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The South African leader's daughter says he has improved after fears he has been close to death for weeks with a lung infection. | VIDEO: South Africa celebrates Mandela's 95th birthday

A cold front is moving south today from Canada, but the Northeast and Midwest won't see temperatures out of the 90s until the weekend. | MORE: Strong storms bring rain, wind, hail to metro Atlanta | PHOTOS: Your storm photos

3. JOHN LEWIS GOES TO THE SENATE

Premium content: Atlanta Democratic Rep. John Lewis crossed the Capitol on Wednesday to demand urgency from the U.S. Senate in restoring a key section of the Voting Rights Act. | POLL: Weigh in on the Supreme Court Voting Rights Act decision

The Senate could vote today on a compromise that would erase a planned increase and let undergraduates borrow at 3.85 percent. | CLARK HOWARD: Student loans shouldn't be a burden

As an Illinois state senator, the future president worked for four years to pass a bill requiring police to keep track of the race of people they pulled over.

6. SEC’S FOUR NEW COACHES INHERIT TOUGH JOBS

Premium content: Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee combined to lose 29 of 32 SEC games last season. Which explains why there are so many new faces at SEC Football Media Days. | VIDEO: Clowney rocks SEC Media Days

Autopsies on the 22 children killed when they ate the free meals traced the insecticide to either the food or cooking oil. | VIDEO: Free lunch turns deadly in India

In a close-up photo, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looks more like a young Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison than the man suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing. | MORE: Rolling Stone defends cover

The annual pop-culture celebration — featuring the planet's hottest films, TV shows, video games and comic books — blasts off today in San Diego. | MORE: Latest Dragon*Con headlines

"House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" are Netflix-only series vying with favorites "Homeland" and "Modern Family" for TV's biggest awards today. | VIDEO: Emmy nomination predictions 2013 | ALSO: When are the Emmy Awards?

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An aerial image shows part of John A. White Park taken on Wednesday, July 4, 2025, where the City of Atlanta plans to build new trails as part of the citywide Trails ATL plan. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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