1. John Lewis leading gun control sit-in on House floor. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Atlanta, lead a sit-in on the House floor, part of an attempt to force votes on gun control legislation in the wake of the June 12 Orlando massacre. [Read here]
2. Gladys Knight's son and restaurateur booked into Clayton County jail. Shanga Hankerson, son of the R&B legend, faces two counts of felony theft by taking for some $52,600 in sales tax that was never sent to the state, according to court documents. [Read here]
3. Atlanta school district researching how many guns it owns. A day after media reports of as many as 30 Glock handguns missing from the APS school district, officials announced they had accounted for 90 guns recently purchased for the use of a newly formed district police force as well as 18 guns previously purchased. [Read here]
4. An anti-Donald Trump coup is brewing in Georgia. Georgia Republican delegates who backed Donald Trump's rivals in the GOP primary are being pressed by Ted Cruz's allies to vote against him at next month's convention in Cleveland. [Read here]
5. Dead man leads Gwinnett police to $12 million marijuana stash. Gwinnett County said officers went to a storage yard near Norcross after a 911 caller reported finding “a man slumped over near a white van.” The man was dead, apparently from natural causes. [Read here]
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