1. School threatens to call human services on parents who don't pick up kids on time: The letter said: "Children must be picked up on time. If they are not picked up on time, we will call DHS and you will then have to pick them up at court the next day." [Read more]

2. Cheers, jeers online after South Carolina House OKs removing Confederate flag: The South Carolina House of Representatives early Thursday approved a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, just weeks after nine people – including a state senator – were killed at a historically black church in Charleston. [Read more]

3. Former Ohio State recruit signs paperwork with UGA: Mirko Jurkovic is one step closer to becoming an official member of UGA's 2015 football recruiting class. [Read more]

4. 2 Chainz sued over 'derogatory' video of Charlotte woman: Rapper 2 Chainz is being sued for $5 million over a video he posted of a woman backstage at a concert in Charlotte. [Read more]

5. Harper Lee's hometown abuzz over 'Mockingbird' sequel: Outside the Monroe County courthouse, early on a Monday at the end of June, there is a conspiracy afoot. [Read more]

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A Korean Air plane takes off from Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. The plane is chartered to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia. (Yonhap via AP)

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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