MLK Monday

Jan. 19 — It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means government offices, the post office, banks, and schools are closed in observance. Events are happening around the city, including this morning’s annual Rustin/Lorde Breakfast. Check out our MLK Day guide here.

Sunny and cold with a high of 48°. Lows below freezing again overnight tonight.

Snow dusted central Georgia and even the Florida Panhandle yesterday, with reports of up to three inches near Macon and flurries in Pensacola.

Devon Q. Horton, the former DeKalb County School District superintendent, was arrested Saturday on child cruelty and strangulation charges.

City of Refuge has received a $1.25 million grant from Delta Community Credit Union to help fund the construction of affordable housing in Metro Atlanta.

The Breman Museum will open its 2026 “Bearing Witness” series on Jan. 25 with a program centered on a Holocaust-era connection that was discovered in Atlanta.

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U.S. troops are on standby, and the FBI asked agents to take temporary assignments in Minneapolis, as President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act amid protests over immigration enforcement.

Twenty million viewers are expected to watch No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami play for the CFP National Championship tonight at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN). Tickets for the game in Miami are selling for an average of $4,320.

Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:

• Falcons’ new coach

• World Cup prep

• Global Headlines

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• Look & Listen

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