• Associated Press

    1 of 3 teens charged with killing a Colorado woman while throwing rocks at cars pleads guilty

    One of three teens who was charged with killing a 20-year-old woman while throwing large rocks at passing cars in Colorado pleaded guilty on Friday to reduced charges under a plea agreement, prosecutors said. The deal reached with Zachary Kwak, 19, requires him to cooperate in the prosecution of the two other teens still being prosecuted on first-degree murder charges in the death of Alexa Bartell. Karol-Chik and Koenig have both pleaded not guilty.

  • Business Insider

    The US may be 'sleepwalking' into a recession as cracks form in the labor market, top economist says

    Several financial models are already showing the US economy is on its way to a hard-landing, according to top economist David Rosenberg.

  • Local Journalism Initiative

    YRT ridership up 36 per cent, nearing pre-pandemic levels

    The amount of people riding York Region Transit (YRT) has almost returned to the pre-pandemic numbers. In a recent meeting, York Region council announced in its 2023 Transit System Performance Report that ridership last year reached 21.1 million, a staggering 36.6 per cent increase over 2022 ridership. Transit numbers in the region prior to COVID-19 reached 22.3 million in 2019, but two years later only 9.4 million had used the service. Those ridership numbers jumped to 15.5 million in 2022 and