little time for self-care and managing our responsibilities. But fear not! Our life hacks are here to save the day. We've compiled a list of tips and tricks to make your life easier and more manageable. From cleaning hacks to health tips, our team has curated the best advice to help you navigate any situation saving you time and hassle. It's time to make your life easier! KEEP READING   At a Glance Firefighters work at a burned block building in Valencia, Spain, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. A fire engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city, killing at least four people and injuring at least 13 others. Emergency services reported that up to 15 people were still missing several hours after the fire started. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz) Keep reading   3 Board of Education Upholds Firing of Teacher Over Book Read to Class The firing of a Georgia teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class was upheld Thursday by the Georgia Board of Education, the AP reports. Keep reading   4 Audrii Cunningham's Cause of Death Released Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Texas girl found dead in a river this week after vanishing last week, died of homicidal violence including blunt head trauma, the medical examiner's office said Thursday, per the AP. Keep reading   5 Nursing Student Found Dead After Going Out for a Run A woman was found dead Thursday on the campus of the University of Georgia after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run at the school's Intramural Fields, authorities said. Keep reading   6 Man Who Fatally Plowed Into Muslim Family Learns His Fate The man who plowed into a Muslim family out on their evening walk in Ontario, Canada, in 2021 was on Thursday sentenced to life in prison for killing four members of the family and seriously injuring a fifth. Keep reading     7 Hundreds of Vice Staffers Are Losing Their Jobs Vice Media, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is undergoing a major restructuring that includes laying off "several hundred" employees, CEO Bruce Dixon said Thursday. Keep reading   8 AT&T Explains Mass Outage AT&T says the mass outage that affected about 60,000 of its customers Thursday was caused by a software update. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office, following word of a possible assassination plot in Baltimore. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2020: Missing Toddler Case Is 'Unlike Anything' Before   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved