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The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School followed by his father, Fred Warmbier, center, after the funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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Fred Warmbier, right, follows the casket of his son, Otto, out of Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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A driverless shuttle is shown parked at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Two driverless shuttles will begin operating at the university this fall. The tall, airy, 15-passenger shuttles will carry students and staff in a two-mile loop on campus roads alongside regular traffic. The shuttle will be free and insured by the university. The electric shuttles are made by French startup NAVYA, which has deployed 25 shuttles worldwide since last year and is operating them on campuses in Australia and Japan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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A driverless shuttle carries passengers at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Two driverless shuttles will begin operating at the university this fall. The tall, airy, 15-passenger shuttles will carry students and staff in a two-mile loop on campus roads alongside regular traffic. The shuttle will be free and insured by the university. The electric shuttles are made by French startup NAVYA, which has deployed 25 shuttles worldwide since last year and is operating them on campuses in Australia and Japan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY JUNE 25 AND THEREAFTER - In a June 16, 2017 photo, Chachi Zavala watches a goat nap on his mat during the first goat yoga class at Eastbound and Down Icehouse in Dallas. (Tailyr Irvine/The Dallas Morning News)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, photo, a student holds a "no fear" sign after presenting the class book "Luchando por un Mejor Futuro" (Fighting for a Better Future) in Brentwood, N.Y. The book is a collection of stories about the students making the journey to the United States while attempting to escape violence. In the book the children mention seeing their parents beaten or murdered, hiding from authorities and being shot. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, photo, Maria Victoria Mendoza's six grade class walks back to their classroom in Brentwood, N.Y. Mendoza's class made a book called "Luchando por un Mejor Futuro" (Fighting for a Better Future), which is a collection of stories about the students making the journey to the United States while attempting to escape violence. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, photo, Mirna Vasquez hugs her teacher Maria Victoria Mendoza in her classroom in Brentwood, N.Y. Mendoza and the rest of her classmates wrote a book, "Luchando por un Mejor Futuro" (Fighting for a Better Future), in which they tell the stories of their journey's to America and the horrors they saw, with their parents being beaten or murdered, hiding from authorities and being shot. "It was a cry fest hearing these stories. They all told similar stories," said Mendoza. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, photo, Jocsan Hernandez, left, and other students of Maria Victoria Mendoza class at Brentwood East Middle school share their sections of "Luchando por un Mejor Futuro" (Fighting for a Better Future), a book they created, in Brentwood, N.Y. A group of young immigrants has written the book about how they fled street gangs in Central America in search of a better life in a New York town now plagued by the same gang violence. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)
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Illustration on moral confusion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Academy Award winning actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck played high school bully Fred O’Bannion in the cult classic ‘Dazed and Confused.’
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In this Aug. 26, 2015 photo, Jim Reding explains the history of the Land Lab classroom at Granville Intermediate School in Granville, Ohio. Reding, a high school science teacher said climate change is an issue that will affect his students’ lives and he wants them to think critically and have civil, reasoned conversations about it. Most climate scientists say manmade emissions drive global warming, but there’s no such consensus among American educators over how climate change should be taught. (Sara C. Tobias/The Advocate via AP)
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In this June 15, 2017 photo, Alec, left, and Kyle Munro pose for a portrait at their home near New Providence, Pa. They had perfect attendance throughout the entirety of their schooling in Solanco school district. (Richard Hertzler/LNP via AP)
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This Oct. 17, 2016 photo shows the College of St. Mary campus in Omaha, Neb. Some private colleges in Nebraska and Iowa have devised unusual ways to compete for new students as the number of high school graduates has leveled off nationwide. College of St. Mary has dropped its overall price. (Rebecca Gratz/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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This undated photo provided by The University of Illinois Police Department shows Yingying Zhang. Police said the FBI is investigating the disappearance of Zhang, a Chinese woman from a central Illinois university town, as a kidnapping. Zhang was about a month into a yearlong appointment at the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign when she disappeared June 9, 2017. (Courtesy of the University of Illinois Police Department via AP)
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In this photo provided by Jocelyn Gecker, a helicopter flies over Moraga, Calif., as part of efforts Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a grass fire that had burned through several acres behind Campolindo High School and was threatening homes. Contra Costa County fire officials say the blaze started Monday afternoon behind the high school. (Harrison Fuller via AP)
