Here are five things you need to know tonight:
1. Just days after Donald Trump's controversial call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, someone painted large swastikas featuring the Republican presidential candidate's face on at least two northeast Atlanta bridge supports. [Read more] | [Trump has also called to "close the Internet"]
2. Talk show host and pundit Erick Erickson is blasting a Gawker report which debunked one of Erickson's tweets saying his parents didn't let him eat Asian food on Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor Day). [Read more]
3. House Speaker David Ralston wants the Department of Revenue to reverse a controversial regulatory decision that Georgia's craft beer industry says will strangle their industry. [Read more]
4. Three weeks after acknowledging a massive breach of sensitive data effecting 6 million voters, Secretary of State Brian Kemp said it will be another week or more before Georgians can sign up for state-funded credit monitoring. [Read more]
5. Tonight's low will be warmer than most this week and tomorrow is only going to be warmer. [See the forecast]
Take a look back at one of the AJC's biggest stories of 2015: Peachtree City's police chief was not arrested the night he shot his former wife in their bed. He did not stand for a mug shot or spend a night in jail. For the next two months, until he resigned, William McCollom continued to collect his $115,000 salary while on administrative leave. For those reasons, some believe he receive special treatment. [Read more]
