5 things to know tonight: Man killed instantly after firework ignites on head
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1. Thousands of Metro Atlanta homeowners got a nasty shock recently when property tax appraisals arrived in the mail. Residential property assessments are up sharply this year. But values rose much faster in some communities than others. [Read more]
2. Studio connected to Rick Ross calls shooting 'isolated and random': Several luxury cars were riddled by bullets early Monday outside a northwest Atlanta recording studio complex that houses an office connected to embattled rapper Rick Ross. There was no indication Ross was involved in the shooting or at the studio at the time of the incident. [Read more]
3. Confederate flag battle 'a war to save American culture': A leader of Georgia's Civil War Commission has drawn a line in the sand over the recently renewed debate about Confederate war emblems. "We are facing the greatest threat to our heritage in modern times," said Charles Kelly Barrow, the commission's vice-chair. [Read more]
4. A former Walt Disney World employee was killed instantly after igniting fireworks on his head, multiple news outlets reported Sunday. "When he suggested he was going to do this, his friends gathered around him and they thought they had convinced him not to do it," Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. [Read more]
5. FSU QB De'Andre Johnson punching a woman in the face: Newly released surveillance camera video footage from a Tallahassee bar shows Florida State freshman QB De'Andre Johnson punching a woman in the face, according to the State's Attorney's Office. [Read more]
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