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Jayson Williams played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets. In 2010, Williams pleaded guilty to assault in the accidental shooting death of a limousine driver. He served an 18-month prison sentence and was released in April 2012.
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This combination of undated photos released by the U.S. Marine Corps on Friday, July 14, 2017, shows eight of the 16 the victims killed in a military plane crash earlier in the week in Mississippi. They are, top row from left, Cpl. Dan Baldassare, Staff Sgt. Robert Cox, Capt. Sean Elliott and Maj. Caine Goyette; bottom row, from left, Gunnery Sgt. Mark Hopkins, Sgt. Chad Jenson, Gunnery Sgt. Brendan Johnson, Sgt. Julian Kevianne. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
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This combination of undated photos released by the U.S. Marine Corps on Friday, July 14, 2017, shows eight of the 16 the victims killed in a military plane crash earlier in the week in Mississippi. They are, top row from left, Cpl. Staff Sgt. William Joseph Kundrat, Sgt. Talon Leach, Sgt. Owen Lennon and Navy Corpsman Ryan Lohrey; bottom row, from left, Sgt. Joseph Murray, Cpl. Collin Schaaff, Sgt. Dietrich Schmieman and Staff Sgt. Joshua Snowden. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
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Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Emergency personnel work at the scene where a garbage truck and a Pennsylvania state trooper vehicle collided just before the fork of Route 711 and 271 in Ligonier Township, Pa., Friday, July 14, 2017. A state trooper died and another was injured in the crash. The conditions of the injured trooper and the garbage truck driver were not immediately known (Shane Dunlap/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Investigators examine the scene where a garbage truck and a Pennsylvania state trooper vehicle collided just before the fork of Route 711 and 271 in Ligonier Township, Pa., Friday, July 14, 2017. A state trooper died and another was injured in the crash. The conditions of the injured trooper and the garbage truck driver were not immediately known (Shane Dunlap/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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A tow truck operator makes a phone call amid the wreckage after a Pennsylvania State Trooper vehicle and garbage truck collided in Ligonier Township, Pa., Friday, July 14, 2017. A state trooper died and another was injured in the crash. The conditions of the injured trooper and the garbage truck driver were not immediately known (Alex Driehaus//Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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An officer walks by the wreckage of a Pennsylvania State Trooper vehicle after a collision with a garbage truck in Ligonier Township, Pa., Friday, July 14, 2017. A state trooper died and another was injured in the crash. The conditions of the injured trooper and the garbage truck driver were not immediately known (Alex Driehaus//Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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A Pennsylvania State Trooper vehicle is hooked up to a flat bed truck after a collision with a garbage truck in Ligonier Township, Pa., Friday, July 14, 2017. A state trooper died and another was injured in the crash. The conditions of the injured trooper and the garbage truck driver were not immediately known (Alex Driehaus//Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Sandbags are in place Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the businesses along Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee, Il. Flood waters from the Des Plaines river continue to rise to near record levels.(Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)
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Floodwaters continued to impact Gurnee, Ill. on Thursday, July 13, 2017 as seen in this drone photo. Officials said Lake County Emergency Operations Center is actively monitoring river levels and weather forecasts, and coordinating with local jurisdictions to ensure resources are getting to where they need to go. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP)
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Floodwaters continued to impact Gurnee, Ill. on Thursday, July 13, 2017 as seen in this drone photo. Officials said Lake County Emergency Operations Center is actively monitoring river levels and weather forecasts, and coordinating with local jurisdictions to ensure resources are getting to where they need to go. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP)
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Floodwaters continued to impact Gurnee, Ill. on Thursday, July 13, 2017 as seen in this drone photo. Officials said Lake County Emergency Operations Center is actively monitoring river levels and weather forecasts, and coordinating with local jurisdictions to ensure resources are getting to where they need to go. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP)
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This 2016 photo provided by Kevin Johnson shows his son, U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Brendan Johnson, in Kalispell, Mont. Sgt. Johnson, of Colchester, Vt., was among those killed on Monday, July 10, 2017, in a military plane crash in Mississippi. (Kevin Johnson via AP)
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant tells reporters that he has declared a state of emergency in the area surrounding the crash site of a Marine KC-130 during a news conference Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Itta Bena, Miss. Bryant said the step will allow the state to continue to provide security at the crash site "as long as they need us" as crews work to catalog and remove debris. (Lauren Randall/The Commonwealth via AP)
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In this July 11, 2017 photo, smoke rises from a warehouse storing stolen fuel near Tepeaca, Puebla state, Mexico. Authorities couldn't enter the area to fight the blaze because they risked a confrontation with local villagers. "They usually try to put the fires out themselves," said Assistant Public Safety Secretary Jose Tlachi. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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In this October 10, 1980, file photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency distributed by Korea News Service, leader Kim Il Sung stands at a podium in Pyongyang. For nearly 70 years, the three generations of the Kim family have run North Korea with an absolute rule that tolerates no dissent. The ruling family has devoted much of the country's scarce resources to its military but has constantly feared Washington is intent on destroying the authoritarian government. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
