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Toronto Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Walmart cuts some Florida jobs after immigration rulings
Terminations are connected to I-9 forms that U.S. employers use to check the ID and employment authorization of staff Published Jun 04, 2025 • 2 minute read A Walmart store in Cromwell, Connecticut on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Photo by Joe Buglewicz / Bloomberg Walmart Inc. is terminating some jobs in Florida after recent Supreme Court rulings about the legal residency of migrants, the latest sign that such orders are hitting U,S, workplaces. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The company has told employees in at least two stores in the state that they would lose jobs if they don't get new work authorizations, said people familiar with the matter. The exact number of job cuts was unclear. The terminations are connected to I-9 forms that U.S. employers use to check the identity and employment authorization of staff, the people said. A company spokeswoman declined to comment. Walmart is among U.S. companies responding to recent rulings by the Supreme Court that are expected to affect hundreds of thousands of migrants. The court ended legal protections for as many as half a million people from countries including Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, who were allowed to legally enter the country during the Biden administration. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. That decision followed an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court clearing the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for roughly 350,000 Venezuelans who have been allowed to live and work in the US under the Temporary Protected Status program. The Trump administration has not yet clarified how it intends to deal with those who are set to lose their permission to be in the US. But immigration enforcement officials have said anyone in the country without permission could face arrest and deportation. The administration has launched an ad campaign to encourage migrants to leave on their own, offering travel assistance and a stipend of up to $1,000. Walt Disney Co. in recent weeks notified Florida-based employees who are losing temporary legal residency in the U.S. that their jobs would be terminated. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Disney sets the standard — other companies in our economy look toward them,' said Florida State Representative Anna Eskamani, a Democrat running for mayor of Orlando. Central Florida is home to thousands of Venezuelans, many of whom supported Donald Trump in last year's presidential election. 'We don't have enough workers as it is, so this is a bad situation that's getting worse,' Eskamani told Bloomberg. Walmart, the biggest retailer in the world, has about 4,600 stores in the US with each location typically employing a few hundred employees. Most of its 1.6 million US workers are hourly store employees. Columnists Crime Sunshine Girls Columnists Other Sports
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
UConn vs. Oklahoma: How to watch the women's NCAA tournament Sweet 16 game tonight
If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission. Pricing and availability subject to change. UConn vs. Oklahoma: How to watch the women's NCAA tournament Sweet 16 game tonight The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team will play Oklahoma during the Sweet 16 round in the NCAA tournament this Sunday, here's how to watch. () (Joe Buglewicz via Getty Images) No. 2 seed UConn has advanced to the women's NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 where they'll face the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners this Saturday. The game, at Spokane Arena, will be broadcast on ESPN. The Huskies are widely considered a favorite in the tournament, especially now that USC's JuJu Watkins has been sidelined with a torn ACL. Advertisement Here's everything you need to know about how to watch the UConn vs. Oklahoma game, plus the complete schedule for every other Sweet 16 game this week. Looking for live updates of the women's NCAA tournament? Yahoo Sports has you covered. How to watch UConn vs. Oklahoma: Date: Saturday, March 29 Time: 5:30 p.m. ET TV channel: ESPN Streaming: Sling, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV and more What channel is the UConn vs. Oklahoma game on? The women's UConn Huskies vs. Oklahoma Sooners game will air on ESPN. Don't have cable? Don't worry: Games across the ESPN suite of channels are accessible via live TV streaming services like Hulu with Live TV, DirecTV, Sling and Fubo. 2025 March Madness Sweet Sixteen Schedule: All times Eastern Women's Sweet 16 Friday, March 28 (2) Duke vs. (3) North Carolina | 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) South Carolina vs. (4) Maryland | 5 p.m. (ESPN) (2) NC State vs. (3) LSU | 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) UCLA vs. (5) Ole Miss | 10 p.m. (ESPN) Advertisement Saturday, March 29 (2) TCU vs. (3) Notre Dame | 1 p.m. (ABC) (1) Texas vs. (5) Tennessee | 3:30 p.m. (ABC) (2) UConn vs. (3) Oklahoma | 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Southern California vs. (5) Kansas State | 8 p.m. (ESPN) How to watch March Madness 2025: Watch ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ABC and ESPN+ Hulu + Live TV Hulu's live TV tier includes every channel you'll need to watch the women's NCAA tournament (and the men's!). For $82.99/month, you'll get live ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ABC and access to ESPN+, plus CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV for all the men's games too. On top of all that live TV, you'll get access to regular Hulu which offers Hulu Originals and FX shows and Disney+. You can try all of this free for three days, too! Try free for 3 days at Hulu Watch TBS, TNT, TruTV, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews Sling Orange + Blue and Sports Extra add-on Sling doesn't offer a free trial these days, and March Madness lasts longer than your standard trial would. It's still a solid option to catch most games in the tournament. Emphasis on most, because one big blindspot for Sling is that it doesn't carry CBS — though you can still authenticate via Sling on the march Madness website to watch CBS coverage live through your phone or laptop, but not your TV. That said, for $48 for your first month of Sling Orange + Blue and the Sports Extra add-on, you can catch all the games on TBS, TNT, TruTV, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPNews and ABC. $48 for your first month at Sling 2025 NCAA tournament schedule: 2025 March Madness women's schedule: Selection Sunday: 8 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 16 (ESPN) First Four: March 19-20 (ESPN2, ESPNU) First round: March 21-22 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) Second round: March 23-24 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) Sweet 16: March 28-29 (ESPN, ESPN2) Elite Eight: March 30-31 (ESPN) Final Four: April 4 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida (ESPN, ESPN+) NCAA championship game: April 6 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida (ABC2, ESPN3, ESPN+) 2025 March Madness men's schedule: Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 16 (CBS) First Four: March 18-19 (TruTV) First round: March 20-21 (CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV) Second round: March 22-23 (CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV) Sweet 16: March 27-28 (CBS, TBS) Elite Eight: March 29-30 (CBS, TBS) Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS) NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS) More ways to watch March Madness:
New York Times
11-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Men's college basketball conference tournament projections, best bets: Picks for every major league
It's less than a week until Selection Sunday and which means that the high-major conference tournaments are getting underway. And while we usually associate Cinderella teams with mid or low-major schools, don't be surprised if we see some unlikely runs amongst the nation's strongest conference. Remember NC State last year? Advertisement My college basketball projection model uses advanced metrics, adjusted for opponents, from more than 10 years of data to create a projection for each team. From there, I simulate each college basketball tournament one million times to get projected odds for each team to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Overall record 2022-2024: 19-43, +10.1 units, +28.9% ROI ACC: North Carolina +2900 (risk 0.1 units) American: UAB +700 (risk 0.25 units) American: Tulane +2000 (risk 0.1 units) American: Temple +3500 (risk 0.1 units) Big East: UConn +410 (risk 0.5 units) Big East: Marquette +600 (risk 0.25 units) Big West: UC Irvine +180 (risk 1.0 units) Big Ten: Purdue +750 (risk 0.25 units) Big 12: Arizona +950 (risk 0.25 units) Big 12: Baylor +4000 (risk 0.1 units) Conference USA: Louisiana Tech +800 (risk 0.25 units) Conference USA: Western Kentucky +2500 (risk 0.1 units) Ivy: Princeton +1100 (risk 0.1 units) MAAC: Mount St. Mary's +1000 (risk 0.1 units) MAC: Ohio +800 (risk 0.25 units) MEAC: Howard +1700 (risk 0.1 units) MEAC: North Carolina Central +1700 (risk 0.1 units) Mountain West: Utah State +425 (risk 0.5 units) Mountain West: Boise State +550 (risk 0.25 units) Mountain West: Nevada +2000 (risk 0.1 units) SEC: Tennessee +600 (risk 0.25 units) SWAC: Bethune Cookman +750 (risk 0.25 units) SWAC: Alabama State +800 (risk 0.25 units) WAC: Seattle +500 (risk 0.25 units) Below is the projection for the conference tournaments starting this week. Conference tournament projections that started last week can be found here. Projected win% is how often the team won the conference tournament in my simulations. Odds are from BetMGM. (Photo of Samson Johnson: Joe Buglewicz / Getty Images)
New York Times
11-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Which women's college basketball teams are NCAA Tournament automatic qualifiers?
The NCAA Tournament field is coming more into focus as conference tournament winners are crowned and earn automatic bids into the Big Dance. The power conference champions have been decided, and many midmajor teams will be sorting it out this week as they head into Selection Sunday. As expected, UConn easily won the Big East tournament title on Monday night. (Photo of UConn: Joe Buglewicz / Getty Images)
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Why Some of the Best Colleges Challenge Low Tolerance Grades
A student walks through Library Walk at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, US, on Sunday April 7, 2024. Credit - Joe Buglewicz—Bloomberg/Getty Images Colleges happily grade students and evaluate faculty but are often not thrilled by the published report cards they receive as institutions. Every September, school administrators find themselves clamoring in anticipation of the latest release of U.S. News & World Report's Best National University Rankings, each aspiring to be atop the list. But the usual top-ranked schools according to U.S. News (Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Stanford, etc.) have recently received relatively low marks from an emerging type of ranking based solely on impressions of inferred tolerance of campus cultures rather than assessments of scholarly contributions, or evaluations of student learning, or descriptions of campus life. College rankings by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the most prominent examples of those ideological ranking systems, mark a far departure from what was once considered the controversial rankings by U.S. News. And they are reflective of a polarization inherent in America that has slowly eroded its social fabric. Surprisingly, out of 250 schools rated by FIRE, the country's top five schools include Michigan Technological University, Florida State University, and the University of Eastern Kentucky while the bottom five include Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Even more surprisingly, political operatives have mused about using FIRE's rankings as a tool for assessing whether a university should receive federal research grants, such as the tens of billions of dollars provided by the National Institute of Health, which are pivotal funds used to advance national innovation and competitiveness in science, medicine, and technology. However, a representative from FIRE suggested to us such an application would be a serious misuse of their research, stating: 'The rankings are meant to be advisory for students and parents during the college selection process or point towards areas of potential campus reform, not for use in a holistic manner to assign research funding.' Implicit in that statement is an honest recognition that such rankings—ADL and FIRE to U.S. News and Forbes—are as imperfect as they are imprecise. Like the more established rankings of the latter two, ADL and FIRE have limited correlation and plenty of differences in methodology between their ranking outcomes. Moreover, an inverse correlation is evident between the ideological and established ranking systems. The college rankings by FIRE and ADL have received much attention as of late. Each is attempting to assess how well campus leaders, through their stated policies and procedures, protect the individual liberties and rights afforded students by the U.S. Constitution. Both organizations endeavor to go further by connecting the ranking outcomes to their respective missions. FIRE's mission can be best summarized as 'defending and sustaining the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought;' and ADL's mission statement is 'to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all.' For comparison, the purpose of U.S. News' rankings is to provide 'as much information as possible about the comparative merits of the educational programs at America's colleges and universities.' From our proprietary research, we found the only top-performing school which U.S. News, ADL, and FIRE could agree upon in the latest rankings was Duke University—ranked sixth by U.S. News, granted a letter grade 'B' by ADL, and placed in the top quintile by FIRE. A few top-performing schools, according to U.S. News, such as Harvard, Northwestern, and UCLA, were mutually assigned to the lowest tier in the rankings by ADL and FIRE; while the University of Virginia, University of Chicago, Washington University at St. Louis, and Carnegie Mellon were a few of the many top-rated schools, per US News, that saw significant divergences between the rankings assigned to them by ADL and FIRE. The sources of divergence are rooted in the somewhat similar but subjective methodologies applied by each organization. ADL and FIRE each designed and distributed a multi-component survey to students across the US, and both conducted their own independent research of campus policies and procedures and specific actions by school administrators to supplement their analysis. They also used the same survey agency, College Pulse, to collect their student samples. However, that is where the similarities end, and the differences arise. For instance, methodologies for establishing a weighting of survey components are specified by ADL but not FIRE. Final reviews by an independent expert panel are coordinated by ADL but not FIRE. A subjective, scaled system of bonus points and deductions are used by FIRE, while ADL conducted a 'qualitative assessment…to reflect certain campus efforts' and to complement the quantitative analysis. U.S. News, by comparison, takes a relatively simpler approach, issuing a multi-component survey of easy-to-quantify factors, such as graduation rates, first-year retention rates, student-to-teacher ratios, and peer assessments. The implications of the different methodologies become most apparent when applied to real-world scenarios. For example, the University of Virginia was recognized as top school in FIRE's 2025 College Free Speech Rankings. This ranking was achieved despite reports of a peaceful campus protest which ending in a police crackdown, which saw 27 arrests and pepper spray used on students. Notably, the event did occur during FIRE's assessment period. In another instance, Fordham University was harshly penalized in FIRE's 2024 rankings for suspending 'a student who, after a verbal argument with fellow students, went and bought an assault rifle and then posted that on social media.' The school was further penalized 'for its policies that bans use of IT resources (such as campus internet) to 'insult' or 'embarrass' others.' In part because of instances like this, critics have said FIRE's methodology 'is arbitrary and misleading.' The ADL too has received its fair share of criticism—including from some leaders of Jewish organizations who cast the grading as simplistic and failed to capture the full picture of Jewish campus life as they were overly sensitive to outlier, ambiguous controversial incidents. However, in response, ADL highlighted to us that nearly 70% of the institutions surveyed have worked with the organization the subsequent year in an effort to understand the evaluation and improve their school's grade. Over 100 leaders from higher education expressed a similar frustration to us concerning the FIRE and ADL rankings at our recent Yale CELI Higher Education Summit. Nearly two-thirds of the presidents, chancellors, and senior administrators agreed that FIRE's free speech rankings are not accurate. Three-quarters of respondents felt similarly about ADL's antisemitism report card. And perhaps unsurprisingly, nearly all leaders disagreed with any suggestion of using the FIRE free speech rankings to allocate federal research grants. Despite the near unanimity, some of these grants are already in danger of defunding after the latest round of warrior policymaking by the Trump administration and his DOGE unit. However, such ideological threats directed at higher education only weaken what scientific, medical, and technological advantages America still holds against global rivals. Ideological rankings, like the more established purely academic performance rankings, should be recognized for what they are—advisory tools that are only as good as their methodologies and the organizations that lead them. Too often, organizations conflate narrow testing metrics with the more elusive range of forms of actual intelligence. This mirrors the Heisenberg principle of physics which conflates the measurement tool with the underlying phenomena itself. So, it is the case with school ratings. What they measure can be as misleading as they are intriguing if not properly used. Contact us at letters@
