1. Hank Aaron on LeBron's racial incident: 'I understand.' Almost every day that Hank Aaron went to the ballpark between 1973 and 1974, he carried a heavy burden. He was a black man, who started his career in the Negro Leagues, approaching Babe Ruth's home run record. Some people didn't like it. He got death threats. He got sacks and sacks of racist letters. [Read more]
2. Jimmy Carter says he'll attend Gregg Allman's funeral. Former President Jimmy Carter said he will attend Gregg Allman's funeral in Macon on Saturday. "Gregg Allman was there when I needed him and Rosalynn and I have always been grateful to him," Carter, 92, said in a statement. Allman died at age 69 last Saturday at his Savannah home from complications due to liver cancer. [Read more]
3. Search on for shooter after man killed outside Buckhead shopping center. Atlanta police are asking for the public's help identifying a man suspected of shooting and killing another man outside a busy Buckhead shopping plaza. A man in a white-ribbed T-shirt is believed to be the "primary aggressor," but as many as three people assaulted the victim, police said. [Read more]
4. Missing child found injured; mother, man charged. A 7-year-old boy who was reported missing was found with black eyes, swelling, contusions, lacerations and abrasions that required medical attention, police said. His mother and a man face child cruelty charges, according to police. [Read more]
5. Georgia 6th: Handel backs Trump's move to exit climate agreement. Republican Karen Handel praised President Donald Trump's move to abandon the 2015 Paris climate agreement, saying the U.S.' withdrawal "presents an opportunity to do the right thing in the right way." The former secretary of state, who faces Democrat Jon Ossoff in the June 20 runoff to represent Georgia's 6th District in the U.S. House, put herself squarely behind her would-be Georgia GOP colleagues who backed Trump. [Read more]
