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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this Jan. 23, 2015 photo provided by Rachael Bryant, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley holds the newborn infant of one of her congregants in a hospital in Shelby, N.C. Word of Faith Fellowship has been scrutinized on numerous occasions by law enforcement, social services agencies and the news media since the early 1990s_ all without significant impact, mostly because followers refused to cooperate. (Rachael Bryant via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-This Jan. 16, 2017 photo shows Danielle Cordes at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. The 22-year-old business major had spent over 17 years inside the Word of Faith Fellowship church. "When you're young, you don't understand what's going on, why they're hitting you," said Cordes, who left in 2013. "You didn’t do anything wrong. You weren't causing trouble, but you think you're a bad person because they're beating you in the name of God." (AP Photo/Ron Irby)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this 2014 photo provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley holds the newborn baby of a congregant of her church in Spindale, N.C. Word of Faith Fellowship has been scrutinized on numerous occasions by law enforcement, social services agencies and the news media since the early 1990s_ all without significant impact, mostly because followers refused to cooperate. (AP Photo)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 photo, John Cooper looks out of his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. Cooper says there is an urgent need for authorities to finally intervene in the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Spindale, N.C. "What’s going on now isn't right. What went on for my entire childhood wasn't right," he said. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this 2012 provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley, center, holds a baby, accompanied by her husband, Sam, center right, and others during a ceremony in the church's compound in Spindale, N.C. From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured by promises of inner peace and eternal life. What many found instead: years of terror _ waged in the name of the Lord. (AP Photo)
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Supporters shout down a protester as President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 photo, sprouting seedlings are stored in a greenhouse at Sarver Hill Farms in Greensburg, Pa. (Christian Tyler Randolph /Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 photo, Tessa Sarver works in the farm greenhouse preparing crops for the spring growing season and summer harvest at Sarver Hill Farms in Greensburg, Pa. (Christian Tyler Randolph /Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Saint Mary's forward Tanner Krebs (00) shoots as Pepperdine center Nate Gehring (12) defends and forward Dane Pineau (22) watches in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Malibu, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Saint Mary's center Jock Landale (34) shoots as Pepperdine forward Nolan Taylor (31) defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Malibu, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Saint Mary's forward Dane Pineau (22) and Pepperdine center Jock Landale (34) get tangled under the basket in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Malibu, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Saint Mary's guard Joe Rahon (25) shoots as Pepperdine guard/forward Lamond Murray Jr. (30) defends in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Malibu, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Gender-neutral bathrooms may become more common with the flurry of legislative activity over which public facilities transgender people will be allowed to legally use. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Activists and protesters with the National Center for Transgender Equality rally in front of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Washington, after the Department of Education and the Justice Department announced plans to overturn the school guidance on protecting transgender students. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**
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Protesters hold signs during a rally in support of transgender youth, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at the Stonewall National Monument in New York. They were demonstrating against President Donald Trump's decision to roll back a federal rule saying public schools had to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their chosen gender identity. The rule had already been blocked from enforcement, but transgender advocates view the Trump administration action as a step back for transgender rights. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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A man is escorted away by security following his protest during the speech by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., to a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. Protesters have been following McConnell at each of his public events as he tours the state during the congressional recess. They are angry with him for his support of Republican President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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An unknown protester interrupts the speech of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., during a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Protesters in the hundreds gather to protest the appearance of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., who was scheduled to speak at a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. Protesters have been following McConnell at each of his public events as he tours the state during the congressional recess. They are angry with him for his support of Republican President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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A man protests the policies of the Trump administration during a speech by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., to a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
