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Camille Cosby, left, Bill Cosby's wife, leaves the courtroom during a lunch break in Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Gianna Constand, left, and her daughter Andrea Constand, right, walk toward the courtroom inside the Montgomery County Courthouse during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, left asks questions about the state operating budget as Rep. Steve Pylant, R-Winnsboro, listens in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Commissioner of Higher Education Joe Rallo, right, and other public college system leaders listen to the budget debate in the House Appropriations Committee, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Jimmy Greene, left, kisses his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene while holding a portrait of their daughter, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Ana Marquez-Greene, at a news conference at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn. Ana Marquez-Greene was one of 26 people killed in a shooting massacre at the school on Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Nelba Marquez-Greene is among the families of some shooting victims angered by a planned NBC television interview by Megyn Kelly scheduled to air Sunday, June 18, 2017, with Alex Jones, who has claimed the 2012 massacre never happened. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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Donald T. Sterling was the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers from 1981 to 2014. In April 2014, Sterling was banned from the NBA for life and fined $2.5 million by the league after private recordings of him making racist comments were made public. In May, Sterling's wife Shelly reached an agreement for the Sterling Family Trust to sell the Clippers for $2 billion to Steve Ballmer, which Sterling contested in court. The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Clippers to Ballmer on August 12, 2014. Sterling settled his lawsuit against the NBA in November 2016
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with his wife Camille Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The lower stream of income to the U.S. Treasury is one reason administration officials say the government will run out of room under the federal debt ceiling earlier than expected. (Associated Press/File)
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Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof, center, joins Republican leaders to introduce Senate budget changes Monday, June 12, 2017, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Senate Republicans in Ohio said Monday that they’ve been able to close a projected $1 billion state budget gap while preserving essential services and pumping more money into fighting the opiate crisis. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)
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Friends and family view a bus outside the U.S. Detention and Deportation Center in Detroit, Sunday, June 11, 2017. A mass immigration and deportation sweep and arrest of dozens of Chaldeans in southeastern Michigan by U.S. immigration officials prompted the protest outside the detention center. Family members of the Catholics with Iraqi roots who were arrested indicate most had criminal records and were awaiting deportation. (Gus Burns/Mlive.com via AP)
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Friends and family view a bus outside the U.S. Detention and Deportation Center in Detroit, Sunday, June 11, 2017. A mass immigration and deportation sweep and arrest of dozens of Chaldeans in southeastern Michigan by U.S. immigration officials prompted the protest outside the detention center. Family members of the Catholics with Iraqi roots who were arrested indicate most had criminal records and were awaiting deportation. (Gus Burns/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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This book cover image released by Harper shows "Hunger," a memoir by Roxane Gay. (Harper via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with his wife Camille Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with his wife Camille Cosby, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with his wife Camille Cosby, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Chef Cathal Armstrong. (My Irish Table)
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Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jameson Taillon sits in the dugout prior to a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Taillon will start his first game since coming off the disabled list after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, Monday against the Colorado Rockies. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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In a Friday, June 9, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Jurors at Bill Cosby's suburban Philadelphia sexual-assault trial don’t know if they’ll hear from him in person when the defense starts presenting its case Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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L. Owen Taggart of Washington, center, with the Washington Gay Men's Chorus, celebrates after singing on the National Mall during the Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Gregory Elfers with the New York City Gay Men's Chorus sings as he marches along Constitution Ave. NW., during the Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
