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How a young Alabama man has become a leading - and booming - opera voice
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (1145+ words) Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee portrays Wotan, second left, as he is surrounded by cast members portraying Wotan’s Valkyrie daughters, in a production of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walkuere” at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. (Monika Rittershaus/Bavarian State Opera via AP)…...
Australian court hears bail arguments for woman accused of enslaving Yazidi teen in Syria
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (609+ words) Lawyers Bill Doogue, left, representing Kawsar Abbas, and Maya George, representing Zeinab Ahmed, leave the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in Melbourne, Australia Friday, May 8, 2026, after Abbas and Ahmed were charged with slavery and terrorism offenses after they arrived home from Syria....
Australian woman accused of joining Islamic State group has renounced jihad, her lawyer says
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (429+ words) A court sketch shows Rayann El Houli in Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Anita Lester/AAP Image via AP) Barrister Peter Morrissey SC leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, June 1, 2026, where, according to allegations…...
Australian woman held in custody on charges of traveling to Syria to join Islamic State group
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (488+ words) Rayann El Houli, 34, was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with her children and another woman, police and her lawyer said. The arrest came two days after seven women and 12 children linked…...
Muslim community shaken after alleged hate assault in St. Albert
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (986+ words) A Muslim man attacked in St. Albert sustained various injuries in an incident that’s garnered national attention./Supplied by RCMP Community leaders and members of St. Albert’s Muslim community are condemning an alleged hate-motivated assault that left a local Muslim…...
Spectator reporters Démar Grant, Nicole O’Reilly nominated for national journalism awards
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) Grant was nominated for a daily news story, while O’Reilly earned a nod for her feature on a family homicide case Two Spectator reporters were nominated for the annual awards that saw a record 561 submissions this year. Two Hamilton Spectator…...
Former Australian soldier charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (373+ words) Police have not confirmed the 47-year-old man’s name. He is expected to appear in a Sydney court later Tuesday. The soldier is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime. Former Special…...
Inclusiveness essential to improve Indigenous graduation rates, says educator
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (583+ words) Sir John Franklin High School’s class of 2023 held its graduation ceremony at Somba K’e Civic Plaza. New statistics released by the GNWT show a lingering gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students when it comes to graduation rates. More inclusiveness and…...
After the killing of an innocent bystander, does downtown Hamilton feel safe?
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (533+ words) Here’s what four people said about their sense of safety in light of the shooting. The Spectator spoke to people downtown to hear about their comments on safety in the core. In the days following the killing of innocent bystander…...
Statistics suggest downtown isn’t significantly more dangerous, but Hamilton’s core struggles to shake unsafe reputation
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (1680+ words) Incidents like a recent fatal shooting at King and James streets do little to help an ailing downtown in the throes of transformation. Flattened flowers left by the bus stop where Belinda Sarkodie who was shot and killed July 11. Increased…...