Five things to know Thursday, June 2:

1. The head of Georgia's ACLU chapter stepped down this week in protest of the civil rights group's challenge of a controversial North Carolina law that critics see as discriminatory to transgender people. [Her statement on the fight]

2. The husband of a Georgia assistant attorney general was found shot to death in a car in northeast Atlanta early Wednesday [He was on duty as a Lyft driver]

3. Last night, the Braves won at home on Freddie Freeman's walk-off homer in the 11th.  [Michael Cunningham has more on the game]

4. A metro Atlanta teenager now faces charges tied to a crash that witnesses said occurred after she tried to use Snapchat to log speeds over 100 miles per hour.  [Both the driver and Snapchat are being sued]

5. Hope you have a fan. It will hit the 90's today. [Will it rain?]

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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