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A hammer-wielding woman recorded on video yelling racist remarks outside a family’s St. Louis home last year was charged Wednesday with three felonies, authorities said. Fatima Suarez, 22, who said her family has been harassed for more than a year, said Wednesday that it shouldn’t have taken a viral Ring camera video to prompt charges. The video captured the woman appearing to hit Suarez’s front door with a hammer and shouting racist remarks. Suarez initially posted the video on TikTok, and it was reposted by a popular user this week. “It’s ridiculous for it having to take a video going…

Gwyneth Paltrow in Titanic? Brad Pitt in Almost Famous? Some of the most iconic roles in film and TV could have looked very different had they gone to the original casting choices. Before Billy Crudup brought Stillwater singer Russell Hammond to life in the 2000 music drama, director Cameron Crowe had his eye on Pitt, who was “just starting out” in his now-legendary career. “He just really had something,” Crowe gushed during the premiere episode of the “Origins: Almost Famous Turns Twenty” podcast in July 2020. Casting director Gail Levin agreed, noting that the Ad Astra star was clearly the…

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, decided to highlight President Biden’s failures in Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal by inviting former Afghan Ambassador Roya Rahmani to be his guest to the State of the Union address.Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a Marine veteran, invited Shamsrrahman “Shams” Rahmani, an Afghan national who worked as a site manager for a military contractor in Afghanistan. Rahmani is a special immigrant visa (SIV) holder who finally made it to the United States in December after fearing for his life. The veterans group No One Left Behind was instrumental to the evacuation of him and his family.…

Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward. Information from the North Las Vegas Court website says if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on house arrest and would be electronically monitored. He cannot have contact with the complainants or any minors.Under Nevada law, Chasing Horse would have to pay 15 per cent of the bail — about $45,000.The 46-year-old actor, who played young Sioux character Smiles a Lot…

Kelowna RCMP have said there has been an uptick in the theft of Catalytic converter which began around Christmas time. However, it has increased significantly over the last month and half.“Honestly no car is safe,” said Const. Mike Della-Paolera“If it’s parked on the street, it’s parked out in a public area — they’re a potential target for these criminals.”In a vehicle’s exhaust system, a catalytic converter controls and reduces pollutants. A significant rise in the price of precious metals contained in these devices has increased the theft of catalytic converters.Const. Della-Paolera tells Global News they now have a special unit…

It’s been just over one month since Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during a game, but a medical expert is saying that Hamlin’s career is far from over.Despite being administered CPR for over nine minutes and in the hospital for over a week, NF Players Association medical director Thom Mayer says the Buffalo Bills safety will be back on the gridiron. “I don’t want to get into HIPAA issues, but I guarantee you that Damar Hamlin will play professional football again,” Mayer said on SiriusXM on Wednesday.After mostly staying silent in the weeks following his scary incident, Hamlin released…

A gunman who confessed to targeting people of Mexican descent in a mass shooting at a Texas Walmart that left 22 people dead pleaded guilty Wednesday to dozens of hate crimes, federal authorities said.Patrick Crusius, 24, entered the plea after federal prosecutors said last month that they would not seek the death penalty in the Aug. 3, 2019, rampage in El Paso. He pleaded guilty to 23 counts of hate crimes that resulted in death and 22 hate crimes that caused great bodily injury and involved an attempt to kill, the Department of Justice said in a news release.He also…

A B.C. man who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 is heading out of province to receive what he hopes will be his final treatments. Surrey resident Dan McMurdo, 69, has been battling prostate cancer for more than six years.He said the prostate cancer treatment system with B.C. is flawed as he was presented with only two options by medical professionals. He either had to choose to get his prostate removed or to get full radiation treatment.“They say all the right stuff on the news and I’ve heard the health minister bring it up over and over again saying…

The Federal government will invest $10 billion into establishing a housing future fund.The fund comes as the rise in the cost of living risks pushing more people into homelessness.It’s expected 30,000 social and affordable homes will be built within the fund’s first five years. Source: Sky News

CNN  —  President Joe Biden said in a new interview that the recently recovered Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental US did not damage bilateral relations between the two countries. “The idea shooting down a balloon that’s gathering information over America and that makes relations worse?” Biden told PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff in a wide-ranging interview a day after his second State of the Union address. “I made it real clear to Xi Jinping that we’re going to compete fully with China, but we’re not looking for conflict. That’s been the case so far.” Biden’s response marks the second…