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In the next 10 minutes, we'll get the lowdown on what's up in the world.

I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News.

Okay, does anyone else feel like bedtime came a little early on Sunday?

I know I did.

That's because daylight saving time just ended.

Finally!

Right!

Back in November, when it started, correspondent Anya Schultz explains why we move our

clocks forwards and backwards an hour every year.

You should give that episode a listen if you haven't already and catch up on the history

of the custom while it's still around, because it may not be forever.

What?

In fact, this was supposed to be the last year that all 27 countries in the European Union

were going to participate in the tradition.

A whole movement against daylight saving has developed over the years.

This includes a rare group of Republican and Democratic senators working together

on the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, which aims to end the practice in the U.S.

Studies have linked the disruptive effects of the change to higher rates of heart attacks, car crashes, and workplace injuries.

That is bad.

But, shucker, the coronavirus got in the way of the European Union's plans to break free from daylight saving time.

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