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People fleeing from heavy shelling board an evacuation train at Pokrovsk train station, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 22, 2022. Civilians fleeing areas near the eastern front in the war in Ukraine Sunday described scenes of devastation as their towns and villages came under sustained attack from Russian forces. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

'They ruined everything': Fleeing the devastation in Ukraine

Houses on fire. Artillery blasting through thick apartment walls. People hiding in basements without electricity, water or gas as their towns are pulverized above them.
Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.

Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkey pox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkey pox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe.

Expert: Monkey pox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe

A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkey pox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe.
Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. In May 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they are now looking into 180 possible cases across the U.S. More than 20 other countries have reported hundreds more cases in total, though the largest numbers have been in the U.K. and U.S.

Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children

Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world.
FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., departs the House chamber at the end of votes, at the Capitol in Washington, May 12, 2022. Greene is testing Republican voters' tolerance for controversy in the May 24, 2022, Republican primary. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
2022 midterms: What to watch in Georgia, Texas, elsewhere
Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday's primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump
A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 23, 2022. Pakistan launched a new anti-polio drive on Monday, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive after 3rd case found
Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan
FILE - Filao trees form a curtain that protects the beginning of the Great Green Wall, planted to slow coastal erosion along the Atlantic Ocean, in Lompoul village near Kebemer, Senegal, Nov. 5, 2021. A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa's Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa's Green Wall
A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa's Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before departing Tehran's Mehrabad airport for a trip to Oman, Monday, May, 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran vows revenge over killing of Guard member in Tehran
Iran's hard-line president has vowed revenge over the killing of a senior Revolutionary Guard member who was gunned down in the heart of Tehran
FILE - Rohingya refugee girl Azida plays on a makeshift swing tied to World Food Program (WFP) containers inside Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has crossed the milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts, The U.N. refugee agency said Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
UN refugee agency: Number of displaced tops 100 million
The U.N. refugee agency says that the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has crossed the milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts
This combination of photos show chef Mario Pagán, who owns five restaurants in Puerto Rico, preparing a dish and drinks during The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo., on Sept. 11, 2021. (Hal Williams Photography via AP)
Puerto Rico food scene thriving after string of disasters
The Puerto Rican food scene had reached its peak
A great blue heron takes flight while searching for food at the Burnidge Forest Preserve in Elgin. Join naturalists to learn how to ID birds during “Summer Bird Watching.”
Sign up for bird watching programs this summer
Enjoy the changing seasons as you hike, look, and listen for the birds inhabiting the local forest preserves this summer.
FILE - Ilana Diener holds her son, Hudson, 3, during an appointment for a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial in Commack, N.Y. on Nov. 30, 2021. Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news. Pfizer said Monday, May 23, 2022, that three doses of its vaccines offers strong protection to those under 5. That news comes a month after Moderna said it would ask regulators to OK its two shot regimen for the youngest kids. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin, File)
What's next for COVID-19 vaccines for youngest US children
Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Warren Township High School held its graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 22 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates.
Warren, Lake Zurich, York, Palatine, Naperville Central, Naperville North and Maine Twp. D207 graduation ceremonies
St. Viator’s Emmi Scales celebrates as she wins the 100-meter hurdles during the Class 2A girls state track finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston Saturday.
IHSA class 2A and 3A girls track state finals
Round Lake High School seniors decorated their caps for Saturday’s graduation ceremony including Gaquoria Echols.
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Graduate Tuba Azhar laughs with classmates before the Hoffman Estates High School graduation ceremony at Now Arena on Friday, May 20, 2022.
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Glenbrook South’s Abigail Milott competes in long jump during the Class 3A girls state track preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston Friday.
IHSA class 2A and 3A girls state track preliminaries
Lake Park High School seniors enter at the start of their graduation ceremony at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates on Thursday, May 19.
Lake Park, St. Edward, Burlington Central and Glenbard West graduation ceremonies
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