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Making an Olympic team once is a massive achievement. Doing it twice is even more impressive. 

But this year, Team USA features three athletes who are now in their sixth (yes, sixth) summer games: Rifle shooter Kim Rhode, equestrian Phillip Dutton, and pistol shooter Emil Milev. 

Here's a look at their Olympic accomplishments over the years. 

Kim Rhode started shooting rifles when she was just 10 years old. At 13, she won a world championship. And at 17... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON — Houston police say they’ve arrested two men accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles that likely ended up in Mexico. Authorities say 24-year-old Michael Arce and 22-year-old Jesse Zelaya focused on new Jeep and Dodge vehicles, which attract big money on the black market in Mexico. The men

Online trade in illicit drugs via the hidden marketplaces known as cryptomarkets is growing, with revenue having doubled and transactions having tripled since 2013, according to a study.

He may be seducing women in his Red Room of Pain on the silver screen, but in real life, Jamie Dornan is a regular guy adjusting to becoming a dad times two.  In March,...

PHOENIX — The Latest on rainfall Friday in the Phoenix area (all times local): 10:20 a.m. Thunderstorms that swept across the Phoenix area Friday morning delayed flights and resulted in three jetliners being diverted to other airports. Sky Harbor International Airport spokeswoman Heather Lissner says the storms held up takeoffs, and landings were delayed by

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Visitors to Cambodia’s famed Angkor temple complex will have to pay almost twice as much for admission starting next February, the government said Friday. A government statement said the price of single-day tickets will rise from $20 currently to $37. A three-day pass will cost $62, up from $40. The price

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton pledges a fast track immigration reform bill and to boost the economic state of blacks and Latinos at a conference of Hispanic and black journalists.

The week ahead brings fresh data on consumer spending and sentiment, inflation and labor productivity.

Team Nigeria contingents to the Rio 2016 Olympics are getting ready to put Nigeria on the medals table when the competition starts proper. The athletes landed safely and are set to take on the rest of the world on their quest to win medals after shrugging off the challenges back home. PAY ATTENTION: Get the latest […]

(ATTN: ADDS more details in last para) SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea on Friday finalized three candidates for the leadership election slated for later this month, with Rep. Song Young-gil dropping from t

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts have captured and removed a 6-foot alligator from the backyard of a home with the help of workers from a local zoo. Officers were dispatched to the West Springfield property at about noon Thursday following a tip from a concerned resident. They extracted the alligator with two animal

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The complicated, multidimensional nature of the Syrian civil war continues to discourage clear thinking in debate about U.S. policy toward Syria. The involvement in the conflict of multiple protagonists who are each anathema to the American debaters but who are opposed to each other within Syria is a fundamental complication that too often gets ignored. Basic questions of what U.S. interests are in Syria too often get overlooked. Читать дальше...

Stressing upong the fact that a Central bank should enjoy autonomy, World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu said on Friday that ensuring the same is very important.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has blamed Fethullah Gulen for attempted coup

United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has indicated that he would follow what the voters would have loved to see at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan municipality.

CAIRO — Egypt’s former grand mufti survived an attempt on his life in a western Cairo suburb when two masked gunmen opened fire as he was walking toward a mosque to hold Friday prayers, an Egyptian security official said. Sheikh Ali Gomaa was unharmed in the attack and the two attackers fled the scene outside

(AP) — The University of Wyoming may have as many as 400 fewer employees after the university completes budget cuts and other funding changes over the next couple of years, UW President Laurie Nichols said. The state's only public, four-year university must account for the loss of $35 million in state aid and reallocate an additional $6 million from within its budget for utilities and improvements to its accounting system for a total of $41 million. In order to meet the $41 million, Nichols has... Читать дальше...

DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins defensive line coach Terrell Williams was engaged in conversation on the field following practice Friday when end Cameron Wake came up from behind and playfully draped a large, sweaty arm around his coach’s neck. Williams smiled and kept talking, but soon decided to pull rank on Wake. “Get out of

ANDERSON, Ind. — Four years ago, T.Y. Hilton walked into his NFL first training camp as something of an unknown. Now 26, Hilton returns in a new role — as the most accomplished receiver on the Indianapolis Colts’ roster. He’s also the oldest member of his position group and its unquestioned leader. “Naturally guys grow

TOKYO — Takata Corp., the Japanese company at the center of a massive global air bag recall, is sticking to its forecast of posting a 13 billion yen ($129 million) profit for the fiscal year through March. It reported on Friday an April-June profit of 2 billion yen ($19.8 million), down 33 percent from the

Wayzata star Colin Schmidt's strong slapshot broke the glass at a hockey summer camp this week.

Alrighty folks, let’s hash this out. (MAJOR spoilers within.)

OK. So we've all had a teensy bit of time to digest the new Harry Potter story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

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You, like I, probably have some opinions about the truly wacky things that take place within it.

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Cheers to that! Barbie Blank is celebrating her last night as a single woman before tying the knot in this clip from Sunday's all-new episode of WAGS! But while the...

These people live like Americans before the invention of air conditioning.