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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades, reflecting growing anger at Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on all nuclear-related activity.

One candidate so far for Bryant’s seat
ATLANTA — One candidate qualified Wednesday for the special election to complete the term of Rep. Bob Bryant, who died Feb. 25.
Qualifying continues up to noon Friday for the nonpartisan special election to be held March 29.
The winner will be sworn in after the current legislative session has ended but will be listed as the incumbent on the primary and general election ballots later this year.

The Savannah-Chatham Public School Board approved a five-year contract Wednesday for converting to an IE2/strategic waivers district, which will be sent to state officials for final approval at the end of the month.
The state mandated that all of Georgia’s public schools become charter districts, which means authority shifts to autonomous school councils — or IE2/strategic waivers districts. District officials are granted flexibility from state education mandates in exchange for higher academic benchmarks.

WASHINGTON — Staring down the prospect of nominating Donald Trump for pres

ATLANTA — Hillary Clinton’s decisive primary victory in Georgia confirmed one maxim in state politics: Democrats need African-American voters to win.
Clinton’s victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders hinged on turning out the state’s large black population, which is a historically Democratic voting bloc. About 4 in 10 voters in Georgia’s Democratic primary were African-American, and about 8 in 10 of them favored Clinton. That mirrors her strong showing among black voters in South Carolina over the weekend and in other Southern states Tuesday.

Mel Gordon was looking into the story of infamous speed traps and corruption in his native Ludowici when he found something that intrigued him more.
“I looked in an old Bible I borrowed from a cousin of mine, and it has a letter in it, in pencil, talking about her trying to trace Casimir Pulaski because somewhere in her history she had heard that her great-great grandmother, which would be my fourth generation grandmother, claimed to be the illegitimate child of Casimir Pulaski,” said Gordon, who lives on Wilmington Island.

Cockfighting could be a felony in home of fighting Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a state where the flagship university’s mascot is a fighting gamecock, some legislators are trying to toughen the penalties for cockfighting, which is illegal in all 50 states.
Currently a misdemeanor in South Carolina, the crime would become a felony on second and subsequent convictions under legislation considered Wednesday by a Senate panel, punishable by up to a $3,000 fine and five years in prison.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Ah, there’s nothing like a blast of fresh, frigid air to welcome you back to the planet after nearly a year cooped up in space.