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COVID-19 lockdowns may impact cognitive ability, risk assessment: study

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — People around the world have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and those negative impacts may have altered their cognitive abilities, risk avoidance and civic-mindedness for the worse, new research suggests. A peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports analyzed questionnaires from 4,890

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Chicago surprises the city with the traditional green river for St. Patrick’s Day after saying the event was canceled

The green river wasn’t supposed to flow for St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago this year, but the city surprised its residents by carrying on the tradition unannounced. To help curb crowds again due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chicago officials canceled the annual dying of the Chicago River event — a longstanding St. Patrick’s Day tradition.

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After nearly 3 months of looking for a COVID-19 vaccine, this couple finally got shots thanks to an online tool anyone can use

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — 65-year-old Kenneth Hartenstine described it as a ‘vicious cycle’ when he first spoke to FOX43 back in January about the trouble he was experiencing getting him and his wife a COVID-19 vaccine. By February he said he had lost count of how many places

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200 opposition activists detained at democratic forum in Moscow. Russian authorities says they were breaking Covid-19 protocol

Around 200 opposition activists were detained in Moscow on Saturday, according to a statement from Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. The detentions are the latest in a series of crackdowns sustained by members of the opposition following Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s arrest and imprisonment. Navalny was detained in January on his arrival from Germany, where

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Chris Harrison is out as host of the next ‘Bachelorette’ season

Chris Harrison’s journey with “The Bachelorette” is over, at least for now, after a controversy over racially insensitive comments. The longtime host of “The Bachelor” reality franchise will not be back to guide the next “Bachelorette” on her search for love, producers announced on Twitter late Friday. Former “Bachelorette” stars Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe

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