1. Bank of America fires employee over racist Facebook rant. Christine McMullen Lindgren, an Atlanta-based personal banker at Bank of America, recently posted a racist rant on Facebook. [Read more]

2. Georgia ACLU director resigns over transgender fight. The head of Georgia's ACLU chapter opened a new rift in the debate over restroom rights this week when she stepped down in protest of the civil rights group's support for controversial efforts to let transgender people use the restroom that matches their gender identity. [Read more]

3. Ex-Destiny's Child member arrested in DeKalb. A former member of Destiny's Child, the girl group that catapulted Beyonce to stardom, was arrested Thursday in DeKalb County. [Read more]

4. Golfer Davis Love, III, is selling his pastoral St. Simons Island retreat.  Pro golfer Davis Love, III, and his wife Robin moved to St. Simons Island in the early 1990s. [Read more]

5. Blue Angel jet crashes hours after Thunderbird crash. A Navy Blue Angels F/A Hornet on a practice flight crashed in Smyrna, Tennessee, just after takeoff Thursday afternoon. [Read more]