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Katalin Koltai spent much of her time this week answering phone calls from customers crying on the other end.The customers were among those who saw her post on social media announcing The Country Style Hungarian restaurant is closing its doors for good this summer.For many, it's the end of an era of Hungarian food in Toronto a type of cuisine that can be hard to find, with homemade-style schnitzels, cabbage rolls, perogies and goulash.

Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe as "exorbitant" rates for inmate calls over eight years.Bell operated the Offender Telephone Management System from 2013 to 2021 which allowed inmates to only place collect calls at a flat rate of $1 for local calls, but about $1 per minute plus a $2.50 connection fee for long-distance calls, according to a recent Appeal Court decision.

Painted blue and lined with memorabilia, the most famous basement in Toronto Maple Leafs fandom is located in Ajax.That's where Steve Dangle' Glynn creates his passionate Leafs Fan Reaction (LFR) videos for his massively successful YouTube channel, where he can attract up to a million views per video.

A group of registered doulas in Ontario believe they are the victims of a Brantford woman who is now facing dozens of charges for fraudulently seeking their services.Kaitlyn Braun, 24, was arrested by Brantford police on Monday and is facing more than 30 charges ranging from criminal harassment and fraud to sexual assault.

It's been more than 10 years since Linda Babcock's daughter was murdered, a decade's worth of milestones and memories she says were stolen by the men who killed her child.When Dellen Millard and Mark Smich make their appeals before Ontario's highest court starting Monday, they will be entitled to reduced sentences for their multiple murder convictions cutting 50 years and 25 years off their respective parole ineligibility periods.

The president was concerned about what a windblown ride in a motorcade would do to his wife's hair.He asked her press secretary, Pamela Turnure Timmins, for advice.She proposed that the couple not ride in a convertible.We did discuss it, and I suggested the bubble top, Ms. Timmins said in a 1964 oral history, and just immediately he said, No, that's semi-satisfactory; if you're going out to see the people, then they should be able to see you.'

The city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is threatening to shut-off the water to commercial buildings and private homes where the owners have failed to pay the city millions in water bills, Mayor Eric Adams and DEP Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala announced on Monday.DEP started the process on May, 1, by distributing water shut-off notices to the owner of a commercial building as well as to the owners of two mega mansions who collectively owe the city more than $500,000.

Parliament has been urged to investigate "damning evidence" that it may have been misled by the Bank of England over interest rate rigging.Senior Conservative backbencher David Davis said new evidence cast doubt on statements to Parliament by its former deputy governor.In a House of Commons debate he called for a renewed parliamentary inquiry into the scandal.

Crime "It's going to be hard to find 12 jurors that aren't going to be sympathetic to a new mom struggling with mental health issues."Days after Lindsay Clancy's journey through the courts formally began, experts say the cases for and against the Duxbury mother accused of killing her children are already taking shape, paving the way for a complex legal battle ahead.

For communicators of all kinds, there's nothing more laborious than handling transcripts.There was a time when, as a journalist, I had to phone stories in for someone in the office to type them up.Technology has evolved since then, and we can now write for print, web and video on phones, tablets or laptops wherever we are working, but transcription still slows down the process of telling stories.

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More than three years after the pandemic started sweeping through the California prison system, a report from UCLA offers a new measure of just how bad it was - and which prisons handled it the worst.After analyzing nearly 300 letters and interviews from people in prison, a team of law students ranked which facilities had the most red flags for potential constitutional violations between April 2020 and April 2021, the first year of the pandemic.

Here's the latest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, where South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Chris Perkins answer questions from readers.Q: Did Eich win the orange jersey for LG or C? - @FinzZombie on Twitter
A: Liam Eichenberg won the orange jersey Thursday, symbolic of Player of the Day the previous day, for his performance at center.

Britain's migrant processing site at Manston, Kent will not be able to cope with rising small boat crossings and faces overcrowding, disorder and the spread of disease, a report has warned.HM Inspectorate of Prisons found several asylum seekers had attempted to kill themselves at the facility, where guards had been using force against detainees without recording why.

A multi-million pound fraudster who conned people out of more than £100m has been sentenced to 13 years in jail.Tejay Fletcher, 35 was the founder and leading administrator of a sophisticated banking scam called iSpoof, which was brought down last year in the UK's biggest fraud sting.With the £2m he made, Fletcher bought a Lamborghini and two Range Rovers.

The mastermind behind an online fraud shop used to con victims out of more than 100 million has been jailed for more than 13 years.Tejay Fletcher, 35, bought a 230,000 Lamborghini, two Range Rovers worth 110,000 and an 11,000 Rolex after making around 2 million from the iSpoof.ccwebsite.He was the founder and leading administrator of the site, which was brought down last year in the UK's biggest fraud sting.

1684281600 Sky Mobile has suffered a major outage, with users saying they are unable to connect to mobile internet.Online outage monitor Downdetector registered thousands of user reports about issues with Sky Mobile on Tuesday afternoon.The issue appeared to begin just after 2pm, with both mobile networks going down simultaneously.

Spam calls or "scam calls" as they're also known have become an infuriating part of life.By now, most people are well acquainted with fraudsters trying to dupe you out of your cash by impersonating government officials or Amazon employees."I'm still getting a lot of spam calls," said Pradeep Selvaraj, an IT professional in Whitby, Ont., who has posted about the issue on his YouTube channel.

New York regulators on Thursday suspended the Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher for 10 days, fined him $1,000 and disqualified his colt Forte the favorite in last week's Kentucky Derby until he was scratched because of an injury as the winner of a stakes race last September in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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Alex Ramos built his boxing career on knowing his next move in the ring.It was seeing beyond boxing that was the problem, said Ramos, a four-time Golden Gloves-winning middleweight known as the "Bronx Bomber," whom legendary broadcaster Howard Cosell once deemed "a tremendous puncher."

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Infinix has been gaining traction outside of its usual markets, mostly thanks to its excellent midrange offers.Along with sister companies Tecno and Itel, the Chinese Transsion Holding's maker has captured significant market share in Africa and South Asia and has been looking to expand its global reach.

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It was two hours before Gloria Molina's funeral, but the different patches in the quilt that was her life were already starting to form outside Resurrection Catholic Church in Boyle Heights.Here came the politicians past and present: Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and former L.A. councilmember Gil Cedillo.

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The school buses arrived in quick succession, looping past the entrance of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and a parking lot packed with cars before stopping near Harvest Building, a low-slung yellow structure usually used for fundraisers.Araceli Telles stood waiting near the gate for her daughters to arrive at the sprawling complex.

Back in 1983, All Things Considered host Susan Stamberg asked a young moviegoer to give us a "sneak preview" of Return of the Jedi.The flood of complaints from listeners led to on-air apology.JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Forty years ago today, the third hugely anticipated "Star Wars" movie hit the big screen.

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The San Francisco's Police Commission on Wednesday updated the city's more than 25-year-old search warrant policy, adding what it called "critical safeguards" but stopping short of outright bans on controversial practices like no-knock warrants.The policy, which has been in negotiations for the past year and a half, allows police officers to execute a search warrant without knocking first, if there is reason to believe there is an "imminent threat of physical violence" to the officers or the public.

If a kid from Gen Z or Gen Alpha walks by an old telephone booth (in the few places in the world where there are still some around), they would probably look at it in wonder or confusion.In fact, some millenials may have never used or seen one since it's already considered a relic.But there's still a way to recreate these previously useful booths and create one that is perfect for the digital generation and their mobile needs.

As we anticipate the launch of the Ear (2), Nothing's 2nd gen TWS earbuds, here is a look at what we can expect from the 2nd gen smartphone which should also drop sometime this year.The Phone (2) will, for the most part, look a lot like the Phone (1), barring a few minor design tweaks and hardware upgrades.

Screens are a fun, addicting relationship killer.This isn't news to anyone: their primary function is to distract and present us windows into different worlds that are more engaging than real life.Let's face it: Scrolling through someone's vacation Instagram stories or playing a round of Wordscapes is a pleasant distraction from talking about soccer schedules or parent-teacher meetings.

The Roma striker has spoken out on his future following another fine season in Italy, in which he hopes to fire the Giallorossi to the Europa League final when they face Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday.As the second year of Abraham's Serie A stay comes to an end, he believes the decision to leave Chelsea has been vindicated.

Celtics "We'll be fine.We'll figure it out.When?I don't know, but we will."The Celtics defeated the 76ers 112-88 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday.Jayson Tatum set an NBA record for most points scored in a Game 7 with 51, helping Boston emphatically pull away in the third quarter.

The Seattle skies were grey, which was pretty typical for March, but at least it wasn't raining.That was a relief since my parents had flown in from Denver to visit Brent and me.The year was 2008.My mother loved Pike Place Market, so I met them at their hotel near the market on the last day of their stay for one last stroll past the flower stalls, fishmongers, and buskers.

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The Animal Advisory Commission unanimously approved a motion for a second permanent position for community cat public health educator last Monday.The Community Cats program in Austin helps the thousands of free-roaming cats in the city remain healthy and safe in their natural homes - whether that is outdoors or in a house.

Marketing just can't catch a break.Budget cuts, data privacy changes, new hot channels like TikTok (which might disappear overnight) and now generative AI.Marketing is never dull.You never know what is around the corner, but it will likely be exciting.This article is about marketing's future, which AI may or may not play a role in.

It's very ironic that the Toronto Maple Leafs slogan is "the passion that unites us all" when their players showed zero passion during Game 3 against the Florida Panthers.Being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan is the worst.Even when they have their most successful season in 19 years, this team still finds a way to disappoint us.

The traditional 9-5 is becoming a thing of the past as more and more people seek work hours that suit their lifestyle.If you're one of these people, this article detailing the best flexible work-from-home jobs is going to help you out.Life is busy, and juggling the responsibilities of family, work, and social commitments can be tough.

The last Government-arranged flight carrying British nationals out of Sudan has arrived back in the UK.The evacuees arrived at Birmingham Airport at 4.58pm on Tuesday on a Titan Airways Airbus A321 after a four-hour and 40-minute flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, having been taken out of Port Sudan on Monday.

Hi I'm Emily Cochrane, a correspondent for The New York Times.After covering Congress for four years in Washington, D.C., I moved to Nashville to cover the American South.This includes Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, both Carolinas and Tennessee.As I start this new job, I'm especially curious about how the issues I covered on Capitol Hill from infrastructure to inflation are affecting people in the region.

In 2021, San Mateo County, California, banned people incarcerated in county jails from receiving physical mail.Instead, family and friends were required to mail their letters to Smart Communications, a private for-profit company based in Florida that would scan and destroy those letters so that incarcerated people would be required to access them digitally through a limited number of shared tablets and kiosks in public spaces within the jails.

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Cyber security training is a vital security strategy for many enterprises across the world.Such training has been established at large companies and government organisations for many years now.Small to medium size businesses have increasingly seen the value in contracting in training to help users avoid common security issues.

The number of warrantless FBI searches of Americans' electronic data under a controversial intelligence program that aims to identify foreign threats dropped sharply from millions of searches in 2021 to over 100,000 last year, US intelligence agencies said in a report Friday.It is welcome news for US intelligence and security agencies that are lobbying Congress to renew the program, known as Section 702, which is set to expire later this year.

The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices - military recruiting at schools and location-based phone surveillance - to persuade teens to enlist, according to contract documents reviewed by The Intercept.The federal contract materials outline plans by the Georgia Army National Guard to geofence 67 different public high schools throughout the state, targeting phones found within a one-mile boundary of their campuses with recruiting advertisements "with the intent of generating qualified leads of potential applicants for enlistment while also raising awareness of the Georgia Army National Guard."

Racial Justice On April 3, four Black students were escorted out of their dorm at gunpoint by university police who were responding to a swatting incident.The student groups say the university failed to protect Black students' mental well-being.Harvard President Lawrence Bacow has agreed to meet with a group of Black student leaders in the wake of their strong criticism of the school's response to a swatting incident earlier this month, The Harvard Crimson reported.

After the mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school this week, Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett was asked how Congress should respond to the violence.And Burchett was remarkably forthright."It's a horrible, horrible situation," he said."And we're not gonna fix it."REPORTER: "What else should be done to protect people like your little girl?"BURCHETT: "Well, we homeschool her." pic.twitter.com/BTKEfkKbUM-

Four teams reportedly tried to move back into the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft, possibly with the intention of drafting Kentucky quarterback Will Levis.Although former Kentucky Wildcats star Will Levis remains undrafted, he will hear his name called sooner rather than later on Friday night.While him going in the first round was certainly expected, it just didn't happen for him.

National In a few short years, Aaron Hernandez moved from NFL star to murder suspect.The last phone calls from prison of the former New England Patriots tight end raise new questions about his death.Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.

Everybody loves a new emoji.With Apple's latest iOS update, we're getting 21 of them including a new smiley face, hand gesture, animals, and more.Beyond the fresh emoji, Apple also included updated features like voice isolation for phone calls and better optimization for Crash Detection in iOS 16.4.

Apple released new updates for most of its software platforms today, including macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, and watchOS 9.4.These are all feature updates, meaning they actually add new functionality in addition to fixing bugs or addressing security vulnerabilities.iOS and iPadOS 16.4 add a number of minor features.

As we spend most of our waking hours sitting at our desks, we must get creative about squeezing more movement into those hours.Going outside on your lunch break for a quick bike ride is one way to achieve this, but that isn't always ideal.Another creative way to move more throughout the day?Cycling at your desk.

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The Spring poster next to the mailboxes will put you in warm spirit.You'd forgotten that it's spring, but then you saw that crooked Spring sign.Every time it falls down, somebody picks it up and tapes it back on the wall, just as crooked as before!Many Boston apartments don't have tenants who pay such close attention to detail.

Last spring, when the institutional effectiveness team at Moorpark College conducted student surveys and focus groups as well as data analysis to evaluate the efficacy of student communication, an issue with volume became clear."Our students were overwhelmed by the number of emails they received each week and were eager to connect more with counselors, instructors and student support professionals in a one-on-one capacity," says Jamie Whittington-Studer, a communication research consultant at Moorpark, one of three colleges in California's Ventura County Community College District.

The riots that followed Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968 reverberated for decades in many US cities. "It's the most widespread unrest in America between the Civil War and 2020," says Vann R. Newkirk II, a senior editor at the Atlantic."Strangely, there's not a whole lot of media about that time."

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The sixth series of Netflix show The Crown has started filming in St Andrews, where the Prince of Wales met his now wife.The new series of the show will feature William's time at the University of St Andrews, where in 2001 he met and later fell in love with Kate Middleton, now the Princess of Wales.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email HSBC has bought the UK arm of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank in a last-minute rescue deal to avert a crisis in Britain's technology sector.The sale for a nominal sum of 1 was agreed after all-night talks between the Government and the Bank of England to try to secure a sale of Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVB UK) amid fears that the tech sector would have been thrown into chaos amid the fallout from the failure of the California-based lender.

Local At least a dozen more Massachusetts schools received threats Tuesday morning in another batch of hoax calls.For the second day in a row, several Massachusetts schools received phone calls threatening shootings and bombings.Police say that all of the threats were fake.Duxbury High School, Cohasset Middle and High School, Hingham High, Middlesex School, Monument Mountain High School, Clinton High School, Greenfield High School, The Edgartown School, Harwich Elementary School, Chicopee High School, Bellamy Middle School, Springfield High School, Ipswich Middle School and High School, and Fall River Public Schools all received threatening hoax phone calls Tuesday morning.

Local "She's a person who is full of love."Quarters, often used for laundry, bubble gum, a child's trinkets, or paying a meter, often don't get a second thought.But to 24-year-old Niko Krivanek and his mother, they represent so much more than just spare change.They represent the visible ways in which he can show love for his mom, who's been incarcerated in Utah State Prison for virtually his entire life.

Imagine this: you're unwell and think you need to visit A&E.You know that you could be waiting many hours before being seen by a doctor; possibly even overnight.But now imagine that you also have cancer and you're in pain, or that you're elderly and frail.A hospital stay might even be detrimental to your health: sitting for hours in an unfamiliar location, surrounded by other unwell patients.