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7 things to know today: Officer suspended after pool party incident, more

June 8, 2015

1. Here's what we've learned about the Texas officer and the pool party incident: McKinney, Texas, police Cpl. Eric Casebolt has been placed on administrative leave after a YouTube video of a disturbance at a pool party Friday in a North Dallas suburb went viral. [Read more]

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Passengers wait at a Delta check-in counter at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport domestic terminal on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, the first day of the Federal Aviation Administration cutting flight capacity at airports during the government shutdown. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Passengers wait at a Delta check-in counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. It was the first day the Federal Aviation Administration cut flight capacity at airports during the government shutdown. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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