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In this Feb. 24, 2016 photo, Randy Gamel is photographed at Maudrie M. Walton Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas. Gamel, a retiree who moved with his husband to a tiny western Oklahoma town alleges he was routinely harassed by townspeople, but was ignored by law enforcement until his home was burned. Gamel acknowledges that before moving to Oklahoma, his criticism of staff and teachers at his son's Fort Worth elementary school became so heated that district officials prohibited him last year from visiting the school. He filed a lawsuit Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, that suggests he was targeted in part because he and his partner brought a black child into the nearly all-white town of Hitchcock, Okla. (Khampha Bouaphanh/Star-Telegram via AP)
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In this Aug. 30, 2012, file photo, a tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) **FILE**
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This Aug. 1, 2017, photo shows the CENTRO admissions/welcome center on the campus of Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky. (Sam Upshaw Jr./The Courier-Journal via AP)
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Penn State running back Saquon Barkley runs a drill during NCAA college football practice Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Joe Hermitt/PennLive.com via AP)
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Penn State running back Saquon Barkley runs a drill during media day NCAA college football practice Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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Penn State running back Saquon Barkley runs a drill during NCAA college football practice Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Joe Hermitt/PennLive.com via AP)
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FILE - In this June 19, 1985 file photo, Texas Gov. Mark White gestures while speaking before the environment and public works in Washington. Former Texas Gov. Mark White, a Democrat who championed public education reforms, including the landmark "no-pass, no-play" policy for high school athletes, has died, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. He was 77. (AP Photo/Lana Harris, File)
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This photo provided by Montgomery Co Police shows John Vigna. The former Maryland elementary school teacher is facing sentencing after being convicted of child sexual abuse charges involving inappropriate touching of several students.Sentencing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 for Vigna follows his conviction in June on four counts of sex abuse of a minor and five counts of third-degree sex offense. (Montgomery Co Police via AP)
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In this Thursday, July 27, 2017, photo, Cheryl Bast, left, is accompanied by her daughter Liz Pierson, as she works on an application for a position with Omaha Public Schools, during a job fair held at Omaha South High School in Omaha, Neb. On Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, the U.S. government issues the July jobs report. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by Wayne State University shows university police officer Collin Rose, who died after being shot in the head while on patrol near a university campus in Detroit on Nov. 22, 2016. Authorities on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, charged Raymond Durham with first-degree murder in Rose's death. (Wayne State University via AP, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2017, file photo, students board a school bus after class at Columbus Elementary School in Columbus, N.M. A high-stakes legal battle focused on the plight of New Mexico's most vulnerable public school students is headed toward an end. After two months of testimony, a state district court judge may reshape the way public schools are funded and guided by the state. Testimony is scheduled to end Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
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FILE - In this July 26, 2017 file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference on the first day of a special session on education funding at the state Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Rauner used his veto powers this week to rewrite a funding plan and remove hundreds of millions of dollars for Chicago Public Schools he said would be redistributed to other districts. (Justin Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)
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In this microscope photo provided by Oregon Health & Science University, human embryos grow in a laboratory for a few days after researchers used gene editing technology to successfully repair a heart disease-causing genetic mutation. The work, a scientific first led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, marks a step toward one day preventing babies from inheriting diseases that run in the family. (Oregon Health & Science University via AP)
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The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is seen here on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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People hug each other near the Minnehaha Academy after an explosion and building collapse at the school in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. The private Christian college prep school serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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In this microscope photo provided by Oregon Health & Science University, human embryos grow in a laboratory for a few days after researchers used gene editing technology to successfully repair a heart disease-causing genetic mutation. The work, a scientific first led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, marks a step toward one day preventing babies from inheriting diseases that run in the family. (Oregon Health & Science University via AP)
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In this July 22, 2017, photo, a student adjusts his turban outside the mosque at Al Hidayah Islamic Boarding School in Sei Mencirim, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Pupils at the boarding school are the sons of Islamic militants whose fathers were killed in police raids or are in prison for terrorism offenses. Former radical preacher Khairul Ghazali set founded the school to prevent the boys, who were ostracized and taunted at mainstream schools, from becoming the next generation of Indonesian jihadists. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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In this July 22, 2017, photo, former radical preacher Khairul Ghazali, center, leads students to a classroom at Al Hidayah Islamic Boarding School, a school he set up for the sons of Islamic militants, in Sei Mencirim, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Ghazali founded the school to prevent the boys, who were ostracized and taunted at mainstream schools, from becoming the next generation of Indonesian jihadists. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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In this July 22, 2017, photo, former radical preacher Khairul Ghazali teaches at Al Hidayah Islamic Boarding School, a school set up for the sons of Islamic militants, in Sei Mencirim, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Ghazali founded the school to prevent the boys, who were ostracized and taunted at mainstream schools, from becoming the next generation of Indonesian jihadists. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
