Five things to know Wednesday, March 16:

1. It was a make-or-break day of voting for the presidential hopefuls. [who was broken | chances of a brokered GOP convention |  Trump wins, but not enough | California governor jokes about Trump's wall | Clinton likely Democratic nominee]

2. A female Senate Republican is blocking a bill to find and collect neglected rape kits. [Greg Bluestein tells you why]

3. The Georgia teacher under fire for calling a student "the dumbest" he ever met, has resigned. [Ernie Suggs has the details]

4. You will want to find an alternate route if you have to be in the Perimeter Mall area today. [Jennifer Brett tells you why]

5. Winter is coming ... back. Sort of [Lauren Foreman has details on an expected cold front | your Atlanta weather forecast]

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March is Women's History Month. We're celebrating by bringing you the stories of women who made history. Today we feature Toshiko Akiyoshi, who received a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master award.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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