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Members of the Refugee Olympic Team pose for a photo in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 30, 2016. A group of 10 athletes from South Sudan, Syria, Congo and Ethiopia will compete in Rio under the Olympic flag.(Photo: AP)
[h=2]Celebrate the Olympics. And celebrate, especially, the Olympic Refugee team[/h]They do not want to be pitied or patronized. They want only to show they belong — whether<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at the starting line at the Rio Olympics or in a world increasingly hostile to the plight of refugees.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Being a part of the Olympic Refugee Team has transformed the lives of its 10 members, and they hope their presence at the Games<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will be transformational for millions of others like them around the world.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“I want everyone to think that refugees are normal humans who had homelands and who lost them,” swimmer Yusra Mardini, who fled<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Syria<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a year ago, told USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour. “Not because they wanted to and not because they wanted to be refugees or to run away. They had to leave their countries." Take a minute and read her column. Feel the feels. Get ready for the Rio Games.
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The Olympic Refugee Team's South Sudanese members were torn from their families, but have found a new family to run with in Rio.
[h=2]A transit<span style="color: Red;">*</span>cop in the nation's capital is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>accused of trying to help the Islamic State[/h]Nicholas Young, who was arrested Wednesday in Washington, D.C., is the first U.S. police officer to face a terror-related charge. The FBI began investigating Young after Metro Transit Police flagged<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"concerns" about him.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>According to the FBI affidavit filed in the case, Young, 36, traveled to Libya once and tried to go there a second time. He told FBI agents he had been with rebels trying to overthrow the regime of Moammar Gadhafi. According to the allegations,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a search of Young's luggage at the time of the trip<span style="color: Red;">*</span>turned up body armor, a Kevlar helmet and several other military-style items. He appeared in court on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>charges of trying to provide material support to the Islamic State.
[h=2]Miracle: All 300 onboard survive<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>plane crash-lands at Dubai airport<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]One firefighter on the ground responding to the accident died, but all 300 people on an Emirates flight that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>crash-landed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday survived after being evacuated on the runway. No official details about<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what happened were yet<span style="color: Red;">*</span>released, but videos of the smoky scene appear to show one of the plane’s engines detached on the landing strip. Passengers (including six Americans)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>quickly evacuated before the plane burst into fire and smoke.
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Social media pictures show smoke billowing from a plane on the runway at Dubai Airport in the United Arab Ermirates. Officials say all passengers were evacuated safely. (Aug. 3) AP
[h=2]This Arizona ZIP code gives more to Trump than any other in the U.S.[/h]Republican vice presidential candidate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mike Pence<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has been busy as Donald Trump's clarifier-in-chief. The Indiana governor also has been courting the donors. Here's a fun fact on the heels of Pence's recent Arizona trip:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Scottsdale’s 85255<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ZIP code is the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>No. 1 source of individual contributions<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the Trump campaign in the nation,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>according to an analysis<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by the non-partisan<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Center for Responsive Politics. That slice of Arizona had chipped in just under $30,000 through June.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Arizona is also generating whispers of becoming a competitive state<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the fall presidential campaign, something that would defy decades of history. More from the trail:
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