Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is asking the United States Supreme Court to review the nearly $1.4 billion judgment issued against him and his media outlet Infowars for saying the horrific 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting was “staged” and a “hoax.” In the appeal, which was filed last week and made public by the court Tuesday, Jones and his lawyers argue a Connecticut judge in the case was wrong to find him liable for defamation in a default ruling and not allow the merits of the case to be heard in trial to decide if he committed “actual...