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Melvin Davis said he never intended for him or his brother, LiCurtis Reels, to end up in jail over their family's land, but said it was something he knew he "had to do." In America, land is a valuable resource providing economic stability and growth for many people, and is often passed down from generation to generation. But for some low-income and minority Americans, property acreage passed on as a family heirloom can turn into a nightmare. Melvin Davis, 83, said he never intended for him or his brother, LiCurtis Reels, to end up in jail over their family's land, but told ABC News it was something he knew he "had to do." The brothers are third-generation descendants of Elijah Reels, their great-grandfather who bought nearly 65 acres of land on the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, in Carteret County in 1911. The land was then passed on to Mitchell Reels, their grandfather, who died without a will, the land later becoming the heirs' property. "La...

A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax HOUSTON -- A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. The decision is another significant defeat for Jones in the wake of juries in Texas and Connecticut punishing him over spreading falsehoods about the nation's deadliest school shooting. U.S. District Judge Christopher Lopez of Houston issued the ruling Thursday. Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year and more recent financial documents submitted by his attorneys put his personal net worth around $14 million. But Lopez ruled that those protections do not apply over findings of “willful and malicious” conduct....

"Are you going to be at risk?," one Israeli reservist recounts his son asking. As a deadly Hamas attack on Israel unfolded last Saturday, Nadav Padan, a reserve general in the Israeli Military who lives in New York, received a flood of messages from soldiers he knew in Israel, he said. Within hours, Padan decided to join the fight. But before he could leave the next day, his teenage son had a slew of questions, Nadav said. "What's going on in Israel and what are you going to do there? Is it really important for you to fly there?" Padan, now in Israel, recounted his son saying. "Are you going to be at risk?" The inquiries touched on what Padan called his top worry: "Who will give a shoulder to my wife and son when I'm not there?" After war broke out last week, Israel called up 360,000 army reservists, which amounts to roughly 4% of the nation's population. Some of those reservists are Israelis who live in the U.S., and they answere...

A French cement company, LaFarge, pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism after families of US servicemen killed by ISIS sued it. Families of U.S. servicemen killed by ISIS have sued Lafarge, the French conglomerate that pleaded guilty earlier this year to bribing the Islamic State group and the Al-Nusra Front to keep a cement plant running through the Syrian civil war. The guilty plea and a nearly $800-million fine were part of the U.S. government's first-ever prosecution of a corporation for providing material support for terrorism . MORE: French company pleads guilty to paying millions to ISIS The "economic self-interest" of Lafarge enabled the Islamic State group's slaughtering of innocent civilians, including Americans, their families said in a new lawsuit. In this Oct. 19, 2022, file photo, the concrete plant of the French building materials company, Lafarge is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Chesnot/Getty Images, FILE "Defendants' payments to a...