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A Hamilton, Ont., podcaster is liable for more than $40,000 in damages and legal costs after saying on a livestream that married rivals of his were biological siblings whose incestuous relationship caused their son’s autism. As part of the ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice A.J. Goodman ordered Tuesday that political content creator Spencer Butts reimburse $20,000 in legal costs incurred by plaintiffs Ryan and Tanya Davies, the husband and wife co-hosts of the popular conservative podcast Northern Perspective . Butts, who represented himself in court, chose not to file any materials relating to the reimbursement, according to a filing obtained…

Tammy Taillieu remembers her niece Destiny as a force to be reckoned with. She recalls how the 22-year-old university student was smart, compassionate and an advocate.She also used substances, Taillieu said. Destiny Taillieu died after a deadly dose of fentanyl in 2018. She and her boyfriend thought they were buying heroin, her aunt said. “I think that the whole fact that she died of a fentanyl poisoning was a shock to my family ’cause that’s not what she intended on purchasing,” Tammy Taillieu said. In the years since Destiny’s death, her aunt has watched the number of overdose deaths in Manitoba rise. The most…

The law was fiercely opposed by the right, which staged large street protests, but the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union could pave the way for separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to return from exile. The court agreed with the Socialist-led government’s argument that the amnesty law complies with EU legislation. “EU law does not preclude that amnesty law. That law seeks to reduce institutional and political tensions and to facilitate a scenario for reconciliation,” the Luxembourg-based court wrote in its ruling. Justice Minister Félix Bolaños said there was now “no doubt” that the amnesty law…

Washington Freedom (WF) produced one of the greatest chases ever witnessed in T20 cricket as they defeated MI New York (MINY) by six wickets in the MLC 2026 Eliminator. Chasing a daunting target of 267, Freedom rode on sensational unbeaten centuries from Andries Gous and Steve Smith to script the highest successful run chase in T20 history. Earlier in the evening, Nicholas Pooran had lit up the contest with the fastest century in Major League Cricket history, but his breathtaking knock ultimately ended in a losing cause.Nicholas Pooran’s blazing century powers MI New YorkAfter being put in to bat, MI…

Alexis Valdés, 62, has been unable to enter Cuba for more than 20 years, but on the stage of the Trail Theater on Calle Ocho in Miami, the comedian has recreated, through his characters, conflicts and nostalgia, the country he cannot return to. “An exile is different from someone who’s been banished,” Valdés explains in an interview with EL PAÍS in the living room of his home in southwest Miami.Surrounded by books, wearing a floral shirt, John Lennon–style glasses and a fedora, Valdés is eloquent and quick to laugh; he gestures gracefully and rounds off his thoughts as though bringing…

Spotify sigue realizando importantes cambios en la plataforma. Tras añadir la opción de escuchar artículos de revistas de formato largo narrados, la empresa ahora lanza las cuentas gratuitas para los niños menores de 13 años.A través de un comunicado, Spotify ha confirmado que añadirá las cuentas gratuitas gestionadas por los padres para niños menores de 13 años a su plan gratuito. Unas cuentas que, a partir de ahora, están disponibles para los padres y tutores con cualquier plan de Spotify en Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Australia, Francia, Alemania y los Países Bajos. La compañía ha confirmado igualmente que las cuentas…

The streaming service has found yet another way to milk more out of Stranger Things. Netflix Stranger Things might have already ended, but Netflix is far from done with it. The streaming service has just released a “VHS” special edition of the show’s first season. “Rewatch Season 1 like it’s 1983,” it wrote in its announcement. Indeed, the version looks very much like you’re watching a VHS tape.  It has the 4:3 aspect ratio of old tube TVs, so you’ll see two large black bars on both sides of the screen, unless you’re really watching on…

The ruling Socialists’ junior coalition partner Sumar has put forward a new proposal which seeks to change the minimum requirements for rental properties in Spain and make air conditioning mandatory. The hard-left party’s housing spokesperson, Alberto Ibáñez, explained that their main objective is to make it mandatory for all rental properties to have air conditioning systems installed. Ibáñez argued that tenants need “adequate climate conditions” in their homes and that this measure is essential to prevent tenants from “sweltering in their homes”. He described the current situation faced by many citizens, especially in large cities, as “inhumane and indecent”.   READ…

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North America Shortly after immigration agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January, the Department of Homeland Security vowed to quickly deploy body cameras for officers across the country. But nearly six months later, those plans have not fully materialized. In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. DHS accused Lorenzo Salgado Araujo of weaponizing his car and trying to run over an agent in Texas, while the agency accused Joan Durán Guerrero of being a public safety threat while attempting to flee in Maine. None of the federal officers involved were…

▲ La economista del University College London asegura que la prosperidad de la gente no sólo debe ser un eslogan.Foto Jorge Ángel Pablo García Dora Villanueva   Periódico La JornadaJueves 16 de julio de 2026, p. 17 El crecimiento, el desarrollo, la sostenibilidad, la prosperidad compartida y un cúmulo de conceptos alrededor del quehacer de los gobiernos pueden quedarse en meras frases publicitarias si no se aterrizan en políticas públicas concretas que tengan como brújula el bien común, destaca Mariana Mazzucato, una de las voces que más resuenan a escala global por criticar y replantear el rol del Estado frente…