1. Storms hammer metro Atlanta. Wednesday's severe weather has caused flash floods, warnings, watches, power outages, cancellations and delays. Four suspected tornadoes have swept through Georgia, the Associated Press reported. Storms should subside in metro Atlanta by midnight, according to Channel 2 Action News. [Read more]
2. Sheriff: Midtown shooting suspect attacks fellow inmate, chews own arm. A deputy was forced to use a Taser to stun Raylon Lee Browning, who is accused of fatally shooing an attorney on Peachtree Street. Browning had been scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday morning, but it was postponed. [Read more]
3. Bernice King takes on Pepsi on Twitter. The daughter of slain civil rights hero Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. let Pepsi know exactly how she feels about an ad showing reality show personality Kendall Jenner defusing tension between police and protesters. [Read more]
4. Homeless man accused of setting I-85 bridge fire may face federal charges. Basil Eleby, 39, was arrested Friday, a day after the rush-hour bridge fire and collapse that threw Atlanta into a traffic nightmare. He is being held in the Fulton County Jail on $200,000 bond on state arson charges, while federal authorities say they may decide to bring charges as well. [Read more]
5. Celebrity Morehouse grads say college in 'dismal state of affairs.' Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, actor Samuel L. Jackson and director Spike Lee wrote a letter questioning the board's decision-making process and the college's direction. [Read more]
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