1. Judge grants change of venue in hot-car death case. The judge in the Ross Harris case this afternoon granted a defense motion to change the venue of the hot-car murder trial. The decision could delay the trial for months, even though jury selection in Cobb County Superior Court was almost complete. [Read more]
2. Social media debate Malia Obama's choice to attend Harvard instead of a HBCU. While many on social media have congratulated the eldest daughter ofPresident Obama, others are criticizing her decision to attend an Ivy League school instead of a historically black institution — sparking an ongoing debate and a trending topic on Twitter Monday afternoon. [Read more]
3. State Patrol: Neither car was speeding in fatal UGA crash. Neither of the two vehicles involved were speeding at the time of the Oconee County crash that killed four University of Georgia students, the Georgia State Patrol said Monday. [Read more]
4. Nothing but an empty shell: Taco festival falls flat after complaints. The first Atlanta Taco Festival was advertised to ticket-buyers as "the largest taco competition and taco celebration on the East Coast," but many say the food festival on Sunday didn't live up to the hype. [Read more]
5. Body of climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges found 16 years after avalanche in Tibet. Alex Lowe, 40, and David Bridges, 29, were killed while ascending the 26,291-foot Shishapangma mountain when an avalanche struck in October 1999. A second mountaineer, Conrad Anker, survived with multiple injuries and later led an hours-long search for Lowe and Bridges, to no avail. [Read more]
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