5 things to know: Astronaut says aliens prevented nuclear war
1. Edgar Mitchell, who was part of the Apollo 14 crew in 1971, said we could thank aliens for preventing a nuclear war between America and Russia. [Read the full story here]
2. Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday afternoon he has cancer. The 90-year-old Georgia native and former governor said he will undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare. [Read our full story here | read our Political Insider blog here | how his hometown of Plains is reacting |see photos of Carter through the years here]
3. A 59-year-old Cobb County man was sentenced to life in prison for killing his boyfriend, a longtime drag queen whose stage name was Kitty Litter, when the two argued over dinner preparation. [Read the full story here]
4. If you couldn't stay up late enough — or get up early enough — to the Perseid meteor shower, don't fret. [See our gallery here]
5. Don't expect an abundance of sunshine today. The forecast calls for partly to mostly sunny skies, with a high near 90. You have a 20 percent chance of getting rain on. [See the full forecast here]
