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San Diego Padres' Clayton Richard pauses on the mound after giving up a two-run triple to Arizona Diamondbacks' Chris Owings during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Patrick Corbin throws a pitch against the San Diego Padres during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The Death of Obamacare Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this photo provided by Halie Chavez, Steven Jones listens to closing statements on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Flagstaff, Ariz. Closing arguments began Tuesday, April 25, in Jones' murder trial, who killed one student and wounded three others in what he said was self-defense after being punched in the face just a few weeks into his freshman year in October 2015. (Halie Chavez/The Lumberjack via AP)
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In this photo released by Los Angeles Sheriff Department, homicide detectives continue their investigation at Lake Cachuma Recreation looking for missing 5-year-old boy, Andressian Aramazd Jr., Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Homicide detectives and police divers are searching the lake for a missing boy whose father was arrested after being found unconscious over the weekend at a Southern California park. (Los Angeles Sheriff Department via AP)
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In this photo released by Los Angeles Sheriff Department, homicide detectives continue their investigation at Lake Cachuma Recreation looking for missing 5-year-old boy, Andressian Aramazd Jr., in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Homicide detectives and police divers are searching the lake for a missing boy whose father was arrested after being found unconscious over the weekend at a Southern California park. (Los Angeles Sheriff Department via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. A retired New York police detective says the missing wife of New York real estate heir Robert Durst once went to her neighbor's in pajamas and said her husband beat her and she feared he would kill her. James Varian testified Tuesday, April 25, 2017, that a neighbor reported Kathleen Durst had knocked on her Manhattan penthouse bedroom window for help. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)
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Rasmea Odeh (right) admitted to lying on her U.S. visa application about her criminal record, including a conviction for bombings in Israel in the 1960s. For the admission, she will get no jail time but be deported. (Associated Press)
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera makes his way to a podium to talk about a federal judge's order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from "sanctuary cities" during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in San Francisco. A federal judge on Tuesday said the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending. U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the preliminary injunction in two lawsuits, one brought by the city of San Francisco, the other by Santa Clara County, against an executive order targeting communities that protect immigrants from deportation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera, at podium, with his staff beside him, talks about a federal judge's order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from "sanctuary cities" during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in San Francisco. A federal judge on Tuesday said the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending. U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the preliminary injunction in two lawsuits, one brought by the city of San Francisco, the other by Santa Clara County, against an executive order targeting communities that protect immigrants from deportation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera talks about a federal judge's order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from "sanctuary cities "during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Joseph Jakubowski, right, glances over toward his attorney, Michael Murphy, left, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, during his preliminary hearing at the Rock County Courthouse in Janesville, Wis. Prosecutors say Jakubowski mailed a rambling manifesto to President Donald Trump then stole 18 firearms from a store in Janesville on April 4. He was arrested 10 days later while camping on private property in southwestern Wisconsin, about 140 miles from Janesville. Jakubowski pleaded not guilty to state charges later Tuesday. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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Joseph Jakubowski is escorted into a room at the Rock County Courthouse for his preliminary hearing Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Janesville, Wis. Prosecutors say Jakubowski mailed a rambling manifesto to President Donald Trump then stole 18 firearms from a store in Janesville on April 4. He was arrested 10 days later while camping on private property in southwestern Wisconsin, about 140 miles from Janesville. Jakubowski pleaded not guilty to state charges later Tuesday. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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FILE - This Feb. 26, 2015, photo shows a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train, displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei said in a tentative ruling, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, that he intends to dismiss a lawsuit by opponents that would have blocked the California High Speed Rail Authority from spending about $1.25 billion in bonds sold last week. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Ann and Mark Phillips hold a picture of their late son, Joe, outside Niagara County Family Court Tuesday April 25, 2017, in Lockport, N.Y. where they have been sitting in the front row of the courtroom at the sentencing hearing of the 14-year-old who was with Joe before his death. What had been a summer afternoon of mischief inside a vacant building ended with Joe dying in a blaze that spread out of control. The surviving teen, whose name has not been released because of his age, is set to be sentenced as a juvenile and could get 18 months in a detention facility after pleading guilty in March to arson and burglary as part of an agreement that erased a charge of criminally negligent homicide in his friend's death. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
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Ann and Mark Phillips hold a picture of their late son, Joe, outside Niagara County Family Court, Tuesday April 25, 2017, in Lockport, N.Y., where they have been sitting in the front row of the courtroom at the sentencing hearing of the 14-year-old who was with Joe before his death. What had been a summer afternoon of mischief inside a vacant building ended with Joe dying in a blaze that spread out of control. The surviving teen, now 14, is set to be sentenced as a juvenile and could get 18 months in a detention facility after pleading guilty in March to arson and burglary, as part of an agreement that erased a charge of criminally negligent homicide in his friend's death. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by Northern Arizona University Police Department shows a police mug shot of Steven Jones, who was arrested in a shooting on campus in Flagstaff, Ariz. A prosecutor portrayed the former Northern Arizona University student as a killer who carried out "his own deranged sense of justice" when he opened fire on a group of people during a drunken fight near the campus. Closing arguments began Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in the murder trial against Jones, who killed one student and wounded three others in what he said was self-defense after being punched in the face just a few weeks into his freshman year in October 2015. (Northern Arizona University Police Department via AP, File)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Ohio State defensive back Gareon Conley runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. An attorney for the former Ohio State star says the player denies an accusation made in a police report released Tuesday, April 25, 2017, that he sexually assaulted a woman. No charges have been filed and the incident is still being investigated by police. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs a measure to make it easier for victims of sex trafficking to vacate prostitution convictions, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Olympia, Wash. Current law doesn't allow victims to vacate prostitution convictions if other crimes exist on their criminal record. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs a measure to make it easier for victims of sex trafficking to vacate prostitution convictions, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Olympia, Wash. Current law doesn't allow victims to vacate prostitution convictions if other crimes exist on their criminal record. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)