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Champagne asks telecoms for update on service agreement in Toronto subway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

Canada’s industry minister is calling on the country’s major telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto’s subway system.In a letter on Twitter, François-Philippe Champagne said he has taken note of Rogers Communications Inc.’s recent announcement that it’s buying the company that owns the wireless network in the Toronto Transit Commission subway system.The letter addressed to executives of Bell Canada, Telus Communications Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Rogers said arrangements are still not in place to ensure service is available to customers who are with a service other than Rogers.Champagne said he wants the telecom companies to rectify the situation with urgency to reach agreements that would allow any company to access the TTC network.He requested that the companies respond to his letter within 30 days detailing their respective statuses on the issue, as well as outlining a joint plan to offer mobile service to all customer...

India will pass China to be most populous nation by mid-2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most populous nation, United Nations data said Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for years to come.While India’s 254 million people between ages 15 and 24 is the largest number in the world, China is struggling with an aging population and stagnant population growth. That has sparked expectations that the demographic changes could pave the way for India to become an economic and global heavyweight.India’s young citizenry could drive the country’s economic growth for years to come, but it might just as easily become a problem if they aren’t adequately employed. Economists have cautioned that even as India’s economy is among the fastest-growing as its population rises, joblessness has also swelled.Tech giant Apple, among other companies, hopes to turn India into a potential manufacturing hub as it moves some production out of ...

India’s population will pass China’s soon, but when exactly?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

India should surpass China’s population midway through this year, according to the latest projection from the United Nations. That’s of course unless it’s happened already – or happens later in the year. Demographers are unsure exactly when India will take the title as the most populous nation in the world because they’re relying on estimates to make their best guess. The latest projection from the United Nations this week put it at midyear, though that remains an estimate.China has had the most people in the world since at least 1950, the year United Nations population data began. Both China and India have more than 1.4 billion people, and combined they make up more than a third of the world’s 8 billion people.“Actually, there is no way we can know exactly when India will surpass China,” said Bruno Schoumaker, a demographer at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. “There is some uncertainty, not only about India’s population, but also China’s population....

Mexico ends search for missing Americans, Coast Guard says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s navy has suspended a search for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico’s northern Pacific coast, the U.S Coast Guard said Wednesday. A Coast Guard statement said that Mexican forces and U.S. assets had searched about 200,000 square nautical miles, an area larger than California, and had found no sign of the missing people or the boat.The three Americans — Kerry O’Brien, Frank O’Brien and William Gross — were aboard the 44-foot (13.5 meter) sailing vessel “Ocean Bound” when they were last heard from on April 4, officials have said. They reported being near the Pacific coast port of Mazatlán, Mexico, at the time. The three had planned to stop for supplies in Cabo San Lucas aat the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsual before proceeding to San Diego.The Coast Guard has said marinas in Baja California had not reported seeing the vessel.The Associated Press

Police: Body recovered in Waukegan matches description of missing Navy sailor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The body of a white man was recovered Wednesday evening from Lake Michigan in Waukegan, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.Deputy Chief Coroner Steve Newton told WGN-TV News the body was found in Waukegan Harbor. Waukegan police said the body and clothing description matches that of U.S. Navy Sailor Seamus Gray, who went missing on March 18. NCIS, rescue canines join search in Waukegan for missing Navy sailor Police said an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. Waukegan Police Department Chief Edgardo Navarro said ComEd workers were doing routine work around 7 p.m. near the harbor when they found the body and flagged down officers. Officer Roscoe went into the water and brought the body back to shore, Chastain said.Gray was reported missing from Ibiza bar on North Genessee Street in downtown Waukegan following St. Patricks Day. Police said he and his friends were escorted out of the bar because they were intoxicated. Video showed Gray walking alone in the ...

On top of the world: Chicago company is global leader in manufacturing globes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

HILLSIDE, Ill. -- South suburban Hillside is home the global leader in manufacturing globes. Each year, Replogle Globes makes hundreds of thousands of models of planet Earth, some are less than $10, others cost as much as $13,950.“We make globes,” Joe Wright, the company’s CEO said. “Geographic globes of the world. Planetary globes. Some constellation globes, but basically, we bring the world to people’s homes.”Luther Replogle was a school supplies salesman who saw potential in globes. He founded the company in 1930 and started producing hand-made globes with his wife out of their apartment.In 1933, Marshall Field and Company ordered 100,000 globes to sell as souvenirs at the World’s Fair “The Century of Progress” in Chicago. Find more Cover Story content here When President Franklin Roosevelt would address the nation in his “fireside chats” on the radio during World War II, he would encourage families to have maps and globes nearby to understand the geography of the conflict.The ...

How the Cubs dominated the A's in 1st sweep of 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

OAKLAND — They were facing a team that's struggled mightily after just taking a series on the road against one of the best teams in Major League Baseball.Some thought the Cubs would have a good chance to bring out the brooms against the Athletics this week - and that's exactly what they did. In fact, the domination was impressive. In a three-game sweep in Oakland, the Cubs would end up outscoring their opponents 26-3, capturing the series finale 12-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to their first series sweep of the season, the team improves to 11-6 on the season as they finish a six-game west coast road trip with a 5-1 record.Naturally, the Cubs' hitters get the majority of the initial attention thanks to the sheer numbers they were able to put up over the course of the three games. They pounded out 39 hits during that time and were especially strong in closing the games out, scoring 14 of their 26 runs in the eighth and ninth inning.They got four in the second-to-last inning on Mon...

Community provides input on Chicago's next top cop at meeting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

CHICAGO — Community members met Wednesday night at St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham to speak out on what attributes they want to see in the next Chicago Police Department superintendent. Wednesday's meeting was the second of four public forums held by the newly formed Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. Brandon Johnson makes first trip to state Capitol as Chicago’s mayor-elect These sessions are crucial to the commission as the community's feedback will help them select three finalists for the new mayor to choose from."We're an independent body," Anthony Driver, Dr., the president of the commission, said. "We're not beholden to any administration or city council or any particular party. Rather we're beholden to the community. Our job is to be your voice and to make sure you're all heard."At the forefront of their search process is input from Chicagoans. Those who spoke said they'd like a superintendent to focus on resolving issues unique to the city. M...

Defense rests in 'ComEd Four' bribery trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

CHICAGO -- The defense rested their case on Wednesday after more than a month of grueling testimony in the "ComEd Four" trial. The "ComEd Four" are former Madigan confidant Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and former ComEd consultant Jay Doherty. All have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including bribery conspiracy.Federal prosecutors accused the four defendants of conspiring to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for support of the utilities legislative agenda. Judge tentatively OKs $725M Facebook settlement: How to apply for a payout Madigan was charged in 2022 with racketeering, bribery and other crimes. He’s denied wrongdoing. A year earlier, he resigned from the Legislature as the longest-serving House speaker in modern U.S. history amid speculation that he was a federal target.The indictment accused Madigan, among other things, of reaping the benefits of private legal work...

Bear spray 'missed' during TSA screening caused evacuation in part of Nashville Airport: officials

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:09:25 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Several days after a concourse at Nashville International Airport (BNA) was evacuated amid reports of "noxious fumes," airport officials have shared what exactly was to blame.BNA said the initial calls about "an unpleasant odor" in Concourse C near Tootsies came in just before 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. Passengers and employees were evacuated from the concourse by Airport Operations and Department of Public Safety (DPS).By 2:55 p.m., members of the Nashville Fire Department were dispatched to the airport to respond to "something airborne causing breathing problems," according to officials. Photos and videos shared with Nexstar's WKRN showed emergency responders gathering on the tarmac outside the concourse and walking through the airport with masks and oxygen tanks. PREVIOUS: Part of Nashville Airport evacuated due to ‘noxious odor’ The FAA also issued a ground stop for a short time to allow emergency crews to operate safely.According to BNA, the fir...