Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school.
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Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
30 July 2026
Colin Gray, father of the teen who killed four people and injured nine others in a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, is scheduled to be sentenced during a hearing that begins Thursday in a Barrow County courtroom.
For dry, damaged, or chemically treated hair, most experts recommend using a rinse-out mask once or twice a week.
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Anya Meyerowitz,
Glamour,
2 Aug. 2026
Local officials in McCaysville, which sits at the Georgia-Tennessee border, have declared a state of emergency after the downpours flooded the town and damaged the water treatment plant, causing a shortage of drinking water.
Players were exhausted after nearly two years of shifting restrictions and the stress of constantly facing the possibility of solitary confinement in a foreign city.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
25 July 2026
While the use of subpoena power against journalists has always been highly controversial, officials in past administrations sometimes justified it by arguing it was used as a last resort, after other investigative avenues were exhausted.
The lionfish's poisonous spikes can badly hurt anyone who’s stung.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
30 July 2026
The use of force is allowed under certain conditions, according to the personnel board’s order, including when an inmate could be assaultive or hurt themselves — which led Green to dismiss CDCR’s allegation against the officer.
State and local prosecutors would be able to sue chatbot operators for violating the measures, as well as parents or guardians of children who are harmed by companies that don’t follow them.
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Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2026
There is more attention paid to buildings collapsing than to the actual people being harmed.
Miami’s roster Saturday was depleted as German Berterame is out on concussion protocol after a hard hit against Montreal that resulted in him exiting the field in an ambulance.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Aug. 2026
At the same time, the war has depleted US munitions, particularly air defense interceptors crucial to stopping attacks on bases.
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