1. Former Cheetah strippers say they were assaulted in Atlanta's top club. Women who once worked for The Cheetah, a midtown landmark for decades, say they were sexually and physically assaulted in the strip club's VIP rooms. [Read more]

2. Ga. deputy shot multiple times; suspect barricaded in home. A suspect is barricaded inside his home after he allegedly shot a Troup County sheriff's deputy multiple times Monday, said Channel 2 Action News. [Read more]

3. College Football Playoff Championship 2017: What time, what channel, who is playing? The College Football Playoff National Championship game is set for Monday night with No. 1-ranked Alabama taking on No. 3-ranked Clemson in what looks to be an exciting match-up. [Read more]

4. Braves think they're close to contending. Are they? They are coming off the franchise's worst back-to-back seasons in more than a quarter of a century. But that record hardly tells the story about where things stand with the Braves as they prepare for their first season at SunTrust Park, genuinely confident that they've turned a corner in a painful rebuilding process. [Read more]

5. 'We're going to bring this dirtbag to justice,' police chief says after officer slain.  A 41-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a Florida police master sergeant remains at large, and is "considered armed and dangerous," authorities in Orlando said Monday. [Read more]

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, among others, will no longer be considered fee-free days at U.S. National Parks. While the MLK National Historic Park in Atlanta doesn't charge admission, the new schedule will affect such metro Atlanta sites as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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