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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has tapped Sydney Agudong to play Nani Pelekai in Disney's upcoming live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch. The article states that Sydney was "born and raised on the island of Kauai, Hawaii" and doesn't mention if she is Native Hawaiian. The casting choice sparked immediate backlash across social media. Here's why: Pacific Islanders have notoriously little representation in Hollywood. And the majority of PI celebs who do find fame in the US are light-skinned — despite many, many islanders coming in a range of darker skin tones.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., joined "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Saturday morning and commented on President Biden's trip to Ireland with his son, Hunter playing a role in the visit The House Oversight Committee Chairman slammed the inclusion of Hunter amid investigations as a "sad part of our American history." REP. JAMES COMER: … The business plan for all practical purposes is the Biden family takes money from our adversaries around the world for doing things that we haven't yet determined. Now, there is no business, but with respect to seeing Hunter Biden on Air Force One, seeing Hunter Biden...

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A top lawyer for former President Donald Trump reportedly recused himself from the Mar-a-Lago classified files case after appearing before a grand jury. Despite his recusal, Evan Corcoran is still working for Trump on special counsel Jack Smith's inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Washington Post reported. Corcoran was recently ordered to answer questions about a subpoena against Trump's team for sensitive documents that were issued last May, Typically, legal ethics rules stipulate that lawyers shouldn't work for clients in cases where they could become key witnesses. Corcoran’s recusal could be temporary as the rule is not yet...

One of the greatest barn finds of all time was recently uncovered in the Netherlands and will soon be sold at auction. The Palmen Barnfind Collection is named after its former owner. Mr. Palmen began collecting special cars over 40 years ago. He eventually stored over 230 vehicles in a church and two warehouses, where the cars were rarely seen by anyone. Due to circumstances and his increasing age, Palmen can no only longer keep his impressive collection, and Gallery Aaldering, a classic car dealer, acquired the massive historic fleet.

A plus-size travel social media influencer demanded that airlines better accommodate larger passengers when traveling. Jae’lynn Chaney from Vancouver, Washington, started the Change.org petition “Demand for the FAA to Protect Plus-Sized Customers,” detailing several demands to ensure larger passengers can fly without issues. Chaney kicked off the petition claiming she and her fiancé were subjected to discrimination on a recent flight from Pasco, WA to Denver — which roughly takes just over 2 hours. She claims other passengers refused to sit next to them, with the pair receiving “hateful comments” and “disapproving looks” while traveling. “As plus-size travelers, my partner...

By night they leave their graves, crawling, shambling, through empty streets, whimpering, pleading, begging for his blood! When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

New Jersey is cracking down on “mall”-adjusted teens. Garden State Plaza Mall will require patrons under 18 to be accompanied by a chaperone who is 21 or older on weekend nights in response to a spate of TikTok-fueled mayhem. The policy will begin on April 28 and will be in effect after 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, according to mall officials who said the aim was to stomp out unruly behavior. “We’ve seen an increase in large crowds of teens, essentially juveniles. … The teens aren’t just enjoying the property in shopping, dining and entertainment,” Wesley Rebisz, senior general...

Regarding electric vehicles, President Joe Biden cannot simply use his bully pulpit to preach EVs’ virtues. Gift-wrapping them in lavish taxpayer-funded subsidies is not enough for Biden, either. So, this dictator rules by fiat. Rather than ask Congress to enact a pro-EV law, Emperor Biden issued a decree on Wednesday, via the Environmental Protection Agency. By 2030, 54% of new passenger vehicles must be electric. Just two years later, that mandate would grow by more than one-fifth, until 67% of new cars and light trucks are electric in 2032.

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ST. SIMONS, Ga. — A large fire at a factory near St. Simons Island has led to Glynn County issuing a shelter-in-place order for parts of the island. The Pinova plant in nearby Brunswick, Ga. caught fire Saturday and strong winds are reportedly pushing the smoke over the island. Fire officials have not confirmed how the fire started.

CHICAGO (CBS) – At least four people are dead and 12 others are wounded in weekend shootings across the city as of Saturday. The ages of the victims range from 14 to 65. In the first shooting of the weekend, a 22-year-old man was shot while inside a car, in the 100 block of East 45th Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood around 6:05 p.m. Later in the evening, three other shootings followed – all occurring within one hour. The first shooting of the hour happened around 8:08 p.m., in the 5400 block of West Madison Street in the South Austin...

Lingerie mogul Les Wexner is allegedly using burly bodyguards to dodge a subpoena in the scandalous lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Bank of helping Jeffrey Epstein run his child sex trafficking operation, RadarOnline.com has learned. The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) want to interrogate the billionaire founder and former CEO of The Limited and Victoria’s Secrets, who is widely credited for helping Epstein amass millions in the mid-1980s by hiring him as a personal money manager. But the crafty 85-year-old tycoon has allegedly given the process server the slip, and the USVI filed a motion asking a Manhattan federal court judge overseeing the...

Stewart Copeland ruled out another Police reunion for “honorable reasons,” saying the trio will remain great friends as long as they don't try to work together again. Frontman Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and Copeland split in 1986 after a hugely successful nine-year stint, reconnecting in 2003 and 2007. In a new interview with the Daily Express, the drummer surmised that the Police's original run lasted longer than it might have without Sting’s loyalty to his bandmates. “It was poisonous,” Copeland said of their ‘80s experience. “We were as big as a band could be, and everyone thought we were three...

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (MI) signed two gun control bills into law this week in the aftermath of a shooting at Michigan State University. According to The Detroit News, the bills are the “most significant firearm restrictions Michigan has enacted in almost 30 years.” The laws will expand background checks and impose storage standards for guns and ammunition that are kept in homes with children. Whitmer signed the bills into law at Michigan State University, where three students were killed after a gunman opened fire on the campus in February. The suspect, Anthony McRae, 43, was found by police dead...

Paul O'Grady's cause of death reported in official documents after much-loved star died 'unexpectedly' Featured Image Credit: Allstar Picture Library Ltd / WENN Rights Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Paul O'Grady's cause of death has been reported after the TV presenter passed away last month. O'Grady was 67-years-old when he died, with his family announcing at the time that he died 'unexpectedly but peacefully' on 28 March. O'Grady was known as a big animal lover. Credit: ITV O'Grady was known as a big animal lover. Credit: ITV Police confiscate doll display Keep Watching His husband, Andre Portasio, shared the news...

Lesley Swick Van Ness was on vacation in Florida when she "fell ill and was hospitalized," a colleague shared in a statementLesley Swick Van Ness, a former news anchor in Illinois, has died. She was 42. She died on Monday following a sudden illness while on vacation with her family, according to NBC affiliate WGEM-TV, the station where she worked for over a decade. "Lesley had been on vacation with her beautiful family in Florida when she fell ill and was hospitalized last Thursday," Jennifer Dale, the vice president of recruiting at Gray Television, where Van Ness was working at...

A patient died suddenly at Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital in Moncton, N.B., Tuesday. Vitalité Health Network, which runs the hospital, confirmed the death to CTV News Thursday. “The network offers its sincere condolences to the patient's family and friends during this difficult time,” a Vitalité spokesperson wrote in an email. The health authority said it would not release any more information about the person because of privacy laws. The RCMP says it learned of the death around 4:30 p.m. the day it happened. The force says it is investigating the circumstance around the death with help from the New Brunswick...

In 2019, Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman admitted while being questioned by the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday that he had leaked information to an anti-Trump whistleblower at the center of the Democrats’ partisan impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump. Vindman attempted to provide talking points to Trump prior to his “infamous” Ukraine phone call and then leaked a mischaracterization of the call afterward. Vindman was directly confronted by California Rep. Devin Nunes. Nunes asked: “Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, did you discuss the July 25 phone call with anyone outside the White House on July 25 or the 26, and if so, with...

'Trump cut and run like a coward.' Call it a case of “shots fired,” at long last. After months of Donald Trump blasting Ron DeSantis on myriad issues, a Super PAC supportive of the Florida Governor is returning fire, spotlighting the former President’s Democratic affinities on the issue of guns. Timing is everything, of course, and this NEVER BACK DOWN PAC spot was shot out while the National Rifle Association has its annual meeting in Indianapolis, and not too long after the Florida Governor signed a permitless carry bill into law. The 82-second ad contends that “Trump promised NRA members...