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When Samuel Bonne received $15,000 in student grants to fund his studies, he wasn't expecting to have to pay it back.But just two years later in the middle of the pandemic those grants were converted to loans.At the end of his sophomore year at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) asked Bonne, originally from Mauritius, for his parents' financial documents, but they couldn't provide them.

Juventus first move of the summer comes as no surprise.Both Juve and Tottenham announced Saturday evening that the London-based club have signed Swedish attacker Dejan Kulusevski outright for a €30 million price tag.It's not the initial €35 million price that was part of the original deal with Tottenham that saw Kulusevski head to the Premier League on an 18-month loan, but with Spurs' failure to qualify for the Champions League next season the two sides had to negotiate the terms of the deal in earnest.

CLIMATEWIRE | HELENA, Mont.Young people suing Montana for embracing fossil fuels will wrap up their case Friday, closing out a week of bashing officials for ignoring climate effects they say are warming the state's famed fishing rivers, melting its iconic glaciers and harming its youngest residents.

"To foster and expand a 'vibrant and inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem supported by intellectual property across the United States,' the USPTO is asking stakeholders to weigh in on 16 total questions in its RFC."The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices.

The Tory government's plan to place asylum seekers in a barge at an east London dock has been rejected, Sadiq Khan has told Suella Braverman.The London mayor urged the home secretary to rule out use of barges in the capital as he attacked the Rishi Sunak government's cruel and inhumane policy to deal with migrants arriving by small boats.

The UK owes a whopping 6.2 trillion ($7.7 trillion) in climate reparations by 2050, according to a ground-breaking new study that quantifies how much highly industrialised nations should be liable to pay for emitting more carbon than others.The study published in the scientific journal Nature Sustainability finds that countries in the global north, including the US and the UK, owe a staggering 137 trillion ($170 trillion) in total in climate reparations for emitting more carbon than countries in the global south.

The chairwoman of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is expected to respond for the first time to a High Court challenge of her request for Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages.Baroness Heather Hallett is due to hold a preliminary inquiry hearing on Tuesday in which she is set to address ministers' decision to bring forward a judicial review.

"If it is necessary that the acts of program transmission in question be completed entirely within the territory of Japan, even formally, such a person who attempts to practice a patented invention without authorization could easily escape liability for patent infringement....It would be extremely unjust to allow such an underhanded act in today's digital society."

The San Jose Sharks will likely spend the 2023 offseason remaking significant portions of their roster, possibly starting with the goaltender position.They have just one goalie with substantial NHL experience under contract in Kaapo Kahkonen, and his deal expires at the end of next season.As such, now might be a good time to plan an outlook for who will man San Jose's net for years to come.

"Why wouldn't the AI developer be in the same position as the party who commissioned a painting or in the same position as an employer who hires an employee to invent?...The statutes on which the court decisions are based didn't have sophisticated AI in view.I assert, as in the past, those statutes will be revised."

Labor regulators issued a ruling on Tuesday that makes it more likely for workers to be considered employees rather than contractors under federal law.Overturning a ruling issued when the board was under Republican control, the decision effectively increases the number of workers like drivers, construction workers or janitors who have a federally protected right to unionize or take other collective action, such as protesting unsafe working conditions.

The Toronto Raptors finally brought an end to one of the longest coaching searches in recent memory.Instead of bringing back former Raptors assistant Sergio Scariolo, Toronto decided to hire Memphis Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic, who spent the last four seasons under Taylor Jenkins.Rajakovic was long thought to be one of the three finalists for the Toronto job, joining Scariolo and former Nets coach Kenny Atkinson.

Jose Trevino's blistering first half last year was a shot in the arm for the Yankees, and propelled him to his first American League All-Star nod.We all know of his Platinum Glove defensive prowess, but his contributions with the bat upon arriving took the lineup to the next level.Even so, fans knew that his offensive performance was likely unsustainable - the first half of 2022 was his longest stretch as an above-average hitter so far in his career.

Global technology company Brand Metrics, which works with publishers to demonstrate the effectiveness of digital advertising, has developed a pioneering partnership with music video streaming service XITE to pioneer a world-first CTV measurement solution.Brand Metrics will apply its measurement methodology to XITE's CTV campaigns, to provide advertisers with evidence of campaign effectiveness.

As chair of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has the unilateral power to block health-related nominees.Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has fired a shot across the bow to the White House in his latest move in his quest to lower prescription drug prices in the U.S.
Sanders has vowed to oppose all health-related nominees, including President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), until the Biden administration presents a "comprehensive" plan to address the prescription drug price crisis in the U.S.
"I will oppose all nominations until we have a very clear strategy on the part of the government ... as to how we're going to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs," Sanders told The Washington Post.

It has long been an axiom of the House majority: Vote against a piece of legislation put forth by your party if you absolutely must, but never, ever vote against the rule to bring that legislation to the floor.Until the last few weeks, that standard had held for more than two decades.But now, about a dozen rebellious House Republicans have decided to leverage their badly needed votes on the routine procedural measures to win policy concessions, breaking the longstanding code of party discipline and threatening the traditional operation of the House.

An ordinance that heavily restricts where and when unhoused residents can rest in the city was approved by the Portland City Council 3-1 on Wednesday, June 7.Commissioner Carmen Rubio was the lone "no" vote.Commissioner Mingus Mapps was absent.The ordinance was brought forward by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's office the week prior, drawing five hours of public testimony and written comments from almost 500 people.

Maturity frameworks have varying levels of information management maturity.Each level corresponds to not only increased data maturity, but also increased organizational maturity and bottom-line ROI.These are the recommended targets to achieve an effective information management program.The speaker's maturity framework sequences the information management activities for your consideration.

In today's NHL rumors rundown, the Los Angeles Kings are reportedly looking at making a trade splash this offseason.Meanwhile, the Calgary Flames appear to have found their new head coach, but in the process, could they lose a potential assistant?There is apparently no truth to any rumors that the Montreal Canadiens might be interested in goaltender Carter Hart and the St. Louis Blues will be looking to move one of their big-ticket defensemen.

The Boston Celtics' Eastern Conference Finals elimination opened the floodgates for Jaylen Brown trade proposals - which makes sense considering previous comments made about "toxic" fans in the city of Boston and the looming potential $295 million supermax now on the table after his All-NBA Second Team 2022-23 season.

Monday, June 12, 2023 by Chad Swiatecki
"Water is nonpartisan.But, oh, my God, it is totally political."Those words, from Central Texas Water Coalition President Jo Karr Tedder, summarized much of the fraught and frank discussion about the future of water resources in Central Texas during a luncheon panel last week in front of local development and real estate leaders.

D'Arcy Drollinger, the country's first drag laureate, poses with the Pride flag outside San Francisco City Hall on June 2, 2023.Chloe Veltman/NPR Getting D'Arcy Drollinger ready for her fidrst official appearance as San Francisco drag laureate was a production.The artist, night club owner and newly appointed government official stood in the living room of her San Francisco apartment as two helpers grappled with a set of bejeweled, custom-made artificial nails and wedged her into a pair of white patent stilettos and a tight, pink skirt suit.

A panel of experts who advise the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed on June 9 that a late-stage study of a drug for Alzheimer's disease showed that it was beneficial in slowing cognitive decline.Lecanemab (brand name: Leqembi), made by Eisai and Biogen, was granted accelerated FDA approval in Jan. 2023 based on early-stage studies of the drug's effectiveness, and the companies submitted additional data to support full approval for the drug.

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Pride flags will not fly at Orange County government-owned properties after a vote Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors.Supervisors voted to permit only U.S. government and military-related flags to be flown at county properties, effectively barring pride flags.

My first glimpse of Claire Denis is of a slight, elegant figure dressed in white slipping out of a black limousine that fills the narrow street outside the hotel where our rendezvous is scheduled.For an instant, I feel as if I have been sucked into the menacing world of her latest film.I have just travelled to Paris to interview her, and have arrived early because I am anxious not to waste a minute of the 45 I have been granted to investigate the extraordinary career of a French director idolised by peers such as Barry Jenkins, Charlotte Wells, Andrea Arnold and Pedro Almodovar and whose work is a fixture of critics' lists of the best movies ever made.

The Yankees expect to play both games of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, manager Aaron Boone said, despite poor air quality from Canadian wildfires continuing to linger."Had a call with Major League Baseball and said we are a go, so here we go," Boone said at his pregame press conference.

The Yankees expect to play both games of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, manager Aaron Boone said, despite poor air quality from Canadian wildfires continuing to linger."Had a call with Major League Baseball and said we are a go, so here we go," Boone said at his pregame press conference.

For the third day in a row, Toronto is under a special weather statement for high levels of pollution in the air and climate and environment experts say while the city's multi-day air event is unprecedented, residents should anticipate that smoky conditions could become a more frequent occurrence.Environment Canada had previously predicted Thursday's air would be the worst experienced in the city this week, brought on by wildfires in Quebec an other parts of Ontario.

Peter Khill will serve eight years in federal prison for the killing of Six Nations man Jon Styres.Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman sentenced Khill on Tuesday in a packed Hamilton courtroom, seven years after he shot Styres in the driveway of Khill's home.One night in February 2016, Khill, then 26, woke up to noises outside.

The environment ministers of Poland and Germany met on the border of the two countries on Wednesday to discuss protection of a river against a repeat of deadly pollution that killed hundreds of tons of fish last year.Polish Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said that she couldn't rule out the occurrence of another disaster despite tight monitoring along the Oder River and the blocking of the illegal discharge of chemicals and waste in order to prevent the growth of deadly golden algae.

If your apartment-dwelling Australian Shepard or Border Collie is destroying your shoes and nipping at your toddler's heels, it's not just because he's a herding dog, according to new research from the University of Helsinki in Finland.To finally put to rest the age-old myth that all dogs of a certain breed display the same character traits - like all pit bulls are aggressive man-eaters or dachshunds are super chill family dogs because of their breed - the research team examined data collected from more than 11,500 dogs to determine if members of the same breed all show the same personality characteristics.

GitHub Actions is a platform built into GitHub that automates software building, testing, and deployment.GitHub, owned by Microsoft, is a hosting service for software development using Git, an open source version control and collaboration program developed by Linus Torvalds.Git and GitHub are already used by many programmers and software shops as the basis for their development practices, including the automated continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines that carry projects through the build, test, and deploy cycle.

Despite reports to the contrary, Tyler Herro may not make his NBA Finals debut as quickly as once expected.Herro, who hasn't played since he sustained a broken right hand in the Miami Heat's playoff opener, has yet to be cleared to play in a Finals game."We're taking it one day at a time," coach Erik Spoelstra said ahead of Wednesday night's Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets.

They talked about the optics.They talked about the computer specs.They talked about the lenticular glass and the new spatial computing platform and the aluminum alloy used in the primary structural element.But the one thing Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple, and Mike Rockwell, the head of the AR/VR team, and the rest of the Apple executives involved in the introduction of the new Apple Vision Pro, the long-awaited augmented reality headset, did not really discuss was the actual look of the thing.

The Toronto Raptors fired Nick Nurse more than one month ago, and they are the last team that still has a head coaching vacancy.Masai Ujiri is taking his time, even putting out as many smokescreens as possible when it comes to figuring out who is in the running.Just when it looked like three finalists were emerging, as Marc Stein listed Jordi Fernandez, Sergio Scariolo, and Darko Rajakovic as the trio fighting for the final job, Doug Smith of the Toronto Star came in with a wild rumor that claimed Fernandez is actually no longer in consideration.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's acting chief, Tae Johnson, is set to retire at the end of June, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday.Johnson's departure from ICE, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, marks the second significant shake up among the Biden administration's immigration officials in recent days.

This week, we're joined by Tufts professor Justin Hollander to talk about his new book The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner's Guide to Settling the Red Planet.We talk about the importance of urban planners in thinking about cities and transportation on Mars, what we can learn from Antarctica and the International Space Station, and what a Mars metro region might look like.