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FILE - In this April 4, 2015, file photo, Mormon women wear dresses on their way to the religion's twice-yearly conference in Salt Lake City. Church leaders announced Wednesday, June 28, 2017, that women who work at church headquarters in Salt Lake City can now wear pantsuits or dress slacks instead of only skirts or dresses. Men who work for the church will also now be allowed to remove their suit coats in hot weather. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Christian Taylor from the U.S. competes in the triple jump men's event at the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo, board members of the new Christian Academy for the Deaf, look on as chairman Lewis Lummer, right, uses sign language to discuss the potential site of the new school, in Waco, Texas. Lummer comes from four generations of deafness, and he's leading an effort to offer a Christian school experience for deaf children. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)
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A woman holds a Virgin Mary statue during a protest march during a protest march against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government and also to commemorate the country's Day of the Journalist, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Protests against Maduro's government have been regularly held in Caracas over the last three months. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez is congratulated after his two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Miami Marlins' Christian Yelich, center, is congratulated by teammates after Yelich and Giancarlo Stanton (27) scored on a single by Justin Bour during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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FILE- In this Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 file photo, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, left, gets the World Cup trophy by FIFA President Joseph Blatter, right, after the announcement of Qatar hosting the 2022 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland. The report into suspected corruption in the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests, involving 11 nations and won by Russia and Qatar, has been the mystery ever since American investigator Michael Garcia delivered it more than 2-1/2 years ago. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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A Jewish artist's iconic minibus, featured in a music video by Jewish singer Benny Friedman (pictured here), was found torched Monday in Brooklyn. (YouTube/@Benny Friedman)
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Mordechai Sorotzkin, center, brother of Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, walks outside Federal court after a hearing on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud Monday, June 26, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, a prominent rabbi and several others were arrested in simultaneous federal and state raids Monday morning on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud on a scale rarely seen before in New Jersey, according to law enforcement sources. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Mordechai Sorotzkin, brother of Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, walks outside Federal court after a hearing on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud Monday, June 26, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, a prominent rabbi and several others were arrested in simultaneous federal and state raids Monday morning on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud on a scale rarely seen before in New Jersey, according to law enforcement sources. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Rachel Sorotzkin, left, wife of Mordechai Sorotzkin, and sister-in-law of Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, walks outside Federal court after a hearing on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud Monday, June 26, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, a prominent rabbi, his brother Mordechai Sorotzkin, and several others were arrested in simultaneous federal and state raids Monday morning on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud on a scale rarely seen before in New Jersey, according to law enforcement sources. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Mordechai Sorotzkin, center, brother of Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, walks outside Federal court after a hearing on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud Monday, June 26, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, a prominent rabbi and several others were arrested in simultaneous federal and state raids Monday morning on charges related to alleged public assistance fraud on a scale rarely seen before in New Jersey, according to law enforcement sources. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A Christian women's activist group shows support as the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri, that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for playground surfaces and other nonreligious needs. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, the empty playground at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo. The Supreme Court has ruled that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces and other non-religious needs. The justices on Monday, June 26, 2017, ruled 7-2 in favor of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri. The church sought a grant to put a soft surface on its preschool playground, but was denied any money even though its application was ranked fifth out of 44 submissions (Annaliese Nurnberg/Missourian via AP, File)
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A Kashmiri Muslim protester shows Pakistani flag and shouts anti Indian slogans during a protest after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, June 26, 2017. Indian forces used tear gas and pellet guns to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing protesters who took to the streets after Eid al-Fitr prayers protesting Indian rule on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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An Indian paramilitary force soldier fires a pellet gun during a protest after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, June 26, 2017. Indian forces used tear gas and pellet guns to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing protesters who took to the streets after Eid al-Fitr prayers protesting Indian rule on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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In this Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Matthew Fenner stands outside Rutherford County Courthouse after a hearing on his case against Word of Faith Fellowship church in Rutherfordton, N.C. For two years, Fenner said he pleaded with authorities to investigate his allegations that a group of fellow congregants at the Word of Faith Fellowship church had punched, slapped and choked him to expel his “homosexual demons.” (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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In this Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Brooke Covington, a member of the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Spindale, N.C., leaves a hearing at Rutherford County Courthouse accompanied by attorney Joshua Valentine in Rutherfordton, N.C. Covington and other church members are accused of kidnapping and assaulting Matthew Fenner, a former church member. Judge Gary Gavenus declared a mistrial when a juror shared three unauthorized documents during deliberations. The judge set a retrial for Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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In this Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Matthew Fenner stands with his aunt, Lynn Rape, outside the Rutherford County Courthouse after a hearing on his case against Word of Faith Fellowship church in Rutherfordton, N.C. Fenner, a former church member, said he was kidnapped and assaulted by members because he is gay. In December 2014, a grand jury indicted five church members. “If it wasn’t for our pressure,” Rape said, “nothing would have happened.” (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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Ameer Webb, left, wins the men's 200 meters as Christian Coleman, right, comes in second at the U.S. Track and Field Championships, Sunday, June 25, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
