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Mia Khalifa was born in Beirut in 1993 and wore a hijab, but that’s not the last time she wore it as disgruntled Muslims will tell you. In 2000 she and her family moved to the United States, settling in Maryland. She earned her BA in history at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The gunman in the shooting deaths of two television journalists in Virginia on Aug. 26 was a veteran anchorman with a history of workplace grievances who had previously sued a Florida station alleging discrimination because he was black. 

Bombastic real-estate mogul Donald Trump has extended his lead in the 2016 Republican nomination race, beating establishment candidates and anti-Washington renegades alike as he topped a new poll released Aug. 18.

Two women have made military history after becoming the first female soldiers to pass the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger Course, the Army said on August 17.

The two, along with 94 men, passed the 62-day leadership course, which teaches students "how to overcome fatigue, hunger, and stress to lead Soldiers during small unit combat operations," it said in a statement. 

Disney theme parks have their sights on a galaxy far, far away.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on August 13 declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government.

Astronauts living at the International Space Station took their first bites of space-grown lettuce on August 10, in what scientists described as another step toward enabling human missions to Mars.

Vice President Joe Biden is actively exploring a possible presidential run, a move which would jolt the Democratic field and its frontrunner Hillary Clinton, The New York Times reported August 1.

A Florida family who has hunted treasure for years found more than $1 million worth of gold artifacts this summer from the wreckage of a 1715 Spanish fleet that sank in the Atlantic, according to a salvage company's estimate. 

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Real estate magnate Donald Trump moved to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential field in a CNN poll released on July 26, edging out rival Jeb Bush and gaining support from Republicans in the last month despite a series of controversial statements.