1. Jury: Jamie Hood guilty of double murder in Athens
On Monday, the jury hearing the death penality trial of admitted cop killer Jamie Hood found him guilty of the double murder of Athens-Clarke County Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian on March 22, 2011, and Omar Wray only three months earlier. It took the jury under six hours of deliberations to reach the verdicts in which Hood was convicted on 36 of 70 charges. The sentencing phase of Hood's trial begins Wednesday morning. Read more.
2. 54 years later, U.S. reopens embassy in Cuba
After over a decade, the United States officially reopened its embassy in Cuba Monday as the two countries formally restored ties. More than two years went into restoring relations between Cuba and the United States and there are still questions to be answered, but for now, the reopening of the embassy symbolizes the start of a new era in U.S.-Cuba relations. Read more.
3. Atlanta council asks Deal to consider changing Stone Mountain carving
The Atlanta City Council's Michael Julian Bond is behind a resolution asking Gov. Nathan Deal to consider giving the famous Confederate Memorial Carving at Stone Mountain a makeover. Bond says he doesn't believe the current carving should be sandblasted off, but instead wants state leaders to consider adding other influential Georgia leaders to the carving like James Oglethorpe, President Jimmy Carter, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read more.
4. U.S. soccer legends in town for event on diversity in soccer
Former U.S. soccer stars Brad Friedel, former U.S. men's national team goalkeeper, and Briana Scurry, World Cup and Olympic champion, will be in Atlanta to promote diversity in soccer. The legends will be part of a panel discussion to be held at the Center for Civil and Human Rights and the event will benefit Soccer in the Streets, an Atlanta-based non-profit focused on targeting at-risk youth. Tickets for the event, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday--the night before the semifinals of the Gold Cup--are available for purchase online. Read more.
5. Veterans demand justice for man shot by Dekalb police
A group of military veterans rallied outside the Dekalb County courthouse Monday to demand justice for Air Force veteran Anthony Hill, who was shot to death by a police officer in March. A civil grand jury is expected to recommend whether to charge the police officer who shot Hill within the next six weeks. Read more.
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