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How will each of the Toronto mayoral candidates address the issue of housing?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

With the price of housing still on the rise and many struggling to afford to live in the city, it will be top of mind for many voters heading into the Toronto mayoral byelection.The province has set a target to build 285,000 new homes by 2031 and a plan to reach this goal was announced back in March by the City of Toronto.But each of the candidates have presented their own plan for how to tackle the housing crisis and build affordable housing across the city.Here’s how each of the top mayoral candidates plan to address this issue:Ana BailãoEstablish a specialized Anti-Displacement and Evictions Prevention Unit with 30 staff within Municipal Licensing & Standards.\Commit to ensuring that 20 per cent of all new homes built by 2031 – a minimum of 57,000 homes – will be purpose-built rental homes.Making additional surplus municipal properties available for non-profit and co-operative housing available to build new affordable homes.Hold City Hall accountable and instruct the Ci...

The Beatles are releasing their ‘final’ record. How AI helped make it possible

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said Tuesday.McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the Beatles’ voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary series, “The Beatles: Get Back.” The “new” song is set to be released later this year, he said.Jackson was “able to extricate John’s voice from a ropey little bit of cassette and a piano,” McCartney told BBC radio. “He could separate them with AI, he’d tell the machine, ‘That’s a voice, this is a guitar, lose the guitar’.”“So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles record, it was a demo that John had that we worked on,” he added. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through th...

5 injured after school bus overturns on Dan Ryan Expressway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

CHICAGO — Five people were injured after a school bus overturned Tuesday on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 35th Street.The single-vehicle crash was reported around 2:30 p.m. in the inbound lanes. 5 teens injured after stolen vehicle crashes into fire hydrant on South Side Images from the Illinois Department of Transportation camera appear to show emergency personnel treating people at the scene. The Chicago Fire Department said five people, all students, were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.The driver of the school bus refused medical treatment, the fire department said.It also appears a few people with backpacks were standing next to the bus.The bus was turned upright again shortly after 3 p.m.As of 3:30 p.m., all lanes have reopened, according to the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications. This is a breaking news story and will be updated as it develops.

Chicago Fire Department battles house fire on South Side

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire Tuesday afternoon on the South Side.The fire is in the 4500 block of South Michigan Avenue. 5 injured after school bus overturns on Dan Ryan Expressway The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm fire around 3:50 p.m.Skycam 9 is over the scene. This is a breaking news story.

Search underway for missing Humboldt Park woman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing 18-year-old who was last seen on June 3.Mia Zaragoza, 18, was last seen at her home on the 1600 block of North Talman Avenue in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood around 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 3. CPD: Missing 15-year-old girl last seen leaving home in Humboldt Park She is described as 5-foot-4, weighing 120 pounds, with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes.Anyone with information regarding Mia Zaragoza's whereabouts are asked to contact the Chicago Police Department at 312-746-6554.

Thousands win Pick 3 lottery in Illinois with a single number

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

ILLINOIS — More than 8,600 lottery players in Illinois struck pay day by playing 7-7-7 in Monday's evening Pick 3 draw. Google’s $23M settlement: How to file a claim and how much you may get A winning combination normally reserved for slot machines, the triple 7 ticket came with a $250 prize for those who made a 50 cent play and a $500 prize for those who made a $1 play. In total, $2.1 million in prizes were awarded for the draw. Exactly 8,644 tickets matched the 7-7-7 draw.Pick 3 and Pick 4 plus Fireball are Illinois-only lottery games, each with two daily draws conducted at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.

Trump vows to 'never drop out' of 2024 race while fundraising off second indictment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

(The Hill) — Former President Trump continued to fundraise off his second indictment by vowing to “never drop out” of the 2024 presidential race."They can indict me, they can arrest me, but I know - and the American people know - that I am an innocent man," Trump wrote in a fundraising email. "My only offense is challenging the corrupt ruling class and fighting for the forgotten men and women of our country." Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment Trump claimed that a reporter asked him whether the Justice Department would drop its federal indictment against the former president if he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. He added in the email that this was an example of “extortion,” arguing that he would never drop out of the race."If I were to drop out, what precent would that set going forward?" he asked, adding "Presidents would be decided by extortion, not by elections."“I will never drop out of the 2024 presidential race,” he wrote in large red font....

Amazon Web Services outage disrupts services across US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – From New York City bus service to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, problems affecting Amazon Web Services appear to have rippled across a number of services and companies Tuesday.Outage website Down Detector shows that reports of an outage came in around 2:56 p.m. ET, with similar outages showing up for companies such as McDonald's, Delta, Ally, Roku, and others."Service status info on our website and MYmta app is temporarily unavailable because of an Amazon Web Services outage," New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority warned riders.The outage kicked in at an especially inopportune time for The Associated Press, which lost the ability to operate its sites just as former President Trump appeared in federal court. The AP resorted to sharing updates on Twitter.Online marketplace StockX notified users of the outage, tweeting, "You may be having a hard time accessing StockX right now due to an Amazon Web Services outage affecting several platforms."Nati...

Virginia 1st-grade teacher who was shot by student was fired, attorney says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) -- First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner who was shot by her 6-year-old student in January no longer works for Newport News Public Schools.WAVY obtained a copy of an email sent to Zwerner on May 22 that states, "NNPS has processed a separation of employment for you effective the close of business 06/12/2023."The one-page email from the Human Resources Department explains exiting information, per standard NNPS policy. Drugs, but no trigger lock found in 6-year-old Richneck shooter’s home Zwerner's attorney Jeffrey Breit on Tuesday called this a firing."I don’t think you can read this any other way than you’ve been fired. And that’s what she thinks. She doesn’t understand it; there’s no other communication," Breit said told WAVY.According to NNPS spokesperson Michelle Price, Zwerner notified the school system in March that she would not be returning. Price provided this statement to WAVY:The email that Ms. Zwerner...

Taylor makes changes after birds die in July 4 fireworks show, some say it's not enough

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:31 GMT

TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) -- Fireworks are a traditional part of marking Independence Day, but some people in one Williamson County community are concerned the loud bangs and flashing lights will once again impact birds nesting in a park. In 2022, a fireworks show hosted by the City of Taylor in Murphy Park caused nesting egrets to scatter when the fireworks went off. Many of the birds were killed in the chaos, as birds flew into power lines and baby birds were knocked out of their nests.  PREVIOUS: Migratory birds die, babies fall from trees after fireworks show in Taylor This year, city leaders said they're making some changes.“This year the City of Taylor will move the launch of the fireworks display to a location that is further away from the egret habitat at Murphy Park. While the previous launch site was 200 feet from the habitat, the new site will be more than 1,000 feet away from it to avoid harming the egrets that live there," the city said. Some residents told KXAN ...