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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Cox Enterprises CEO Alex Taylor and AJC Publisher Andrew Morse were joined by AJC editors and Atlanta business react during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Midtown on Friday, January 24, 2025.
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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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