1. Mixed reviews from Georgia for Trump's climate plan exit. Georgia politicians fell along strict partisan lines in their reactions to President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of an international climate agreement that nearly 200 nations signed onto in 2015. Trump said Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad. He said the U.S. would try to negotiate re-entry on better terms. [Read more]
2. Cobb child predator sting ends with 15 men arrested, one from Oregon. Marietta police announced Thursday that 15 men had been arrested in an online child predator sting running since October. Of the 15 men arrested, three were from Cobb County and eight were from elsewhere in Georgia, according to a Marietta police news release. Two were from South Carolina, one from Alabama and one from Oregon. [Read more]
3. Georgia 6th: Republicans try to tie Kathy Griffin to Jon Ossoff. In the last week, both Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel have found that, when you're in the middle of a nationalized campaign for Congress, you can find yourself at the mercy of every loose cannon from your party's side of the ledger. This week, Ossoff was handed the bill for a two-month-old Twitter endorsement by comedian Kathy Griffin. [Read more]
4. Miami crowd of 1,590 still more than Braves' attendance low. An Associated Press reporter did a headcount of the fans attending Wednesday's afternoon matchup between the Phillies and Marlins in Miami. One thousand five hundred and ninety. Yes, 1,590. [Read more]
5. Gwinnett woman fights off rabid fox with giant QT mug. A Gwinnett County woman saw a fox in the middle of the road Tuesday and thought it needed help. When she approached the animal, it lunged at her, Channel 2 Action News reported. [Read more]
