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For nearly two years, Mahmoud and his extended family of 17 lived in an Egyptian camp for refugees, experiencing first-hand the U.S. process for vetting Syrian refugees for admission into America. It boiled down to five interviews, totaling roughly four hours, in which they answered mostly ‘yes or no’ questions, according to Mahmoud, who finally made it to the U.S. on July 18 along with wife, children and grandchildren. Grateful to be in America after their circuitous flight from their embattled hometown of Homs, they nonetheless remain confused about what they have gone through and what lies ahead. “The interview process was long, but not scary," said Mahmoud, who asked that his ful...

A movie theater ended up with a crowd of mad moms after they were kicked out of the flick "Bad Moms." A group of Florida moms were outraged when they were asked to leave a Regal movie theater in Fort Myers after fellow patrons complained they were breasftfeeding during "Bad Moms." Some of the moms who attended the showing brought babies as young as four weeks to see the film, but they were eventually asked to leave for bringing children under 6-years-old to an R-rated movie. Some of the moms claim they were kicked out for breastfeeding not for bringing their kids to the adult film. "No one had communicated that children under six were not allowed in R-rated movies," one of the moms Amb...

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. – Historic, low-lying Ellicott City, Maryland, was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night, killing two people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses, officials said. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman told The Associated Press by phone Sunday that the body of a man had been recovered, along with a woman's body that was recovered earlier Sunday in the Patapsco River. Everyone else had been accounted for, he said. The town about 14 miles west of Baltimore received 6.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service, and most of it fell Saturday evening between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. [embedded content] Videos posted on social media showed floodw...