1. Jon Ossoff declines a Sixth District debate on CNN. Democrat Jon Ossoff has declined to take a series of Sixth District debates with Republican Karen Handel to the national stage, sending word that he will not participate in a June 13 Atlanta Press Club event that CNN had proposed to broadcast. [Read here]
2. Braves launch busy month at SunTrust Park tonight. Beginning tonight, the Braves will play 18 of their next 21 games at SunTrust Park. The stretch will balance out an early-season schedule that had the Braves on the road for 32 of their first 54 games. [Read here]
3. J.K. Rowling, more celebs skewer Trump over his London attack tweets. Since President Trump's remarks after the deadly terror rampage, many celebrities, English and otherwise, and others have shared on Twitter their thoughts about his words, or even simply corrected the current commander-in-chief's statements. [Read here]
4. Feds: Atlanta charities got $1.2M of embezzled Bank of America funds. State regulators are investigating a consortium of Atlanta-area charities which, according to a federal indictment handed down in Boston, received $1.2 million in an elaborate kickback scheme against Bank of America. [Read here]
5. Another soggy day in the forecast. Currently, it's 71 degrees and dry, with only isolated showers expected through early afternoon. However, the latest models indicate metro Atlanta could see an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain through Wednesday morning. [Read here]
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