1. Tex McIver ordered to wear ankle monitor, surrender his passport. Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver was ordered this morning to turn over his passport and to wear an ankle monitor while the state's investigation into the shooting death of McIver's wife, Diane, proceeds. [Read more]

2. 2016 high school football all-State teams. AJC recognizes the state's top high school football players. [Read more] 

3. These are (nearly) all the metro Atlanta restaurants that closed in 2016. It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday — especially when that means bidding your favorite restaurants farewell. Here, we remember (most of) the restaurants that closed their doors in metro Atlanta in 2016 — which one will you miss the most? Let us know in the comments section. [Read more]

4. Passenger booted from a plane after berating Ivanka Trump. A passenger was escorted from a JetBlue flight and rebooked on a different one after berating First Daughter to be Ivanka Trump, TMZ reports. Trump was flying coach with a number of relatives when a fellow passenger recognized her and started yelling. [Read more] 

5. 'Deadbeat' parents arrested in DeKalb Sheriff's holiday sweep. DeKalb County Sheriff's deputies made 19 arrests Wednesday in an operation aimed at people who haven't paid court-ordered child support and some accused of cruelty to children. [Read more]

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A Korean Air plane takes off from Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. The plane is chartered to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia. (Yonhap via AP)

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In this file photo from October 2024, Atlanta Braves outfielder Jorge Soler and teammates react after losing to the San Diego Padres 5-4 in San Diego. The Braves and Soler, who now plays for the Los Angeles Angels, face a lawsuit by a fan injured at a 2021 World Series game at Truist Park in Atlanta. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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