1. Cops: Video shows 2 men placing Confederate flags at Ebenezer: According to Atlanta police, surveillance footage shows two men placing Confederate flags at two of Atlanta's most notable landmarks early Thursday including Ebenezer Baptist Church and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. Read more.
2. Grand jury to hear shooting case against Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill: Officials announced Thursday that the Gwinnett County case against Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, who was arrested and charged with reckless conduct in May only three days after shooting and critially wounding a friend, will be presented to a grand jury. Read more.
3. Grady releasing 1,000 rape kits withheld from law enforcement: An AJC investigation in June found that 1,500 of these rape kits piled up at Grady Memorial Hospital partly because it failed to report several of these crimes to the police. The hospital is now releasing over 1,000 packages of sex crime evidence that have been locked away since 2000. Read more.
4. Georgia finds no fault with group home after girls' escape, assault: A state investigation has found that Heritage House, the group home from which three teenage girls escaped, only to be sexually assaulted by a gang of men, is not to blame for the incident. Though the group home has been cleared in the investigation, Heritage House still has no residents. Read more.
5. Tonight's forecast: Scattered thunderstorms early on, then partly cloudy after midnight. Chance of rain at 40 percent. Read more.
