Monday moves
April 14 — Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy won the 89th Masters in a one-hole playoff over Justin Rose. With his first win at Augusta National, McIlroy becomes the sixth man in history to win a career Grand Slam.
☀️ Today will be 83° and sunny.
🚧 Temporary overnight closures of GA 400 are underway to construct express lanes between Sandy Springs and southern Forsyth County.
✂️ Sandy Springs celebrated the completion of its police headquarters and municipal court complex on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house.
✍️ Brookhaven City Council passed an updated ethics ordinance, including new guidelines on gifts to council members, recording campaign contributions, and more.
👩🏽 The City of Atlanta released the inaugural Moving H.E.R. Forward List, recognizing 25 trailblazing women whose contributions have helped shape the city.
🎥 Out on Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ film festival, has announced the recipients of its annual Filmmaker Fund.
🎶 A new record store from Moods Music owner Darryl Harris called Crates ATL is set to open in South Downtown on Saturday.
💃 Check out Collin’s review of Friday’s Kylie Minogue concert at State Farm Arena.
🏀 The Hawks beat the Magic in yesterday’s regular-season finale. The two teams face each other again in the NBA Playoff play-in game in Orlando on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Here’s an explainer on how the play-in tournament works.
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🔥 A man was arrested in connection with arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence while the governor, his family, and Passover Seder guests slept inside.
📱 The FTC’s antitrust trial against Meta begins today, with the social media giant potentially forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• MARTA dining guide
• Financial spring cleaning
• Global Headlines
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• Look & Listen
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1. MARTA dining guide: Doraville
🚇 Rough Draft’s MARTA dining guide series will continue throughout 2025, highlighting restaurants in cities and neighborhoods within easy walking distance or a short bus ride from MARTA rail stations.
This time around, we’re highlighting Doraville. With a population of nearly 11,000 residents and its proximity to Buford Highway, Doraville is one of Metro Atlanta’s most culturally diverse communities.
This dining guide spotlights seven restaurants and the Super H Mart complex accessible from the Doraville MARTA rail station; the final stop on the Gold Line.
🍣 Check out the dining guide here.
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2. Financial spring cleaning
VIA NERDWALLET ON ROUGH DRAFT
😟 The first three months of 2025 have been a lot.
Tariff threats, job cuts, and high prices for food, gas, and housing have shaken consumer confidence.
🌸 If you started the year hopeful but now feel anxious, channel those negative emotions into action. Spring is the perfect time to open some windows, plant some flowers, and freshen up the money goals you set at the start of the year.
📒 NerdWallet says here are four things you can focus on.
3. El Salvador’s president to White House; Elton John No. 1 for record 10th time
🇺🇸💰 🇨🇳 As President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again tariff policies have America’s trading partners on edge, Chinese President Xi Jinping began a tour of Southeast Asia in Vietnam today, pitching China as a stable trade partner. On Friday, the Trump administration exempted smartphones, computers, and other electronic devices from its “reciprocal” tariffs.
🇸🇻 El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, whom the Trump administration has embraced for his hardline anti-immigration stance, visits the White House today.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Graphic video shows Russian strikes on the Ukrainian city of Sumy that killed 34 people and left more than 100 injured. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged President Trump to visit his war-torn country.
🇪🇨 Incumbent Daniel Noboa won Ecuador’s presidential run-off election amidst rising drug violence.
🇸🇩 War-torn Sudan marks two years of a devastating civil war that has displaced 12 million people – more than Georgia’s total population. 32 million Sudanese are surviving with the help of humanitarian assistance.
🇩🇴 A woman who was buried alive during last week’s night club roof collapse in the Dominican Republic that killed 225 people is recounting her ordeal.
🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Representatives of the United States and Iran will meet in Oman again this week to continue “constructive” talks about Iran’s growing nuclear program.
🇻🇦 Pope Francis greeted over 20,000 faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday.
🇬🇧 Elton John has his 10th UK chart-topping album with “Who Believes In Angels?,” a collaboration with Brandi Carlile 52 years after his first number one, “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player.”
🗓️ There’s one day left to apply for the World Affairs Council of Atlanta Global Leadership Fellows, a first-of-its-kind international leadership development experience for early career professionals. Through coaching, training, immersive learning, and international travel, the program transforms high-potential young professionals with 5-15 years of career experience into globally astute leaders ready to lead Atlanta into the future. Learn more and apply today!
🏃 Join Move For Grady on April 26! With three cycling distances and two run/walk options, there’s something for everyone. Then celebrate your accomplishment – and support for Grady – with a fun finish line celebration at Georgia State’s Center Parc Stadium. SPONSOR MESSAGE
4. Appointment TV
If you’re a fan of episodic television, there is a feast of shows to add to your watch list. While these might not fill the hole left by the conclusion of “The White Lotus,” these are definitely worth checking out.
🎙️ Emmy Award winner Jean Smart is back as acidic comedian Deborah Vance in the fourth series of “Hacks” (Max). The two-episode premiere is as funny – and scathing – as you’ve come to expect.
🎧 Ncuti Gatwa is back as the titular “Doctor Who” (Disney+) with a new companion as they hurdle through time and space in a blue police box called the TARDIS. The setup for this season’s big bad is, as usual, timey-wimey.
🎙️ Catherine O’Hara gets to show some of her dramatic chops as she joins the main cast for the second season of the dystopian zombie hit “The Last of Us” (HBO).
🎧 Rebel hero Cassian Andor’s origin story concludes with a second and final season of “Star Wars: Andor” (Disney+) that takes us right up to the events of “Rogue One.”
🏃 Join Move For Grady on April 26! With three cycling distances and two run/walk options, there’s something for everyone. Then celebrate your accomplishment – and support for Grady – with a fun finish line celebration at Georgia State’s Center Parc Stadium. SPONSOR MESSAGE
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