1. Arrested DeKalb sheriff apologizes, says he plans to stay on the job. DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann, speaking through his lawyer, apologized to his constituents on Friday and said he plans to continue serve in his job after his arrest last weekend for allegedly exposing himself in Piedmont Park and then running from an Atlanta police officer. [Read more]
2. I-85 lanes could reopen tonight. The I-85 bridge, which has been out of commission since a fire caused part of it to collapse in late March, could reopen as early as tonight, according to Channel 2 Action News. hat puts the bridge's reopening more than a month ahead of the original June 15 deadline. [Read more]
3. Black faculty rally around Bethune-Cookman graduates after Devos incident. More than 200 black faculty members — including several from Atlanta-area colleges — have signed an open letter of support to graduates of Bethune-Cookman University after the grads booed the commencement speaker, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. [Read more]
4. Cobb's response to yoga lawsuit: since it was not religious, there was no discrimination. Cobb County school officials did not violate an assistant principal's legal rights by transferring her from a school where Christian parents had complained about her introduction of yoga, the school district says in response to a federal lawsuit. [Read more]
5. Donald Trump: 'James Comey better hope there are no 'tapes' of our conversations.' Leading the day on Donald Trump's morning Twitter thoughts has become something of a cliché. Even so, we can't remember the last time a sitting U.S. president implied that the public shouldn't rely on the words that come out of the mouths of those who run his daily White House briefings: [Read more]
