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Pope Francis caresses a man during an audience with Huntington's disease sufferers and their families, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis caresses a sick woman during an audience with Huntington's disease sufferers and their families, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis greeted Argentines at the Vatican in May. Argentines know Francis' carefully crafted image of a humble servant belies a smooth operator who continues to be a key force in his homeland's local politics. (Associated Press/File)

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Pope Francis arrives for an audience with Huntington's disease families in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis poses for a selfie with a woman during an audience with Huntington's disease sufferers and their families, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis hugs a boy during an audience with Huntington's disease sufferers and their families, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis caresses a sick woman during an audience with Huntington's disease sufferers and their families, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis hugs a boy during an audience with Huntington's disease families, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Francis is trying to end the stigma of people afflicted with Huntington's Disease, an incurable genetic brain disorder that causes such serious involuntary movements and psychiatric problems that sufferers are often shunned and isolated. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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This photo provided by Magellan Diagnostics shows the company's LeadCare Plus device used to test lead levels in blood. On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that certain blood tests for lead poisoning made by Magellan Diagnostics may give results lower than the actual level of lead. (Magellan Diagnostics via AP)

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Rich Livingston, the volunteer state president with the American Associated of Retired Persons, voices his opposition to proposed changes to the state's Medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. The state estimates its plan to create work requirements for Medicaid would result in less coverage and higher costs. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Judy Newell of Portland, Maine, speaks against the proposed changes to the state's Medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. Maine and Wisconsin are finalizing waivers to make significant changes to Medicaid that would make the program more like welfare programs, with restrictions to eligibility and enrollment, premiums and cost-sharing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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In this May 13, 2017 photo, a blue ribbon adorns a telephone pole outside the Pine Kirk Care Center in Kirkersville, Ohio. The nursing home was the site of a fatal shooting on Friday, after Thomas Hartless, 43, shot Kirkersville police chief Steven DiSario, nurse Marlina Medrano and nurse's aide Cindy Krantz. Hartless was later found dead inside the nursing home. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

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Judy Bullard, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, describes her ordeal of living with epilepsy and how she will be adversely affected by the state's proposed changes to the medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. The state estimates its plan to create work requirements for Medicaid would result in less coverage and higher costs. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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This photo taken Feb. 14, 2017, shows Dr. Mary Wood, Wyoming's state wildlife veterinarian, feeding a young elk at the Tom Thorne and Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center in Sybille Canyon, near Wheatland, Wyo. The elk have been naturally infected with chronic wasting disease but carry a special type of genetics that could keep them alive longer than other elk. (Christine Peterson/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

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This photo taken Feb. 26, 2017, shows Dr. Mary Wood, Wyoming state wildlife veterinarian, drawing blood from a mule deer that was captured for testing southeast of Casper, Wyo. (Christine Peterson/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

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Minnesota Twins pitcher Phil Hughes throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland throws against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland questions a balk call on him in the second inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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There are an estimated 7,000 overall U.S. military personnel in Iraq, including several hundred Special Forces fighters advising the Iraqi army in the siege of Mosul. (Associated Press)

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Minnesota Twins' Jorge Polanco, left, is congratulated by Eddie Rosario after scoring on a double by Jason Castro off Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland in the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)