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In this still image from video, actor Tom Wopat stands during arraignment Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Waltham, Mass., on indecent assault and battery and drug possession charges. Wopat who played Luke Duke on the 1980s television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" pleaded not guilty to the charges. Wopat, 65, was arrested on Wednesday night as he was leaving rehearsal for a performance of "42nd Street." (WCVB-TV via AP, Pool)
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Tree Paine, center, publicist to singer Taylor Swift, walks with a phalanx of men to attend the jury selection phase in a civil trial to determine whether a radio host groped pop singer as the case opens in federal court Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Surrounded by a phalanx of men, Tree Paine, center, publicist for Taylor Swift, walks in to attend the jury selection phase in a civil trial to determine whether a radio host groped the pop singer as the case opens in federal court Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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City of Chicago's Corporation Counsel, Ed Siskel, listens to a question during a news conference at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Chicago. Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon ... critical local policy" on immigrants. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam) (Associated Press)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions noted Chicago lawlessness and warned, "It's this simple: Comply with the law, or forgo taxpayer dollars." (Associated Press)
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In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a press conference where sanctuary cities, which don't arrest or detain immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and Chicago violence, two issues raised by President Donald Trump, were discussed in Chicago. A federal juge on July 27, 2018 ruled in the city's favor, saying the Trump administration overstepped its bounds by withdrawing police grants. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017 file photo two unidentified women cry at a memorial in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City police are beefing up their nighttime presence near an overcrowded homeless shelter as part of a coordinated effort by authorities following an uptick in crime in the area where three people have been killed in the last two weeks. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer,File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took his fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies to federal court, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, Sessions hit back at Chicago, saying the Trump administration "will not simply give away grant dollars to city governments that proudly violate the rule of law and protect criminal aliens at the expense of public safety." (AP Andrew Harnik File)
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This April 13, 2016 file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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In this Aug. 2017, booking photo released by the San Francisco Police Department shows suspect Andrew Warren, an employee of the University of Oxford in Britain. California prosecutors on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, formally charged Wyndham Lathem with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man. Lathem and Andrew Warren were on the run for about a week before they surrendered Friday, Aug. 4, to authorities in Oakland and San Francisco. Warren is being held at the county jail in San Francisco. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Missoula County Sheriff's office shows James Bayford. Bayford has been arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide for reportedly grabbing the steering wheel of a shuttle vehicle on Interstate 90 in western Montana, causing a rollover crash that killed two people and injured seven. (Missoula County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Anthony Lord, 37, of Crystal, Maine, is seen entering the courtroom before he was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Bangor, Maine. Lord pleaded guilty last month to killing two people and wounding three others in a rampage in July 2015. (Mark Rediker/WABI-TV via AP)
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File-This Oct. 26, 2015, file photo shows Officer Hannah Parish displaying a Taser International Axon Camera body camera during a news conference in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department is having a tough time restoring public confidence in the troubled agency. The city is on pace to break its decades-old murder record and the body camera program that was rolled out to increase transparency has fueled allegations of misconduct after a pair of problematic videos recently surfaced. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman, File)
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Members of the public Arthur Lewis, left, and Bruce Conant, both of Denver, wait to attend the jury selection phase in a civil trial to determine whether a radio host groped pop singer Taylor Swift as the case opens in federal court Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff shows Sammantha Allen of Phoenix. Jurors sentenced Allen to death on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 in the killing of a 10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small plastic storage box and left to die as punishment for stealing an ice pop. Allen, will become the 55th woman on death row in the U.S. after the jury reached its verdict. (Maricopa County Sheriff via AP,File)
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In this Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, photo, crime scene tape surrounds a property at Helen Street and Second Avenue in Lodge Grass, Mont. Drugs and gang activity were factors in a residential shooting that killed multiple people and injured others on Friday on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, the tribe's chairman said. (Casey Page/The Billings Gazette via AP)
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In this Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, photo, crime scene tape surrounds a property at Helen Street and Second Avenue in Lodge Grass, Mont. Drugs and gang activity were factors in a residential shooting that killed multiple people and injured others on Friday on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, the tribe's chairman said. (Casey Page/The Billings Gazette via AP)
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Philadelphia Phillies Chairman David Montgomery speaks during a news conference about the death of Daulton, who was the leader of the Phillies' NL championship team in 1993, in Philadelphia, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Former Philadelphia Phillies' Tommy Greene, a former teammate of Darren Daulton, participates in a news conference about the death of Daulton, who was the leader of the Phillies' NL championship team in 1993, in Philadelphia, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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File- This July 27, 2017, file photo shows Ng Lap Seng leaving federal court in Manhattan. A judge tightened security Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, at the luxury Manhattan apartment where Ng will likely reside under 24-hour guard until sentencing. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)