1. Six Flags must pay $32 million to man beaten near park. A young man who was left with permanent brain damage after several men fell upon him at Six Flags may collect the $32.2 million judgment awarded him by a civil jury against the amusement park, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday. [Read more]
2. Georgia man shoots and kills daughter's boyfriend, sheriff says. A Georgia man shot and killed his daughter's boyfriend after the boyfriend shot her in the back, police said. The man pulled the trigger after the boyfriend shot his daughter in the back, police said. It happened in Hall County. [Read more]
3. Braves' Santana: From 'Danny who?' to 'I like this guy.' Danny Santana had a game Sunday that would've made his late mother proud. Making the most of recently increased playing time, the Braves' Santana went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs in a 13-8 win at Cincinnati, showing skills that made him an up-and-comer with the Twins a few years ago and have intrigued Braves manager Brian Snitker. [Read more]
4. 'I shot him, bro': Details emerge in killing of DeKalb teen. After the shots rang, 21-year-old Adaren Carter could be seen fleeing with a backpack stolen from a dead DeKalb County teen. Detective V.R. Van Hees said DeKalb Police know this because a neighbor snapped photos of Carter and his cousin escaping the scene in an SUV on the afternoon of May 7. Tyler LaFonte Bingham of Lithonia was found dead, shot multiple times, around 5 p.m. on Cody Court, off Wellborn Road. [Read more]
5. A state senator alleges a backroom offer — if he abandoned race for governor. The most surprising moment of the weekend's Georgia Republican convention came midway through a feisty Saturday speech by Michael Williams to more than 1,500 activists — as the state senator veered from the advance text he had sent to reporters and supporters alike. Williams, a two-term senator from Forsyth County and former co-chairman of the Trump presidential campaign in Georgia, claimed a coveted state Senate position had been dangled in front of him on the condition that he abandon his gubernatorial bid. [Read more]
