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5 things to know tonight: Baby Dinah dies after being taken off life support

July 14, 2016 - Atlanta - Paige Cason-Barrett, Dinah’s maternal grandmother, recently spent time with her before the baby was taken off life support Monday. CRAIG SCHNEIDER / Craig.Schneider@ajc.com
July 14, 2016 - Atlanta - Paige Cason-Barrett, Dinah’s maternal grandmother, recently spent time with her before the baby was taken off life support Monday. CRAIG SCHNEIDER / Craig.Schneider@ajc.com
By Staff and wire reports
Aug 8, 2016

1. Baby Dinah dies after being taken off  life support.  She was taken off life support Monday afternoon after the badly abused girl's incarcerated parents were scheduled to say goodbye to her.   [Read more]

2. Gwinnett cop resigns after allegedly assaulting, posting 'explicit' video of wife on Facebook.   The officer resigned in lieu of termination Monday, one day after being arrested amid allegations that he threatened and assaulted his estranged wife. [Read more]

3. New poll gives Clinton 7-point edge in Georgia.  The poll gives Clinton her strongest lead yet in a statewide poll in Georgia since early April, according to the elections blog FiveThirtyEight.    [Read more]

4. Massive Delta computer outage grounds flights.    The computer system failure was due to a power outage in Atlanta that began at about 2:30 a.m., according to Delta.  About 450 flights were cancelled and nearly 1,700 were delayed.  [Read more]

5. Drunk and underage at UGA? You're risking jail.  For years, school officials and townies have tried to rid UGA of its party school reputation. Handcuffs are often the answer.  [Read more]

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