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TIFF is almost here. That means a ton of road closures in Toronto

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

Road closures begin early Thursday morning to accommodate the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).TIFF runs from September 7 to 17.As of 2 a.m. on Thursday until September 11, vehicles will be banned on the following routes.King Street West, from University Avenue to Spadina AvenueDuncan Street, from King Street West to Pearl StreetJohn Street, from Wellington Street West to Pearl StreetWindmer Street, from King Street West to Adelaide Street WestEmily Street, from Wellington Street West to King Street WestAdditionally, Simcoe Street, from Wellington Street West to Pearl Street, will be closed to vehicles and bicycles from 5 a.m. on Thursday until 5 a.m. on September 12.Front Street West from Bay Street to University Avenue will be closed to westbound traffic from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. on September 10.The City of Toronto says it will adjust traffic signals in the area and, if needed, bring in traffic agents.Notable changes on TTC routesThe TTC is making some adjustments to some of...

The Bulls are hitting the road for training camp

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

CHICAGO — While there are a lot of things that are the same about the Bulls this season, there is one thing that's going to be different.That's where the team is going to hold a portion of their training camp, as the team's staff has elected to hit the road to get ready for the 2023-2024 campaign.In what is a departure from their recent routine the Bulls, the team will hold a portion of their preseason workouts in a different city, electing to to go Nashville for five days of practice.Following their Advocate Center media day on Monday, October 2, the Bulls will travel to Belmont University where they'll hold practices starting on October 3. See the Bulls 2023-2024 regular season schedule They're scheduled to workout every day through Saturday, October 7 at the Crockett Center on campus before heading to Milwaukee for their preseason opener the next day. Head coach Billy Donovan will then hold the remainder of the practices during the preseason in Chicago. After the contest again...

CPD: 4 migrants arrested for threatening, assaulting 12th district officers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department alleges that several officers were threatened, assaulted, and battered by migrants living at the 12th district emergency shelter.According to the CPD, as many as four individuals face criminal charges surrounding the violent incidents. ‘Absolutely unacceptable:’ FOP President Catanzara slams migrant conditions at police stations One incident involving two individuals, identified as migrants by police sources, occurred just after 6:15 a.m. Wednesday.The first allegedly took property from the district and attempted to flee. While a second allegedly battered a responding officer who sustained minor injuries transported to an area hospital in good condition.Two other violent or threatening incidents reported around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday morning involved 12th district migrants.20-year-old Juan Marquez Vienna was arrested, charged, and now faces one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to property and one misdemeanor count of assault, according to ...

Trump says he would 'love to debate' Meghan Markle

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

(The Hill) – Former President Trump says he would "love to debate" Meghan, the duchess of Sussex.The hypothetical head-to-head between the actress formerly known as Meghan Markle and the 45th president was floated by radio host Hugh Hewitt on his eponymous show during an interview with Trump on Wednesday.Asked if he would sit down with Meghan and her husband Prince Harry “for the ratings” in what Hewitt speculated would be a widely viewed event, Trump replied, “If you want to set it up, let’s set it up.”“Let’s go do something,” Trump said. “I’d love to debate her. I would love it.”“I disagree so much with what they’re doing,” he added, pointing to what he described as the “great disrespect” the pair showed the late Queen Elizabeth II.“I said that I don’t think they are very appropriate what they’re saying, what they’re doing, and I didn’t like the way she dealt with the queen,” Trump told Hewitt.Harry and Meghan, who wed in 2018, stepped down as full-time working members of the...

Prosecutors will seek Hunter Biden indictment by end of September

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

Special counsel David Weiss will seek to indict Hunter Biden before the end of this month, the prosecutor said in a court filing updating a judge on his investigation into the president's son's failure to pay taxes.“The Speedy Trial Act requires that the Government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest,” Weiss wrote.“The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date.”The filing from Weiss comes as a plea deal with Biden fell apart before it could be approved by a judge. Biden was prepared to plead guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay taxes as well as enter a diversion program relating to a failure to acknowledge drug use when purchasing a gun.But the deal collapsed as it was reviewed by a judge, with prosecutors and attorneys for Biden left unclear of the extent the president’s son would be immune to prosecution on other matters.Weiss — the U.S. attorney for Delaware who...

One person seriously injured after rollover in West Lake Hills, ATCEMS says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

WEST LAKE HILLS, Texas -- One person suffered "potentially serious" injuries after a rollover crash in West Lake Hills on Wednesday, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.At approximately 1:40 p.m., medics responded to the rollover at 2900-3115 Bee Cave Rd in West Lake Hills, the agency said on Twitter. Medics said one adult person was involved and was pinned in their vehicle. An extraction was in progress, and medics were able to extricate them from the vehicle.The person was taken to St. David's South Austin Medical Center with potentially serious injuries, medics said.No other information was available, and EMS was no longer on the scene, medics said.

Travis County's mental health authority could get money from Central Health to offset staff cuts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- At a Central Health Board of Managers meeting Wednesday, members could vote to shuffle roughly $7 million in funding from its reserve fund to Integral Care -- Travis County's largest mental health provider -- in an attempt to offset recently announced staff cuts. The amendment to Central Health's budget, which is expected to be voted on Wednesday, comes from former Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen who now sits on both the Integral Care and Central Health boards. "I anticipate that Central Health will give appropriate consideration to this immediate issue. I encourage the Board of Managers to support this need now," Mayor Kirk Watson posted in his latest newsletter. To remedy a roughly $22 million shortfall in federal and state funding next fiscal year, Integral Care is slashing nearly 10% of its staff positions, some of which are vacant, a board meeting Thursday revealed.The Integral Care board signed off on a budget Aug. 31, which includes eliminating 115 pos...

St. Paul City Council debates limits, penalties on public marijuana use

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

For decades, progressives have fought Big Tobacco at every turn, successfully curbing smoking in bars, restaurants and office buildings in Minnesota while citing the negative health impacts of secondhand smoke.And for almost as long, many progressives have fought to decriminalize the use of recreational marijuana, noting the disproportionate impact on renters, low-income residents and people of color incarcerated or denied jobs and housing because of minor drug offenses.The two seemingly contradictory campaigns — restricting smoking and allowing more of it — are squaring off in St. Paul, where city council members have been debating when and where to allow marijuana consumption and what penalties should follow rule-breakers.St. Paul and Ramsey County already prohibit tobacco use in parks, outside of public buildings and in other city- and county-run spaces.A proposal before the city council Wednesday would also ban the smoking of marijuana, cannabis and hemp in the city&...

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, looks to set up $700M data center in Rosemount

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

Meta Platforms Inc., was revealed last week to be the potential new operator of a data center in Rosemount.Approval for the $700 million data center to be built on a 280-acre parcel of UMore Park near County Road 42 and Dakota County Technical College rests in the hands of the University’s Board of Regents, which is expected to vote Thursday afternoon.Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is trying to buy a 280-acre parcel of UMore Park in Rosemount to build a data center. Approval for the sale will be decided Sept. 7, 2023 by the Board of Regents. (Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents)Xcel Energy filed a petition last year to supply electricity to a data center for Amber Kestral LLC, a Roseville-based company with its principal place of business in Delaware. As of last week, the company “believes it is an appropriate time to reveal that it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Meta Platforms,” per a filing submitted to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.The dat...

Letters: Call a special session to fix the school resource officer issues

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:22 GMT

Call a special sessionOur state of Minnesota as well as the rest of the world is spinning out of control and those that are responsible (our elected officials) continue put their heads in the sand. Rules and laws are not enforced, judges use plea bargains when criminals come before them in the courts, and they are granted a stayed or reduced sentence or are released due to not enough evidence to prosecute. Yet, in many cases, innocent lives have been lost and sacrificed as a result of the actions of these offenders causing much pain and anguish to their loved ones left behind. Meanwhile, the perpetrators are once again free to go on another spree. Who do the laws actually protect? The offenders or the innocent?During the Minnesota State Legislature session in 2023, mega bills were passed at an excessive rate of speed by the majority Democratic party but lacking details and interpretation for all to understand. They were so proud of what they accomplished, but what was lacking during...