Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. Polaris Marketing Group, an Atlanta-based firm, said it is "disgusted" by the actions of a former employee, whose Facebook picture featuring the African-American child of a coworker went viral after it sparked numerous derogatory comments. [Read more]

2. Lawyer Tony Axam has been in the thick of some of the most high-profile court cases in Atlanta history. But Axam stopped practicing law altogether on Monday when the Georgia Supreme Court accepted his surrender of his law license — an act tantamount to disbarment. [Read more]

3. A man doused himself in gasoline and was threatening to set himself on fire from the top of a MARTA bridge Monday morning. But police and firefighters were able to get the man down uninjured through a combination of water and bean bags. [Read more]

4. Can Lee May still lead? A new corruption report casts doubt on the DeKalb CEO's ethics and competence. [Read more]

5.  Rain rain, go away: Tonight's chance of showers are pretty low. [Get the complete forecast]

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Greene County head football coach Darius Robinson, seen here celebrating with his team after a win in October, was relieved of coaching duties after his arrest, the Greene County School District said. (Lance McCurley/Lake Oconee News)

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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