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In this May 24, 2017, file photo Fadumo Adan, a lacrosse player at Deering High School, wears a sports hijab provided by the school during practice in Portland, Maine. Deering High School is providing sport hijabs with the goal of making Muslim girls comfortable and boosting their participation in sports. Tennis co-captains Liva Pierce and Anaise Manikunda solicited private donations to avoid criticism for using taxpayer funds on religious apparel, and ended up with enough to outfit all teams, including lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, softball, field hockey and track. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this May 24, 2017, photo Tabarek Kadhim, a sophomore at Deering High School in Portland, Maine, wears a sports hijab while playing a tennis match in Windham, Maine. Deering High School is providing sport hijabs with the goal of making Muslim girls comfortable and boosting their participation in sports. Tennis co-captains Liva Pierce and Anaise Manikunda solicited private donations to avoid criticism for using taxpayer funds on religious apparel, and ended up with enough to outfit all teams, including lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, softball, field hockey and track. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Immigrant students without legal status stand in the gallery of the Hall of the House on the final day of session at the State Capitol, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. A bill was pulled that would have made them eligible for financial aid. The students held a symbolic graduation on the grounds of the Capitol early in the day. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders walks between graduates as he arrives for the Brooklyn College commencement ceremony, Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in New York. The former Democratic presidential candidate, who hails from Brooklyn and attended the school for a year, urged graduates to stand together and not let demagogues divide the country. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy speaks with the media after voting in the state's primary election at the Fairview Elementary School in Middletown, N.,J., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Thomas P. Costello/The Asbury Park Press via AP)
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Twenty years ago today, Christopher Drexler's mother gave birth to him in a bathroom stall at her high school prom. Then, she suffocated him and threw him in the trash can before rejoining her friends on the dance floor.
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Twenty years ago today, Christopher Drexler's mother gave birth to him in a bathroom stall at her high school prom. Then, she suffocated him and threw him the trash can before rejoining her friends on the dance floor.
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State Rep. Kim LaSata, left, R-Bainbridge Township, and Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton, listen after they voted for a $1.6 billion higher education budget bill that advanced out of a House-Senate conference committee, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Schuitmaker said she hopes to still give universities more state funding depending on how high-level talks proceed between Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders, who are at odds over teacher pensions. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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In this May 31, 2017 photo, Susie Gonzalez plays with her son Xavier outside their home in Omaha, Neb. Gonzalez dropped out of high school during her junior year when she gave birth to her son. Under a new state law, Nebraska public schools must outline how they'll address a number of challenges faced by teen parents. (Rebecca Gratz/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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In this May 31, 2017 photo, Susie Gonzalez plays with her son Xavier outside their home in Omaha, Neb. Gonzalez dropped out of high school during her junior year when she gave birth to her son. Under a new state law, Nebraska public schools must outline how they'll address a number of challenges faced by teen parents. (Rebecca Gratz/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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In this June 2, 2017, photo Zephrey Holloway's decorated mortarboard is displayed at Flathead High School's graduation in Kalispell, Mont. An administrator at the school prevented Holloway from wearing the mortarboard, painted by his grandmother, despite a new state law that allows Native American students to wear such regalia at special occasions. Principal Peter Fusaro issued an apology Monday, June 5, 2017, saying a school policy that disallowed graduates from using "tape, glitter, leis, bouquets or any other adornments" on caps and gowns was applied incorrectly. (Greg Lindstrom/Flathead Beacon via AP)
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In a May 25, 2017 photo, a Lincoln North Star student from Afghanistan holds a drawing she made at her therapist's office. Lincoln Public Schools has a new program to help refugee students deal with the trauma that made them flee their home countries. (Amber Baesler/The Journal-Star via AP)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, students leave the Evergreen State College campus in Olympia, Wash., after a threat prompted a student alert and evacuation. Threats have prompted the small college in Washington state to cancel classes Monday, June 5, 2017, for the third consecutive weekday after protests on the progressive campus drew national attention. (Tony Overman/The Olympian via AP, File)
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Hundreds of students at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, protested against the college administration and demanded change after weeks of brewing racial tension on campus. (Associated Press)
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Rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2017 file photo, an inside view of a decommissioned Clark County School District buses in the Northwest Bus Yard in Las Vegas. More than a dozen states are trying to take steps to keep kids in school longer, from making kindergarten mandatory to raising the legal dropout age, but it’s not an easy sell. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
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Kansas House members negotiating with the Senate on education funding confer during a break in talks that led to a plan that both increases spending on public schools and raises income taxes to help pay for it, Sunday, June 4, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. They are Reps. Ed Trimmer, D-Winfield, from left, Larry Campbell, R-Olathe, the House team's leader, and Clay Aurand, R-Belleville. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Florida's Nicole DeWitt (23) steals second as Washington's Ali Aguilar (1) applies the tag in the first inning during the Women's College World Series softball game in Oklahoma City, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman via AP) ia AP)
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Washington's Taran Alvelo (14) throws a pitch in the third inning during the Women's College World Series softball game against Florida in Oklahoma City, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman via AP)/The Oklahoman via AP)
