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Billy McFarland, right, leaves federal court with his attorney Sabrina Shroff after his arraignment, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in New York. McFarland is charged with scheming to defraud investors in his company, Fyre Media. McFarland's Fyre Festival was billed as an ultra-luxurious event with headliners including rockers Blink-182 and the hip-hop act Migos, but the show was canceled after performers bowed out. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Billy McFarland, right, is followed by reporters as he leaves federal court after his arraignment, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in New York. McFarland is charged with scheming to defraud investors in his company, Fyre Media. McFarland's Fyre Festival was billed as an ultra-luxurious event with headliners including rockers Blink-182 and the hip-hop act Migos, but the show was canceled after performers bowed out. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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This May 17, 2017 photo shows a special bulletin wanted poster of Aramazd Andressian Jr., a 5-year-old boy who had been missing for several weeks from South Pasadena, Calif., being displayed at a news conference outside the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles. Homicide detectives have found the body of the 5-year-old boy whose father is charged with his murder, authorities announced Saturday, July 1, 2017. Based on "additional leads," detectives returned Friday to an area near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County and found the remains of Aramazd Andressian Jr., according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this May. 17, 2017, file photo, Ana Estevez, center, the mother of Aramazd Andressian Jr., a 5-year-old boy who has been missing for several weeks from South Pasadena, Calif., is helped by an unidentified family friend, left, with South Pasadena Police Chief Arthur Miller, right, as they join Sheriff's officials at a news conference outside the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles. Homicide detectives have found the body of a missing 5-year-old boy whose father is charged with his murder, authorities announced Saturday, July 1, 2017. Based on "additional leads," detectives returned Friday to an area near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County and found the remains of Aramazd Andressian Jr., according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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In this Tuesday, June 27, 2017 photo, a semi-automatic hand gun is displayed with a 10-round magazine, left, and a 15-round magazine, right, at a gun store in Elk Grove, Calif. A group of gun-rights activists on March 10, 2020, filed a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut over a law that bans civilians from using a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**
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In this June 27, 2017 photo, a semi-automatic rifle is displayed with a 25 shot magazine, left, and a 10 shot magazine, right, at a gun store in Elk Grove, Calif. A federal judge is blocking a California law set to go into effect Saturday, July 1, that would have barred gun owners from possessing high-capacity ammunition magazines. San Diego-based U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez said in ruling Thursday, June 29, that the law banning possession of magazines containing more than 10 bullets would have made criminals of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens who now own the magazines. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A commercial fisherman’s story about his wife disappearing into the depths of Lake Erie on a boating trip isn’t adding up, and Pennsylvania authorities say they know why. They believe Christopher Leclair is the one who put her there. Leclair is jailed on a charge of criminal homicide in Erie County in the presumed death of Karen Leclair, his wife of nearly 26 years. (Christopher Millette /Erie Times-News via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Erie County Department of Corrections in Erie, Pa., shows Christopher Leclair, a commercial fisherman jailed on a charge of criminal homicide in the presumed death of Karen Leclair, his wife of nearly 26 years. Karen Leclair's body has not been found since Christopher Leclair reported June 11, 2017, that she fell overboard from his commercial fishing boat. Christopher Leclair's attorney Bruce Sandmeyer said his client "is continuing to assert his innocence." (Erie County Department of Corrections via AP)
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Crime-scene technicians investigate a shooting at an Arkansas nightclub Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
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An investigator collects evidence near an Arkansas nightclub where police say multiple people were shot, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 2 AND THEREAFTER - In a Tuesday June 27, 2017 photo, Rutherford County Sheriff's Detective Steven Kohler talks about reopening a cold case file on the death of Stanley Smith from 1977, at the Rutherford County Sheriff's office, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department and the TBI are asking for the public’s help in the new investigation of a 40-year-old cold case. (Helen Comer/The Daily News Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 2 AND THEREAFTER - In a Tuesday June 27, 2017 photo, Rutherford County Sheriff's Detective Steven Kohler talks about reopening a cold case file on the death of Stanley Smith from 1977, at the Rutherford County Sheriff's office, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department and the TBI are asking for the public’s help in the new investigation of a 40-year-old cold case. (Helen Comer/The Daily News Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 2 AND THEREAFTER - In a Tuesday June 27, 2017 photo, Rutherford County Sheriff's Detective Steven Kohler talks about reopening a cold case file on the death of Stanley Smith from 1977, at the Rutherford County Sheriff's office, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department and the TBI are asking for the public’s help in the new investigation of a 40-year-old cold case. (Helen Comer/The Daily News Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 2 - FILE - In this March 13, 2017, file photo, Liane Shekter Smith, former chief of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Office of Drinking Water, listens as a judge in Flint, Mich., denies motions to dismiss charges against five Department of Environmental Quality defendants related to the Flint water crisis. The state's legal bills continue to mount in Flint's man-made water crisis and costs are only expected to balloon as Attorney General Bill Schuette's outside team of investigators turns toward prosecuting a dozen current or former state employees or appointees whose criminal defenses are being covered by taxpayers. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 2 - FILE - In this April 25, 2017, file photo, Todd Flood, Attorney General Bill Schuette's special prosecutor in the Flint water crisis probe, makes an argument during a court hearing in Flint, Mich. The state's legal bills continue to mount in Flint's man-made water crisis and costs are only expected to balloon as Attorney General Bill Schuette's outside team of investigators turns toward prosecuting a dozen current or former state employees or appointees whose criminal defenses are being covered by taxpayers. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 2 - FILE - In this June 14, 2017, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette fields questions from reporters in Flint, Mich., after announcing charges against five water officials with manslaughter related to their alleged failure to act during the Flint water crisis. The state's legal bills continue to mount for the man-made water crisis and costs are only expected to balloon as Schuette's outside team of investigators turns toward prosecuting a dozen current or former state employees or appointees whose criminal defenses are being covered by taxpayers. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)
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A police vehicle is parked outside the entrance of an Arkansas nightclub where police say multiple people were shot, Saturday, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
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An investigator collects evidence near an Arkansas nightclub where police say multiple people were shot, Saturday, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
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The entrance of an Arkansas nightclub where police are investigating a shooting is cordoned off with police tape Saturday, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
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Containers are stacked up, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Elizabeth, N.J., as a truck drives by at Port of Elizabeth, which reports say had trouble with a cyberattack. The dramatic data-scrambling attack that hit computers around the world Tuesday appears to be contained. But with the damage and disruption still coming into focus, security experts worry the sudden explosion of malicious software may have been more sinister than a criminally minded shakedown of computer users. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
