1. Minute by minute in the Justin Ross Harris trial (Oct. 26). This is a running account of testimony in the Justin Ross Harris hot car murder trial. Harris stands accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son Cooper in a hot car to die on June 18, 2014. Court resumed today with the fourth day of testimony by the lead detective in the case, Phil Stoddard of the Cobb County Police Department.  [Read more] 

2. Member of the Central Park Five says Trump still thinks he's guilty. Yusef Salaam served nearly seven years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's asking voters to send a message to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, the man who once took out a full-page ad calling for reinstatement of the death penalty. [Read more]

3. Polls will be open Saturday for early voting in Georgia. Georgia, which is nearing 1 million ballots cast during the state's early voting period, will open its polls this Saturday for a mandatory weekend voting day ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. [Read more]

4. Atlanta high school students win MIT grant to prevent hot-car deaths. A team of Atlanta high school students won a $10,000 MIT grant to invent a way to prevent children and pets from dying in hot cars. [Read more]

5. Anthem confirms Atlanta expansion plans, 1,800 jobs. Anthem, the parent company of Georgia's largest health insurer, announced Wednesday it would open a new technology hub in Atlanta in a move that will create 1,800 jobs over several years. [Read more]

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