NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With their purple, gold and green colors and toy babies hidden inside, king cakes are staples of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, but apparently they’re also valuable enough to steal — at least this time of year during the Carnival season.

A thief stole seven king cakes — about as many as he could carry — during a break-in last week at a New Orleans bakery. The thief also took cash and a case of vodka from Bittersweet Confections last Wednesday, according to

NEW YORK (AP) — A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and .

Two-thirds of U.S. taxpayers say they spend “too much” on federal income taxes, as tax season begins. About 7 in 10 say the same about local property taxes, while roughly 6 in 10 feel that way about state sales tax.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in following a single-vehicle crash in North York early Sunday morning.

Toronto police say a car crashed into a pole in the area of Walsh Avenue and Weston Road just after 1 a.m.

They say the driver fled the scene on foot before being located three kilometres away near Jane Street and Wilson Avenue.

“As a result of an interaction, SIU mandate was invoked,” investigators said while providing no further details of the incident between the driver and police

If it’s possible to look through the eyes of the past, Jonathan Moore has done it.

The manager of a team of Parks Canada underwater archeologists excavating the rediscovered ships of the doomed Franklin expedition once held in his hands the lens from a pair of eyeglasses fetched from the deep. Then he held it up to his own eye.

“I wear glasses,” Moore said. “I know that would have been an incredibly important personal possession.

“It certainly struck me as a connection with that individual.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

Apple case

A Vancouver court will decide Monday whether to approve a settlement of up to $14.4 million that Apple has offered after being accused of having performance mitigation features in its iOS software and defects in some iPhones.

Metro results

Metro Inc. will report its first-quarter results before financial markets open on Tuesday and hold its annual meeting of shareholders later the same day. The results come as the grocery industry faces scrutiny

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami played six preseason matches last season. Most were behind closed doors with few people watching, all took place in Florida and the biggest news probably came when some fans prematurely set off fireworks and got ejected from the exhibition-season opener.

It’s wildly different this season.

Such is life in Lionel Messi’s world.

and Inter Miami have a two-game tour of Saudi Arabia this week, the first match on Monday against Al-Hilal and the

Toronto’s iconic cube house may be headed for demolition but a community effort is underway to save the landmark structure and preserve its role in the city’s arts and culture scene.

Built in 1996, the building’s architecture has been turning heads in the city’s Corktown neighbourhood ever since. The building has served as a residential space, and more recently been home to audio production company Audio Station, owned by Luis Vasquez.

“I hear what people get most from the cube is the

At a bustling college campus west of Toronto, several students had been thinking about recently announced changes to the international student program that brought them to the post-secondary institution.

Some were sympathizing with friends back home whose dreams of studying in Canada were suddenly in jeopardy as Ottawa has moved to cap the number of study permits for international undergraduate students over the next two years. Others called it a sensible move as Canada aims to get a handle on the ballooning international student program.

There was a general consensus, however, that

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Sunday released against as they vowed to swiftly push forward with election-year efforts to oust him . The rare step against a Cabinet member drew outrage from Democrats and the agency as a politically motivated stunt lacking the constitutional basis to remove Mayorkas from office.

Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” on immigration and a “breach of the public trust.” Impeachment, they say,