1. Thieves arrested after running into police at dinner: Thieves who thought they were going into a restaurant for lunch ran into a police sergeant instead. [Read more]

2. Clayton County woman kidnapped and killed by husband's mistress: Police said 49-year-old Sandra Barnett was abducted from her Ellenwood home Wednesday. Police started searching for the mistress' Dodge Durango, which was spotted Thursday in Carroll County, police said. [Read more]

3. Who was suspect in Marines' shooting deaths? The man who authorities say killed four Marines in an attack on a military recruiting center and another U.S. military site was a 24-year-old, Kuwait-born engineer who had not been on the radar of federal authorities until the bloodshed. [Read more]

4. Atlanta crime: Homicides, rapes, burglaries drop in June: Reporting of burglaries in Atlanta dropped nearly 11 percent from May to June, according to the city's most recently available crime data. [Read more]

5. Some employers move to nix domestic partner benefits: If you're in a domestic partnership, you might consider putting a ring on it soon or face losing benefits. [Read more]

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If the Senate's version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes, the 30% federal tax credits offered for clean energy installations — such as these solar panels being installed atop an Ellenwood home in 2022 — would be sunset by the end of 2025. (Jason Getz/AJC 2022)

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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