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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters before delivering a speech during a campaign rally of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s general elections are scheduled for November 8, 2015, the first since a nominally civilian government was installed in 2011. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters before delivering a speech during a campaign rally of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s general elections are scheduled for November 8, 2015, the first since a nominally civilian government was installed in 2011. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File) FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters before delivering a speech during a campaign rally of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s general elections are scheduled for November 8, 2015, the first since a nominally civilian government was installed in 2011. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. WHOSE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS FACE A MOMENT OF RECKONING

Republicans Marco Rubio and John Kasich are fighting for their political futures in their home states of Florida and Ohio, while Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is hoping to keep rival Bernie Sanders from building new momentum in Tuesday’s primaries.

2. WHERE A NEW DEMOCRACY HAS ELECTED A PRESIDENT

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as Myanmar’s new president, a watershed moment that ushers the longtime opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi, who is expected to be de facto leader, into government.