Five things to know the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 21:

1. Thomas Brown, Georgia's running backs coach, will join Mark Richt's staff at Miami. [What other staff has Mark Richt taken with him to Miami?]

2. An Alpharetta executive has plead guilty to a trading scheme that made him and dozens of others $100 million. [More on how the accused were able to use hacked press releases in their scheme]

3. Billy Graham's son has said that he will be abandoning the GOP. [More on his reasons for leaving the Republican Party]

4. Authorities are now saying that a man killed by Douglas deputies was possibly attempting to help them. [More on what officials are saying about the shooting]

5. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Does it feel like it? [Get your full Atlanta area weather forecast]

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Carleigh Knight (left) and her sister, Natalie Rogovin, look at Christmas ornaments while shopping at Kudzu Antiques + Modern in Decatur on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

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