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The ex-wife of Orlando mass killer Omar Mateen claimed Monday that she believed he was homosexual — as it was revealed that he frequented the gay nightclub where he staged the nation’s worst massacre in modern times. Sitora Yusufiy, who was married to Mateen in 2009 for three months, made the shocking claim on Brazilian television station SBT Brazil. Her fiancé, Marco Dias, speaking in Portuguese on her behalf, said that Yusufiy believed that Mateen had “gay tendencies” and that his father had called him gay in front of her. Dias also claimed “the FBI asked her not to tell...

If you've watched many Texas Rangers' games on TV (or other local programming), you may have seen commercials for the Brown Hand Center, a chain of surgery clinics specializing in carpal tunnel injuries. There's one in Bedford, on the Airport Freeway near Forest Ridge Drive. The commercials feature Michael Brown, the bearded, smiling founder of the Houston-based company, sitting in a cozy office with his wife and children (or actors playing them). The commercials end with him saying, "In the Brown Hand Center, we'll care for you just as I care for my own family." Then a little girl climbs...