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The man whose teen son is accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school asked a judge on Wednesday for protection from fellow inmates due to the “incalculable number of threats” he faces behind bars. Colin Gray is being held without bail after he was arrested and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder and manslaughter, for allegedly allowing his son, Colt Gray, access to the weapon used in last week's bloodshed at Apalachee High School. Gray needs to be separated from other inmates being held by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, his lawyers Jimmy Berry and Brian Hobbs...

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The father of the teenager accused of opening fire at a Georgia high school, killing four people and wounding nine, has been arrested on various charges including second-degree murder, authorities said Thursday.Colin Gray, 54, the father of Colt Gray, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a social media post. No other details were immediately provided, but a news conference was planned for later in the day.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that it had killed a Hamas terrorist who murdered an Israeli father in front of his children in one of the most notorious and sadistic scenes of the October 7 terrorist attack. The terrorist, Ahmed Fozi Nazer Muhammad Wadia, participated in an attack on the border town of Netiv Ha’asara. His actions appeared on the 43-minute film of Hamas atrocities; Breitbart News was at the first screening in October.

Kamala Harris’ father, her only living parent, was not in the audience with the rest of the vice president’s relatives during the most important speech of her political career Thursday night. Donald Harris, a leftist economist who turned 86 Friday, was conspicuously absent from the row of family that included husband Doug Emhoff and his two adult children, Cole and Ella, as well as Harris’ younger sister, Maya Harris, and her family at the United Center in Chicago. While Harris spoke lovingly of her mother’s influence on her life in her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, she only fleetingly...

Donald Trump is safe after an assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania rally where he was rushed off stage with blood coming from his ear. The former president raised his fist and shouted 'fight , fight, fight' after shots were fired at the event in front of thousands of MAGA fans. The U.S. Secret Service said that the 'former President is safe' in a new statement.

What did all you dads do today (or have planned)? Last week our oldest daughter and boyfriend took me to a wonderful South American restaurant called "Oyo" in Pleasanton, CA. It's a fusion of northeast South America (Guyana), Caribbean, and West African. Outstanding. We then took the Niles Canyon Scenic Railway ride which is really gorgeous. Today I got a nice phone call from our middle daughter in Spokane and we chatted a long while catching up. She and her husband are headed to the Oregon Coast for a week (and will meet up with oldest daughter and boyfriend). This...

Yossi Meir Jan, 57, the father of freed Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan, 21, died just hours before his son was rescued by Israeli forces Saturday. The cause of death, his family said, was a broken heart after eight months of his son’s captivity. The Jerusalem Post reported: The father of Almog Meir Jan, one of the four hostages rescued from Hamas captivity, was found dead in his home on Saturday, according to Israeli media reports on Saturday night. … Though he was ill, family members told Israeli media that they believe he died from grief.

Fear and pressure lead many parents to abort disabled children Kevin was 48 years old, married for more than 20 years, and the father of two teenage boys. His life would forever change when his wife informed him of an unexpected pregnancy. Kevin shares, “At first it was a shock, but soon I was bragging about becoming a new father at my advanced age.” At a prenatal appointment later in the pregnancy, the doctor noticed they had never taken the test for Down syndrome. After testing, their son was diagnosed with the chromosomal disorder. The doctor suggested abortion. Tragically, this...

A demonic dog inspired him to kill, but now he’s driven by a diary. Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz compared his decades behind bars to Anne Frank’s “inspirational” writings — days before the self-proclaimed “father figure” is set to face the parole board. “My favorite book is the Holy Bible. But the most inspirational book for me throughout my years of incarceration is ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,’” Berkowitz told The Post this week. “Young Anne wrote her diary while in captivity. She shared her heart within its pages,” the 70-year-old wrote from the maximum-security...

A beloved father of 13 children who saved his family from a house fire started by their landlord was gunned down outside of a Brooklyn brownstone early Sunday morning in an apparent targeted attack. Lavel Fraiser, 40, known by friends as “Flip,” was ambushed and fatally shot in the torso by a group of gunmen who were “waiting for him,” neighbors and police said. Fraiser was found in the backyard of a building at 673 Sterling Place just after 1 a.m., police said. “He got shot outside in front. He staggered in all the way to the back. He was...

The State Department reportedly told staffers in a memo they should avoid using gendered phrases like “mother” or “father” for fear of offense.

Star Wars fans explain why Anakin Skywalker's decades of evil as Darth Vader outweigh his last-minute redemption act in Return of the Jedi.Some Star Wars fans believe Anakin Skywalker can never be fully redeemed for his evil actions as Darth Vader, even though he sacrificed himself in an attempt to make amends in Return of the Jedi. Star Wars character Anakin Skywalker, once a heroic Jedi, fell to the dark side of the Force and became the ruthless Sith Lord Darth Vader, serving the evil Emperor Palpatine for over two decades. Though initially conflicted about his turn to evil, he...

DISASTER! Fani “kept that [her relationship with Nathan Wade] secret from you, correct?” “Correct!” It’s over. Fani is done. (2 minutes and 7 seconds video in the link below)https://twitter.com/thevivafrei/status/1758536086769312109

President Joe Biden had some good economic news last week. The American economy added 353,000 new jobs, nearly twice what many people predicted. Previous months’ job gains were also revised upward, and for a change, it wasn’t government jobs that were leading the advances. Wages grew faster than expected. Consumer spending was strong. Simply put, they were really, really good economic numbers. Biden also had some horrible political news last week. A new poll had his overall approval rating at 37 percent, the lowest of his term. He trailed former President Donald Trump by 20 points on who was best...

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Biden 2024 Campaign Co-Chair Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that the hearings around Hunter Biden will only “demonstrate what a good father Joe Biden is.” And stated that “I’m not going to let any office I hold get in the way of being a good father. And I think that’s what Joe Biden is doing here and I do believe that any public testimony will reveal that.” Clyburn said, “I think he’s a distraction, but I don’t think it’s a liability. I think that all this is going to do is...

Canadian National Curlers father & son died from heart attacks on same day!47 yo Jamie Brannen died in his sleep on Sep.23, 2022.Hours later his 73 yo father Robert Brannen collapsed with a heart attack while walking his dog!

President Biden’s son Hunter Biden said that Republicans are trying to use him to destroy his fathers’ presidency, speaking out during an interview about the attacks against him. The younger Biden spoke to musician Moby on his podcast, Moby Pod, for an interview that came out just a day after he was charged with tax crimes in California in his second indictment. “What they’re trying to do is they’re trying to kill me, knowing that it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle, and so therefore destroying a presidency in that way,” Hunter Biden...

In 1980, state Judge William Newsom, who was the current governor's father, was on an appellate panel that reduced the men's life sentences to give them a chance at parole. He pushed for their release in 2011, after he retired, noting that no one was seriously physically injured during the kidnapping.

Vince Ricci says his concealed carry permit was revoked after he opened fire November 4, 2023, on alleged intruders outside his Los Angeles home in an effort to protect his family. Breitbart News reported that alleged armed intruders tried to overtake Ricci as he was about to enter his home around 7:30 p.m. on November 4, only to find themselves fleeing under a barrage of bullets.

Reddit users recall shocking real-life stories where the paternity of a child came into question. Beautiful mature woman hugging her husband, showing HUSH gesture, having secret affair, texting her lover on smartphone. Adultery, relationship issue, marriage cheating, hidden love concept Back in the late ‘50s or 1960s, my uncle had an affair with a woman who later divorced her husband and became his wife (and my aunt). She had two children with her first husband, or at least that was the official story. It was obvious, based on appearance, that one of those children was my uncle's biological child. She...