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People 60 years and older should not start taking daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Those currently taking it, can consult their doctors about whether to continue.

Older adults shouldn't start a routine of daily aspirin, task force says

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says people 60 and older should not start taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes. People ages 40 to 59 should consult their doctor.

Representatives from Carle BroMenn Medical Center and Illinois-based organ donation nonprofit Gift of Hope lead a memorial service for Theo Briggs, a Bloomington man who donated his organs after he died last year, on Tuesday in Normal.

Bloomington organ donor's gift is recognized at Carle BroMenn memorial

On Tuesday afternoon, during a small memorial outside of Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, it was a donor who was on the forefront of everyone’s minds.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva disputed allegations that he orchestrated the cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate's head last year.

The LA sheriff now says no charges for the reporter who wrote about a cover-up

Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he was investigating leaked materials, including a video published by the Los Angeles Times in an article by reporter Alene Tchekmedyian that detailed inmate abuse.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on Monday. Stocks continued a recent sell-off over economic and earnigns fears.

Shares continue to slump as fears about the economy and earnings grip Wall Street

The Dow dropped by more than 800 points as investors deal with a slew of concerns, including disappointing earnings and the prospect of sharply higher interest rates.

A health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a young girl as other children wait for their turn at a school in Karachi, Pakistan on February 28, 2022. In response to an uptick in cases of vaccine-derived polio — a form of the disease that stems from the oral vaccine — many countries are rolling out a new oral polio vaccine.

How the U.S. case might tie into the global upswing in polio

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Now there's a likely U.S. case. Researchers are looking for ways to stop it.

Talkington 4/29/2022

Today's programming is made possible in part by WGLT Day Sponsor Charlotte Talkington celebrating Westminster Village’s recognition as a Tree Campus Healthcare program by the Arbor Day Foundation. Westminster is the first retirement center in Illinois to earn this honor. Happy Arbor Day!Learn how you can become a WGLT Day Sponsor.

5/5/2022 Lage

Today's programming is made possible in part by WGLT Day Sponsors Scott and Theresa Lage. They congratulate their kids, Kelly and Matt, on their graduations this weekend from Ball State University and Illinois State University. Chirp, chirp, and Go Redbirds.Learn how you can become a WGLT Day Sponsor.

Activists holds posters against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, during a candlelight vigil gathering outside the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

Singapore executes disabled Malaysian convicted in drug case

Supporters and lawyers of the man said he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled, and that the execution of a mentally ill person was prohibited under international human rights law.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is shown on Nov. 4, 2019, when she participated in the ASEAN-Japan summit in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

Her supporters and independent legal experts consider her prosecution an unjust move to discredit Suu Kyi and legitimize the military's 2021 seizure of power.

Atlanta aims to turn brick factory with an ugly past into something honorable

City leaders are working to build a memorial at an old brick factory site to honor victims of convict leasing. After the Civil War, thousands of Black men were forced to work at the factory.

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