1. Ross Harris found guilty of murder. He intended to kill his 22-month-old son, Cooper, when he left him locked in the back of his SUV, a jury concluded Monday. [Read more]
2. Wildfires creep toward metro Atlanta. Historic fires in North Georgia that have burned through thousands of acres have been moving closer to the metro area over the past few weeks, fire officials said. [Read more]
3. Vincent Fort vows to decriminalize marijuana. In announcing his campaign for Atlanta mayor, the Democratic state senator promised to decriminalize weed in Atlanta's city limits. [Read more]
4. PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies. The co-anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates died Monday of cancer at 61, the network said. [Read more]
5. Odd presidential write-in votes. Some dissatisfied voters ignored Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and went their own way. In DeKalb County, Kanye West got eight votes and Justin Timberlake received one. In Gwinnett, Abraham Lincoln, Steve Harvey and Taylor Swift got a mention. Fulton got in on the act, too. [Read more]
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