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"State attorneys general almost never announce the existence of investigations before they are completed, but the opioid crisis is a uniquely dire situation," Attorney General Karl Racine said in a press release Monday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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A federal appeals court this year blocked a District of Columbia law that makes it difficult for gun owners to get concealed-carry permits by requiring them to show that they have a good reason to carry a weapon. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - This January 2017 file photo provided by the Broward County Sheriff's Office shows German Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt. A court spokesman in Detroit said Tuesday, July 25, 2017, that Schmidt plans to plead guilty in the company's U.S. emissions scandal. Schmidt will appear in federal court on Aug. 4. He's been in custody since January when he was arrested while on vacation in Miami. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at the NAACP’s national convention Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ** FILE **
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at the NAACP’s national convention Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Baltimore,. Rosenstein told the audience that building public confidence in law enforcement “is one of our great challenges,” adding that while police have a special responsibility to follow the law, citizens have an obligation to respect the police. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Ronald Phillips, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Akron, Ohio. In a brief filed Monday, July 24, 2017, at the U.S. Supreme Court, 15 pharmacology professors argue the impending execution of Phillips should be stopped on grounds that the sedative midazolam is incapable of inducing unconsciousness or preventing severe pain. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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In this July 17, 2016, file photo, then-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Residents work to secure a tarp on the roof of their home in Bay City, Md., Monday, July 24, 2017. A National Weather Service team is headed to Maryland's Eastern Shore to determine whether a tornado touched down there. (Paul W. Gillespie/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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Power lines hang over a street in Stevensville, Md., Monday, July 24, 2017. A National Weather Service team is headed to Maryland's Eastern Shore to determine whether a tornado touched down there. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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This Tuesday, May 16, 2017, photo shows new town homes under construction in Woodstock, Ga. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for May is released, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Arizona Diamondbacks A.J. Pollock follows through on an two-RBI double against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Matt Wisler (45) adjusts his cap after giving up a three run home run to Arizona Diamondbacks' J.D. Martinez during the six inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this July 21, 2017 photo, badges are seen on the vest of a member of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland as Girl Scouts participate in an activity introducing them to the world of robotics in Owings Mills, Md. The Girl Scouts of the USA is unveiling a major push this week into furthering the interest of girls in science, engineering, technology and math through 23 new badges, its largest addition of new badges in a decade. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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In this July 21, 2017 photo, members of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland use various materials to build simple robotic arms as they participate in an activity introducing them to the world of robotics in Owings Mills, Md. The Girl Scouts of the USA is unveiling a major push this week into furthering the interest of girls in science, engineering, technology and math through 23 new badges, some of which were requested by scouts themselves in a survey. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Officials said the 2015 fracking guidelines were "unnecessarily duplicative of state and some tribal regulations." (Associated Press)
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Pakistani rescue workers remove a body from the site of bombing in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, July 24, 2017. Pakistani officials said that the car bomb killed over 10 people and wounded more than 20 others at a vegetable market in Kot Lakhpat. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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FILE - In this May 12, 2017, file photo, former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca leaves federal court in Los Angeles after he was sentenced to three years in prison for obstructing an FBI investigation into abuses at the jails he ran. Baca's attorneys filed the request with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, July 24, a day before the 74-year-old former sheriff was scheduled to report to prison for a three-year sentence. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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A line of demonstrators, center, in support of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing march onto the Newport Southbank Bridge, flanked by supporters of Sam DuBose, who was fatally shot by Tensing in 2015, Monday, July 24, 2017, in downtown Cincinnati. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters declined a third trial against Tensing in the shooting death of DuBose after two juries deadlocked on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges, claiming he does not believe the case can succeed. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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A pair of demonstrators in support of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing march across the Newport Southbank Bridge trailed by supporters of Sam DuBose, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Cincinnati. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters declined a third trial against Tensing in the shooting death of DuBose after two juries deadlocked on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges, claiming he does not believe the case can succeed. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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A demonstrator, center right, in support of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, marches across the Newport Southbank Bridge trailed by supporters of Sam DuBose, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Cincinnati. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters declined a third trial against Tensing in the shooting death of DuBose after two juries deadlocked on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges, claiming he does not believe the case can succeed. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
