1. A Fulton County teacher was carjacked and sexually assaulted early Friday, cops say. The victim was a Creekside High School teacher preparing to leave for work, according to East Point police. Police said the woman was outside her apartment and had stopped to take a selfie photo when she saw a man approaching, holding a gun. [Read more]

2. Falcons trade two draft picks for Andy Levitre: Looking for help along the offensive line, the team has made a trade with the Tennessee Titans for Andy Levitre, who was the 44th rated guard in the league in 2014. The Falcons sent a sixth round pick in 2016 and a future conditional pick to the Titans. [Read more]

3. The Kennesaw State Owls won their first football game, against East Tennessee State on Thursday in Tennessee. [See photos from the victory]

4. Awful by design, the Braves lose again: We think of tanking as giving up, which it is, but we also think of it as cowardly, which it isn't. On the contrary: It takes guts to trot out a product as wretched as the 2015 Braves have become. So writes Mark Bradley in a new column. [Read more]

5. Tonight's forecast: A few clouds with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. Low near 70. Winds light and variable. [Get more real-time weather info]

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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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Fans celebrate in the stands after Cape Verde defeated Eswatini in a World Cup qualifying soccer match at Estádio Nacional in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, to clinch their qualification for the 2026 World Cup. (Cristiano Barbosa/AP)

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