1. Dunwoody Chick-fil-A opens Wednesday with free food (for locals only): The first 100 people in line when the location officially opens at 6 a.m. will receive a digital offer card that is loaded with 52 free Chick-fil-A No. 1 meals. The line for the giveaway officially started at 6 a.m. the day before the opening and many were out there, ready to pitch their tents and settle in for the wait. [Read more]

2. Wrong-house shooting in DeKalb: 'Why did they shoot me? My dog?' Police responding to a burglary entered the wrong home, shot and killed a dog, wounded the homeowner and seriously injured a fellow officer, the GBI said Tuesday. A preliminary investigation also determined there was "no indication of criminal activity" at that house. [Read more]

3. "Real Housewives" star Cynthia Bailey kicks castmate Porsha Williams in the gut: Producers got Porsha away from Cynthia before anything else could happen, a production source told Rodney Ho. Cynthia was wearing stilettos so Porsha was injured enough to go to the hospital. [Read more]

4. What Bill Torpy saw at Turner Field the night a fan fell to his death: The term "surreal" kept getting repeated by those in attendance because, I guess, there was no other way to describe what had occurred and continued to occur. [Read more from his column]

5. Tonight's forecast: A few clouds with a low near 70. Winds light and variable. [Get more real-time weather info]

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People join a rally in support for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees on Tuesday afternoon, April 1, 2025, at the Atlanta headquarters after federal cuts triggered significant layoffs. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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