1. Former Falcon Keion Carpenter dies. Carpenter, who played with the team from 2002 to 2005, died Thursday, according to his family. The 39-year-old collapsed during a run Wednesday. [Read more]

2. Obama retaliates against Russia for election hacking. President Barack Obama sanctioned Russian intelligence services and their top officials, kicked out 35 Russian officials and closed down two Russian-owned compounds in the United States. [Read more]

3. Man shot after chaos in Midtown. The driver of a black Hummer was involved in at least eight hit-and-runs and an attempted carjacking before a passenger in a Porsche pulled out a gun and shot him, Atlanta police said. [Read more]

4. Teen's tweet goes viral after she personalizes Bible for boyfriend. Reagan Lee, 16, of Cobb County spent three months personalizing every single page of a Bible as a Christmas gift. On Christmas Eve, she tweeted out pictures of her work. [Read more]

5. 15-year-old found dead in woman's yard. Clayton County police are investigating the fatal shooting of North Clayton High School student Keyontae Ross. [Read more]

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, among others, will no longer be considered fee-free days at U.S. National Parks. While the MLK National Historic Park in Atlanta doesn't charge admission, the new schedule will affect such metro Atlanta sites as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Former Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman talks to her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

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