1. Clint Eastwood stirs social media with Trump, racism comments. The actor and his son, actor Scott Eastwood, sat for an Esquire interview and comments the elder Eastwood made regarding politics, Donald Trump and the state of race relations have stirred a social media storm. [Read here]
2. 10 Georgians get sentences commuted by Obama. Georgians are among the 214 federal inmates on Wednesday whose sentences were commuted by President Obama after serving lengthy sentences for drug offences. [Read here]
3. Delta to fly stranded Nigerian soccer team to Olympics. The Nigeria U23 Olympic team was stranded in Atlanta after the money paid by the Nigerian ministry for the charter flight did not hit (the) airline's account on Tuesday so they refused to fly the team to Brazil, according to a report. [Read here]
4. Braves overcome early deficit to beat Pirates. Rob Whalen worked four scoreless innings, earning a win in his debut as the Braves rallied and rolled past Pittsburgh, 8-4, at Turner Field. [Read here]
5. Rain starts early and will last late. Another wave of rain will wash through metro Atlanta beginning around noon, and showers will pick up as students start to make their way home from school between 2 and 4 p.m. [Read here]
