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Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 5 years in prison for corruption

The verdict was not unexpected. She is already serving a six-year term after being sentenced last year by a military-run court for violating COVID restrictions and illegally importing walkie-talkies.

The seven actresses in POTUS, now on Broadway. Julie White (left, top), Lilli Cooper, Rachel Dratch, Vanessa Williams, Lea DeLaria, Julianne Howe (front left), Suzy Nakamura

Broadway's 'POTUS': Should these women save the president?

Seven comic actresses star in a new play by a 28-year-old up-and-coming playwright.

News brief: Kids' COVID vaccines, Russia-Ukraine war, Rep. Cawthorn cited

CDC data show 3 out of 4 U.S. children have had COVID. The head of the U.N. was in Moscow Tuesday, meeting with Russian President Putin. Rep. Madison Cawthorn cited for a loaded handgun at an airport.

Unit 5 hosted three community engagement meetings this week to begin a six-month process of assessing how residents in the district want to address its growing deficit.

Unit 5 community meeting on financial crisis draws big virtual crowd

A virtual public information session about Unit 5’s financial crisis, and whether addressing it might include pushing for a tax hike referendum, drew about 200 attendees Tuesday night.

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

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