1. Macy's is closing up to 40 stores but its Atlanta plans are unsure. [Read more]

2. Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha will go to trial Oct. 5, determined to prove his innocence in a case stemming from an incident outside a New York nightclub. [Read more]

3. In a shuffling of personnel, the Atlanta-based Weather Channel is taking Sam Champion off mornings and giving him a less defined role during prime time starting Nov. 2. [Read more]

4. When the Falcons hired Dan Quinn as head coach, against the backdrop of 22 losses and too many exploding game plans and body parts the past two seasons, nobody expected things to remain status quo. But this late roster scramble is not a good sign. [Read more]

5. Tonight's forecast: Mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms this evening and a low of 69. [Get more weather info]

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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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Jo'wan Bellamy taught in the GNETS program for 17 years and recently transferred to Atlanta’s new behavioral program at Crawford Long Middle School. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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