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COVID-19 survivors with prolonged symptoms at greater risk for depression: study

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that some COVID-19 patients who suffer from prolonged symptoms after recovery, including anxiety, mood disorders, sleep problems and fatigue, are at a greater risk for depression. The study, conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that

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At least 30 students missing as armed men abduct students in new Nigeria kidnappings

At least 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in Kaduna state northwest Nigeria Thursday night, according to authorities. The students were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Kaduna. It is the third mass kidnapping from an academic institution in northern Nigeria this year. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner

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Sheriff’s office ‘Operation Gold Star’ leads to multiple arrests, firearms, drugs

Click here for updates on this story     FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A major law enforcement operation in the Fresno County mountains on Wednesday. It started with knocks at doors. Deputies and officers showed up unannounced to do compliance checks on probationers, parolees, registered sex offenders, and known arsonists. Those not in compliance were handcuffed and

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AstraZeneca says ‘no evidence’ of blood clot risk from vaccine as countries suspend its use

The global rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has encountered another hurdle as a handful of countries paused their use of the shot following reports it could be connected to blood clots, despite no clear evidence of a link. AstraZeneca has robustly defended its vaccine, saying Friday there was “no evidence of an increased risk”

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A man wrongfully convicted of murder sues a rental car company for not providing a receipt that supported his alibi

A Michigan man was recently exonerated of murder, a charge for which he spent nearly five years in prison. Now, he’s suing a rental car company for not providing records that, his lawyers say, would’ve exonerated him earlier. Herbert Alford was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder in 2016 and freed in 2020 after the Hertz

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