1. Ossoff raises another $15M in Georgia 6th, setting new fundraising record. Democrat Jon Ossoff reported another record fundraising haul Thursday in the race for Georgia's 6th District by raising an additional $15.3 million in roughly the last two months.

He's now raised a total of $23 million in the hotly contested race to represent the suburban Atlanta district, after collecting more than $8.3 million in advance of April 18's special election. The 58,000-page filing was to be uploaded later Thursday. [Read more]

2. 1 dead, 2 critical after Alabama church youth group bus overturns. According to Channel 2, nearly a dozen people were taken to local hospitals as multiple agencies reported to the scene. It is not known how many passengers were on the bus or the Mercedes it crashed into and rolled over on. [Read more]

3. Interim Morehouse College president Bill Taggart has died. Interim Morehouse College president Bill Taggart has died of an aneurysm, officials announced Thursday. Taggart, 55, was named interim president in April. [Read more]

4. Here's Trump's lawyer's response to Comey's testimony. Marc Kasowitz, outside counsel for President Donald Trump, delivered these remarks after former FBI Director James Comey's public testimony. "I am Marc Kasowitz, President Trump's personal lawyer. [Read more]

5. GBI says deadly counterfeit pills contain two synthetic opioids. It will take more time to determine exactly what was in the yellow pills blamed on numerous overdoses in central Georgia. But preliminary tests showed the presence of two synthetic opioids, including a fentanyl analogue, the GBI said Thursday. [Read more]

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, among others, will no longer be considered fee-free days at U.S. National Parks. While the MLK National Historic Park in Atlanta doesn't charge admission, the new schedule will affect such metro Atlanta sites as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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