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NEW YORK — The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what’s called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars. Sugar does more than sweeten tea and powder doughnuts. Different varieties fuel our cells and even make up DNA. Scientists are itching to know how sugars form because they’re a key ingredient for life as we know it. Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas…

Atlanta Braves (Wikimedia Commons) The Major League Baseball Draft took place Saturday and Sunday and a total of 13 Canadians were selected. Let’s take a look. The first Canadian taken was outfielder Carter Beck of Estevan, Saskatchewan, who was taken 26th overall, by the Atlanta Braves. Beck, who played this past season for Indiana State, is the highest Major League Baseball draft pick ever from the province of Saskatchewan. This past season with the Sycamores, he batted .346 with 16 home runs and 59 runs batted in. The second Canadian drafted was shortstop Taj Marchand. A dual citizen, Marchand was born…

President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, undoing protections established by former presidents on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah have ancient cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and scenic canyons, as well as coal and uranium deposits that state officials want made available for development. Trump, a Republican, issued proclamations under the Antiquities Act to reduce their size by about 90% each. He took similar actions during his first term, but those were reversed by President Joe Biden, a Democrat. The…

HAVANA — Four Democratic members of U.S. Congress who traveled to Cuba this weekend described the energy embargo imposed on the island by U.S. President Donald Trump as turning the island into a “silent Gaza.” The U.S. implemented the energy embargo in January after the capture of Venezuela’s then-President Nicolás Maduro and threatened tariffs on other countries that sell fuel to the island. The measures have exacerbated a five-year crisis caused by previous sanctions and failed domestic policies, such as monetary unification. Reps. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Teresa Leger-Fernández of New Mexico, Maxine Dexter of Oregon and Delia Catalina Ramírez…

Former child actor Blake Garrett’s official cause of death has been revealed. According to documents from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Tulsa, Oklahoma exclusively obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, July 13, Garrett’s probable cause of death is listed as acute fentanyl toxicity. His death was ruled an accident. The summary report also stated that Garrett was residing in a sober living house in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the time of his death. Garrett’s mother, Carol, confirmed to TMZ in February that the How to Eat Fried Worms actor had died. He was 33. Carol told the outlet…

The Rangers have granted infielder Jonah Bride his release, per Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News. He’s now a free agent and is eligible to sign with any club. Bride, 30, signed a minor league deal with the Rangers in November. He has spent this year with Triple-A Round Rock, putting up good numbers. He stepped to the plate 357 times over 80 games with the Express. His 18.2% strikeout rate and 16% walk rate were both much better than average. He has a .271/.389/.418 line. Even in the hitter-friendly context of the Pacific Coast League, that production is…

MONTREAL — Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard pleaded guilty Monday to sexual assault and forcible confinement in Quebec, the latest conviction in the downfall of the founder of the once-global Nygard International clothing company. Nygard also faces U.S. racketeering and sex trafficking charges. The 84-year-old appeared by video from an Ontario prison, where he is serving an 11-year sentence after a Toronto jury convicted him in 2023 of sexually assaulting four women. He also faces extradition to the United States on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Quebec Crown prosecutor Jérôme Laflamme said Nygard’s plea came unexpectedly ahead of what…

Bachelor in Paradise star Joe Amabile has just shared that he has a brain tumor. Moreover, he will undergo brain surgery, but there is a lot to his story. Keep reading for all of the details that he has shared amid this terrifying time. Joe Amabile Finds Brain Tumor Cancer finds its way around Bachelor Nation, with Katie Thurston battling breast cancer. She is working her hardest to overcome and live in the moment. Gerry Turner, who was the first Golden Bachelor, was diagnosed with incurable bone marrow cancer. Now, Bachelor in Paradise alum Joe Amabile is facing a similar…

Brian Austin Green is reflecting on the lessons he learned from his marriage to Megan Fox years after their split. During a recent podcast appearance, the actor admitted that “physical attraction” was the foundation of their relationship and revealed how their divorce prompted a period of self-reflection. Through therapy, Brian Austin Green said he gained a new perspective on love and compatibility, lessons that have since shaped his relationship with his fiancée and his approach to co-parenting with Megan Fox. 5MEGA During a recent appearance on the “I Do, Part 2” podcast, Brian Austin Green reflected on his nearly 15-year…

A man died on Monday in the city of Biddeford, Maine, in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The incident comes less than a week after another federal agent fatally shot Mexican migrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, amid the anti-immigration crackdown by Donald Trump’s administration. Hours after news of the Maine shooting emerged on Monday morning, authorities had still not confirmed the identity of the person who was shot. However, two migrant-rights organizations in the state — Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and Presente! Maine — reported that the deceased was a 26-year-old Colombian man. Presente!…