A teenager accused of killing four people at his High School in georgia was interviewed last year by police about anonymous online threats. At the time, local schools had reportedly been told to continue monitoring him. Four people were killed in the incident, two fourteen year old pupils and two teachers at the apalachee High School in the city of winder. Nine others were taken to hospital. The boy, named as Colt Gray, was arrested on campus and will be prosecuted as an adult. People came together to hold a vigil following the shootings in georgia. Students, families, and teachers held candles and prayed for the victims as the community tries to come to grips with the tragedy. The director of the Georgia Bureau of investigation has been speaking to the press this morning, and said the suspect had been questioned last year about threats posted online to carry out a School Shooting. The Jackson County Sheriff S Office identified and located Colt Gray who was our suspect in this case, t
America and the caribbean brush to help those made homeless by a tropical storm. Us president elect joe biden is moving forward with transition plans as the congratulations at home and abroad continue to come in on sunday even if it is Church Cemetery where family members are buried including his late son this week he will meet with his advisors to build a plan for combating coronavirus in the u. S. And reviving the economy donald trump golfing outside of washington is refusing to concede defeat tweeting about legal challenges a vote recounts final tallies is still being done in several states and he insists without evidence the election was fraudulent the bottom was congratulated by a former president turned republican where is he george w. Bush on sunday he says that the vote was fair and its outcome was a clear. Heres more of what george w. Bush said to the notes posted on instagram he thanked biden for the patriotic message that he delivered on saturday night adding that he had als
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Whatsoever they seem to be reasonably stable countries that are stuck in between these 2 extremes so. It would be i think we should expect countries like russia to look roughly the same intensity in 20 years time and its going to take quite a lot to shift russia even to a complete or a terran state that doesnt hold elections rule or to a much more Democratic State where we could genuinely talk about some of the tweets and losing power i was writing of aides to the soviet union and i remember very vividly this transition from infuse the absent any and if you see as and for democracy to see a lot of cynicism not only among the people but also among the leaders and when it comes to the latter as. It was primarily driven black a realisation and deeply how the leave that for the west democracy is not a value its not the goal its not something that they lead by its actually an instrument its in to all of many places and its as theyve been totally wrong about that. Tell me a little bit more b