1. Prince hospitalized after plane makes emergency landing. Just hours after the second of his two sold-out concernts in Atlanta neded, Prince was rushed to the hospital after his private plan made an emergency landing in Illinois. [Read more]
2. Mom advised Barney Simms' murder suspect, 17, to turn himself in. Eric Banks, 17, was arrested Thursday — five days after Simms was gunned down in his front yard at 2:30 p.m. on April 9. He is being held in the Fulton County Jail on no bond. No one from either Banks' or Simms' families went to the jail. [Read more]
3. Long TSA wait times prompt traveler tweets sharing complaints, photos of lines. For the past year, lines at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have regularly stretched into the atrium during busy times of the day. During peak travel periods, the line sometimes stretches all the way to baggage claim. [Read more]
4. Donald Trump in an uphill battle at Georgia delegate conventions. As Georgia Republicans gather Saturday to pick more than half of the 76 delegates set to attend the Republican National Convention, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz seems to have the advantage in the behind-the-scenes campaign to put his supporters in place. [Read more]
5. Paddling in schools: Which states allow it; can you opt your child out? A new debate over corporal punishment in public schools has been brewing since a video of a Georgia 6-year-old being paddled went viral. [Read more]
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