Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
GEORGIA 'CAR-SURFING' TEEN DIES
Anna Gabrielle Hawkins was riding on the roof of a speeding car and thrown from the vehicle when it went into a curve, police said.
Gen. Keith Alexander will field senators' questions about the surveillance by U.S. spy agencies after many called for an end to them.
GEORGIA MAN PARALYZED AFTER SAVING GIRL FROM DROWNING
A man has been paralyzed from the chest down after diving into a creek in northwest Georgia to save a 4-year-old girl who was in danger of drowning.
OPENING THE DOOR FOR IMMIGRANTS
In Spanish and English, the Senate pushes contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles as Obama urges "The moment is now."
YAMAHA EXPANDING ATV PLANT IN NEWNAN
The world’s largest maker of of all-terrain vehicles has opened a second assembly plant in Newnan and will hire 100 employees to work on a new side-by-side utility vehicle.
THE STORM THAT COULD HIT 1 IN FIVE AMERICANS
The derecho, a weather event that could span hundreds of miles from Iowa to Maryland, is likely to generate tornadoes, power outages and oppressive heat.
DEKALB OFFICERS RESIGN AMID INTERNAL INVESTIGATION
According to DeKalb County police incident reports, one of the officers tried to kick open the apartment door where two others were watching TV.
CLEVELAND KIDNAP SUSPECT HEADS TO COURT
Ariel Castro was to be arraigned today on hundreds of charges related to the kidnapping and rape of three women found in his home.
LEAKER'S GIRLFRIEND 'STILL SHOCKED'
Lindsay Mills' father says he doesn't know where his daughter is now; she wrote, "my world has opened and closed" after revelations that Edward Snowden leaked classified secrets.
NONSTARS STAND OUT AS SPURS BLOW OUT THE HEAT
Danny Green scored 27 points and Gary Neal made six 3-pointers while scoring 24 as San Antonio drubbed Miami 113-77, taking a 2-1 lead in the finals series.
The Associated Press and George Mathis contributed to this report.
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