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‘It’s a problem’: As society reopens, many still suffering from pandemic anxiety

By Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Even though more than 80 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated and many businesses and schools have reopened across the country, the anxiety many people have experienced during the pandemic doesn’t appear to be abating.

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80 million European households struggle to stay warm. Rising energy costs will make the problem worse. Pictured is an electricity transmission tower near Rayleigh

80 million European households struggle to stay warm. Rising energy costs will make the problem worse

By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Millions of people across Europe may not be able to afford to heat their homes this winter as gas and electricity prices soar. Experts, anti-poverty organizations and environmental campaigners are warning that the coronavirus pandemic and rising prices have intensified a longstanding problem tied to a combination of high energy

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Continúa la trágica caída del Barcelona tras la paliza del Benfica en la Champions League

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Por definición, solo puede haber un fondo, pero el Barcelona parece estar descubriendo una nueva profundidad cada pocas semanas. Poco más de quince días después del 3-0 que le endosó el Bayern Munich, el Benfica se impuso este miércoles en Lisboa al equipo de Ronald Koeman por el mismo resultado,

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‘I’m past angry’: Police shooting victims’ families, civil rights leaders condemn failed police reform talks

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Bridgett Floyd said she could barely find the words to describe her disappointment in lawmakers for failing to pass sweeping police reform legislation that bears her brother George Floyd’s name. “I’m past upset, I’m past angry,” she told CNN this week. The Floyd family, she said, waited more than a

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More Americans are dying from drug overdoses. Pictured is the prescription painkiller Oxycodon.

Biden administration grapples with American addiction as overdose deaths hit a record high

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN With a growing number of Americans dying from drug overdoses and concerns over addiction rising, the Biden administration has found itself facing a nationwide crisis that keeps escalating as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on. On the campaign trail, Biden presented a comprehensive plan to address the opioid epidemic, but his public

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Judge Charles Breyer sits in his chambers at the federal courthouse in San Francisco in 2016.  Breyer is a member of the sentencing commission.

Compassionate release became a life-or-death lottery for thousands of federal inmates during the pandemic

By Casey Tolan, CNN The assessment was dire: Horacio Estrada-Elias had “less than 18 months” left to live, his prison doctor wrote last year in a document submitted with the 90-year-old inmate’s request for compassionate release. Estrada-Elias, who is serving a life sentence in federal prison for a nonviolent marijuana trafficking crime, suffers from congestive

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Monica Lewinsky detalla los problemas de salud mental que sufrió durante el escándalo del caso Clinton

Juan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — Monica Lewinsky reflexionó sobre las luchas de salud mental que soportó en la década de 1990 en medio del escándalo que rodeó su aventura con el entonces presidente Bill Clinton, detallando en una nueva entrevista el daño que sufrió y cómo ella ha recuperado su historia en los años

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Por primera vez desde junio, el número de muertes previstas por covid-19 en Estados Unidos disminuye

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Por primera vez desde junio, se espera que la tasa de nuevas muertes por covid-19 en EE.UU. disminuya en las próximas cuatro semanas, según un pronóstico conjunto de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Y por tercera semana consecutiva, el

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