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A pair of Georgia parents are facing charges over accusations of child cruelty, including for allegedly imprisoning their four teenagers at their home by keeping them in their bedrooms for long periods.James and Cindy Spooner have each been charged with four counts of first-degree child cruelty and false imprisonment, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.Investigators executed a search warrant at the family’s four-bedroom ranch-style home in Whitesburg, Georgia, and found four teenagers — three girls and one boy — under conditions the investigators described as inhumane.GEORGIA RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OF SQUATTERS IN HOME OWNED BY REALTY AGENCY: ‘IT’S A PROBLEM’Each child’s bedroom had a deadbolt lock on the outside of the door and exterior doors and windows were boarded up in an apparent attempt to prevent the children from leaving the house, the sheriff’s office said.The teenagers told investigators they had been locked in their bedrooms for hours or even days at a time with only a bucket to use for a toilet. The children also said they were only given food at the discretion of their parents.GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING: FATHER AND SON, COLIN AND COLT GRAY, INDICTED BY GRAND JURY”This is a heartbreaking situation for these innocent children, and no one should be treated like they have been,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “We pray for their recovery from this mentally and physically and hope the offenders are punished harshly through the judicial system for these horrid actions.”The case remains under investigation.



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Publish date : 2024-10-19 06:15:20

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The New York Yankees can breathe a sigh of relief, for now at least.After squandering a four-run lead Friday night, the Yankees rallied against the best closer in the game for an 8-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians to take a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.The game seemed all but over when Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton continued his October dominance with a three-run home run in the sixth inning to put the Bronx Bombers ahead, 6-2.It was anything but over, though.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Guardians put runners on the corners with none out in the seventh, prompting Aaron Boone to go with Clay Holmes a little over 24 hours after he allowed the walk-off home run in Game 3. It again didn’t go well, as three runs came across thanks to back-to-back doubles from Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor. Mark Leiter Jr. entered the game and cleaned up the mess, but in the eighth, the Game 3 hero, David Fry, tied it with a slow dribbler that neither Leiter nor Anthony Rizzo could handle.With a save situation nonexistent for Cleveland, they brought in Emmanuel Clase, whose postseason woes continued. The Yankees put runners on second and third to start the inning, and Alex Verdugo and Gleyber Torres then each delivered an RBI single. Clase now has eight earned runs this postseason after allowing just five in the entire regular season.GUARDIANS CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE SHOWS OFF ACCOLADES RIGHT AFTER BLOWING SAVE TO YANKEES IN ALCSTommy Khanle came on for the save, but issued a walk and a bloop single with a walk to put the winning run at the plate. However, he retired the next two batters for the save.The Yankees got things started with a loud bang early, as Juan Soto blasted a two-run homer before an out was even recorded. The Guardians got one back in the bottom half of the inning, but Austin Wells delivered with a solo shot in the second.The Yankees are now one win away from clinching their first pennant since 2009 — the Guardians need to win the next three, including two in the Bronx — to advance.Game 5 is Saturday night at 8:08 p.m. in Cleveland. Carlos Rodon will look to send the Yankees to the World Series, while Tanner Bibee will look to send the Guardians back to New York.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Publish date : 2024-10-19 04:47:53

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Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 90 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference. Trump has held six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August, including another this month after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about hurricane relief efforts.President Biden also held a news conference in the White House press briefing room earlier this month, where he joked about getting back into the 2024 race.Harris did end her streak of not appearing on Fox News on Wednesday, however, sitting for an interview in Pennsylvania with chief political anchor Bret Baier.KAMALA HARRIS ASSERTS HER PRESIDENCY ‘WILL NOT BE A CONTINUATION’ OF BIDEN’SHarris has stepped up her interviews in recent weeks, including doing radio hits, a solo sit-down with a Philadelphia TV station, and friendly appearances with “The View,” Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern.But as for when she’ll actually do a formal press conference as a candidate, that day may never come, at least while she’s still a candidate.Conservative Radio Libre host Jorge Bonilla feels Harris should do a press conference but said it’s almost “irrelevant” because she continues to get a pass. HARRIS DODGES QUESTION ON LOWERING PRICES BY DESCRIBING ‘MIDDLE-CLASS’ ROOTS: NEIGHBORS ‘PROUD OF THEIR LAWN’”She is highly unlikely to do a press conference because the media have enabled and encouraged her ‘plexiglass basement’ strategy, wherein she preserves the illusion of being out there while remaining wholly inaccessible to the press and therefore unaccountable,” Bonilla told Fox News Digital.Trump has skipped several potential interviews in recent days, but he showed up at the annual Al Smith dinner that has historically featured the presidential candidates doing lighthearted roasts. Harris decided not to attend, sending a video message instead.BARBARA WALTERS WOULD EXPECT KAMALA HARRIS TO DO INTERVIEWS, AUTHOR SAYS: ‘PART OF THE JOB OF BEING PRESIDENT'”You know, I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn,” she said. “And I was raised to believe and to know that all people deserve dignity, and that we as Americans have a beautiful character. You know, we have ambitions and aspirations and dreams, but not everyone necessarily has access to the resources that can help them fuel those dreams and ambitions. “So when I talk about building an opportunity economy, it is very much with the mind of investing in the ambitions and aspirations and the incredible work ethic of the American people and creating opportunity for people, for example, to start a small business.”Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 



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Fox News host Sean Hannity tore into Vice President Kamala Harris for skipping the Al Smith Dinner and dissected why her campaign is failing.HANNITY: Welcome to Hannity. In only 18 days you will elect a new president. Make no mistake, with early voting now underway all across the country, the next two and a half weeks are critical for both campaigns. By the way, as a public service, I put on my Website, Hannity.com – If you want to look up your state, your commonwealth, where, how to register when early voting starts and stops, you can look it up there. And last night, a massive unforced error from the Harris campaign. This has not been a good week for them. No presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 has skipped out on the Al Smith dinner. Now it’s a charitable event benefiting Catholic Charities where candidates get to poke fun at each other. But Kamala was nowhere to be found. For a campaign supposedly built on joy, giggling and laughter, it was kind of a weird move, especially since it’s a very friendly room, usually New York City for Democrats, predominantly attended by liberals from New York City. Kamala did send what was nothing but a short, cringeworthy, heavily produced, not funny, edited video featuring a former SNL 
star that we won’t force you to watch again. And meanwhile, the dinner’s host, comedian Jim Gaffigan, I mean, he just roasted Kamala’s absence and had some very interesting observations about the Democratic Party. They were funny. …Why did she skip out on the dinner? After all, her campaign is desperately trying to make up ground. After more than two weeks of horrible polls and horrible media appearances, let’s look at it this way, at this point in 2016, RealClearPolitics average showed Hillary Clinton with a seven point lead over Donald Trump and she lost. In 2020, same average had Biden up by nearly 9%. And that race was decided by a few thousand votes. But now Harris is barely holding on to a one-point lead in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan. Both Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden had substantial leads. Now, Donald Trump has the edge. 



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Pat Mahomes Sr., a former Major League Baseball pitcher and the father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, appeared to invoke the name of his famous son when he was stopped by police this past February.Per video police footage obtained by TMZ, Mahomes pleaded with officers while he was in handcuffs and mentioned his son’s name multiple times.”Can I say one thing?” Mahomes Sr. began. “My son is getting ready to play in the f—ing Super Bowl.”Mahomes Sr. admitted he “had some drinks” before citing concerns over how the arrest could hurt his son and the Chiefs as they prepared for the Super Bowl. “I am not drunk, I promise you. I’ve had some drinks, but he can’t have this right now. This can’t happen.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe elder Mahomes was ultimately charged with driving while intoxicated. Police performed a traffic stop due to Mahomes Sr. driving a vehicle that had an expired registration. Officers placed him in custody after he failed field sobriety tests, police reported.Mahomes Sr. went on to explain that the car he was driving at the time was a gift, and he would have the appropriate registration in the “next day or two.”CHIEFS-49ERS ‘WILL PROBABLY BE MOST HIGHLY-WAGERED NFL GAME’ SO FAR IN 2024″We’ve never had a star here in this area and now we got a chance to be a star and now we going to have a scandal now,” he said. “… We’re gonna have a scandal for no f—ing reason because my registration when he gifted me the car hasn’t gotten in yet, which would probably be in the next day or two.”The officer informed Mahomes Sr. that he could not make any expectations “based off of who you are.””Look, here’s my thing, I’m not looking to blow this into any bigger deal than it is, but unfortunately, like you said, I have a job I have to do and I can’t change that just based off of who you are,” the officer noted.Despite hearing the information from the officer, Mahomes expressed worry that the situation would hurt his son and predicted it would negatively impact the Chiefs — if the team ultimately lost the big game.”Dude, this is crazy. My son is getting ready to play in the f–king Super Bowl and I’m doing interviews, five or six a day, and then, now, this s–t’s going to be on the news which is going to f–k with him, and it’s probably going to f–k him up,” Mahomes Sr. said. “And he probably won’t win the Super Bowl. But that’s fine. If that’s what y’all want to do, that’s good.”Mahomes Sr.’s blood alcohol content (BAC) was reported at .23, which is nearly three-times the legal limit in Texas.Mahomes Sr. was ultimately able to travel to Las Vegas to watch his son win a third career Super Bowl title. However, the elder Mahomes received a five-year probation after he agreed he pleaded guilty to a DWI 3rd time or more charge and reached a deal with prosecutors.Tyler, Texas news station KLTV reported that Mahomes Sr. had to continue attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings as a condition of the deal. He also had to serve 10 days in jail.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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