US court allows sale of conspiracy theorist's assets but spares business

A US judge on Friday approved the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal assets, setting the stage for the repayment of a fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he owes families whose loved ones were killed in a school shooting.

But the bankruptcy judge in Houston spared Jones from liquidating the parent company of his far-right website InfoWars — long notorious for peddling misinformation — in a reprieve that will allow it to remain in business.