1. The biggest problem in Athens is not that Georgia lost its best player at Tennessee to a serious knee injury — Chubb tore three ligaments on the first play of the game and faces surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation — but that the rest of the team is a mess. [Read more from Jeff Schultz]

2. Justin Ross Harris told women he chatted up online he would leave his wife if not for their son, whom the Cobb County father is accused of intentionally leaving inside a hot car to die, the lead detective in the case testified Monday. His trial date is set for Feb. 22. [Read more]

3. On the summit of Stone Mountain, yards away from where Ku Klux Klansmen once burned giant crosses, just above and beyond the behemoth carving of three Confederate heroes, state authorities have agreed to erect a monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. [Read more]

4. The Georgia chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans said the MLK monument proposal could warrant legal action as "a possible violation of the law which established the Stone Mountain Memorial Association." [Read more]

5. Tonight's clear skies will cloud over, bringing a chance of showers. [See the forecast]

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, among others, will no longer be considered fee-free days at U.S. National Parks. While the MLK National Historic Park in Atlanta doesn't charge admission, the new schedule will affect such metro Atlanta sites as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Fans celebrate in the stands after Cape Verde defeated Eswatini in a World Cup qualifying soccer match at Estádio Nacional in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, to clinch their qualification for the 2026 World Cup. (Cristiano Barbosa/AP)

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