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State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, vice chair of the Senate budget committee, calls on lawmakers to reject the state budget plan, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Despite Republican opposition, the Senate approved the $125 billion general fund spending plan, which was negotiated by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Senate Minority Leader Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, right, and Sen. Mike Morrell, R-Rancho Cucamonga, joined other members of the GOP in voting against the state budget plan, Thursday, June 15, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Despite Republican opposition,the Senate approved the $125 billion general fund spending plan, which was negotiated by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Senate Minority Leader Pat Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, left, huddles with Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Fountain Valley, as the Senate debates the state budget plan, Thursday, June 15, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved the $125 billion general fund spending plan, which was negotiated by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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CORRECTS NAMES TO JARRETT CASTELONIA AND PETER BIRSTER A state trooper approaches a GMC single-cab truck housing goats and sheep that became disabled between a farm field and Otto Station Road, in Herndon, Pa., following a vehicle pursuit involving state police and officers from other municipalities, Thursday, June 15, 2017. Jarrett Castelonia, 36, of Danville, Pa., and Peter Birster, allegedly attempted to ram the front of a police car with a GMC truck hauling animals. (Larry Deklinski/The News-Item via AP)
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Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., applaud a message by President Donald Trump on the video board, before the congressional baseball game, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Washington. The annual GOP-Democrats baseball game raises money for charity. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **
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Bill Cosby, left, exits the courtroom during jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., in support of keeping the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. A Mississippi city with a history of racial strife is the latest local government to stop flying the state flag, which features a Confederate emblem that critics see as racist. Three black officials in McComb, Miss., voted to remove the flag from city property. A white official voted to keep it. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This April 22, 2017 photo provided by Dylan Perot shows Dr. Christopher Harris, a Los Angeles-based pediatrician, and his daughter Maria, 14, whom he adopted as an infant, at an LGBT families event Los Angeles. For more than a year, he worked with a church-affiliated adoption agency, taking parenting classes, submitting to home visits. Yet his application never progressed, and he finally deduced that it was because he was gay. He reached another dead end with a second agency. "It was frustrating for me to get passed over," Harris said. "As a pediatrician, I look at the science and see there are no data that children raised by gay and lesbian parents don't do well." (Dylan Perlot via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, file photo, Manchester City players and CSKA players play in front of empty stands during the Champions League Group E soccer match between CSKA Moscow and Manchester City at Arena Khimki stadium in Moscow. CSKA had to play 3 matches behind closed doors after as punishment for the bad behaviour of their fans. A new report seen by the Associated Press shows Russia has made progress fighting football racism ahead of the Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup, but warns that anti-Semitism in stadiums has grown and that racist fans are using far-right codes to smuggle offensive messages into stadiums. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
