1. Trump, Clinton both score big victories in New York.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored bounce-back victories Tuesday on their home turf of New York, though the big delegate hauls they seized did little to slam the door shut on their chief challengers. Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who trails the former secretary of state by a nearly insurmountable deficit in the Democratic race, remains a formidable contender who has drawn huge crowds across the nation with his populist promises. And Trump's success in his home state did little to change the imposing electoral math he faces. Even with Tuesday's sweeping victory, he retains only a narrow path to clinching the Republican nomination before the party's July meeting. Read more.
Conventional wisdom holds that a playoff series doesn't really begin until the road team wins. That hasn't happened yet, but already this feels close to done. The Hawks, who won Game 2 on Tuesday 89-72, are too big and too good for these Celtics, who are losing men and luster by the minute. The greatest Celtic of all used to throw up before big games. If Bill Russell was watching this first quarter, he might have felt a similar urge to purge. Credit the Hawks for some inspired guarding, but no NBA team — not even the 76ers, who gave up trying a while ago — should look as bad as Boston did over these 12 minutes. Read more.
3. Crime victims get their day before Parole Board.
The two women sat less than 2 feet away from each other, but they were far from close in what they wanted from their meeting Tuesday with a member of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Fae Smith and Amy Best have a murder in common — that of their sister, Abby Vandiver, who in July 1987 was stabbed 57 times by Richard Gellner, a then-15-year-old boy. Smith wants to know why Gellner killed Vandiver, who was 20 when slain. She wants a face-to-face meeting with him to ask that question. And if he is ever paroled, Smith wants to be sure he has received the mental health treatment he needed to address whatever drove him to attack her half-sister in her Dunwoody home. Read more.
4. Man killed by Cobb officer 1 week after being sentenced for theft.
Despite his guilty plea, 18-year-old Demetrius Deshon Dorsey was able to avoid prison time for stealing a set of keys and trying to break into cars. As a first offender, he was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months on probation and was given credit for 108 days already served in the Cobb County jail. Dorsey was also ordered to get treatment for drug abuse and begin a program to complete his high school degree, court records show. But one week later, he was dead, shot during a standoff with police. Around 11 p.m. Sunday, Cobb officers were called to an armed robbery at the Marathon convenience store at 6430 Mableton Parkway in Mableton, the GBI said. Inside the store, Dorsey was holding two employees hostage at gunpoint, according to investigators. Read more.
5. Top Braves prospect Smith shrugs off slow start in majors.
As Braves officials pondered whether to call up top outfield prospect Mallex Smith, one factor they considered is how a rough start to his big-league career might affect his confidence. As it turns out, Smith is struggling at the plate early in his big-league career even when accounting for his go-ahead, RBI single in the 10th inning at the Marlins on Sunday. He entered Tuesday's game against the Dodgers hitting .130 ( 3-for-26) with 10 strikeouts and a .231 on-base percentage. But before making his Turner Field debut on Tuesday, Smith said his confidence is unshaken. Read more.
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