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Police Chaplain Andru Morgan prays at the scene of an officer involved shooting, Friday, June 9, 2017 in Tulsa, Okla. Law officers in Tulsa fatally shot a man while trying to pick him up for a mental health issue, triggering a street protest and a corresponding show of force by police in riot gear. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told a "Morning Joe" panel on MSNBC that President Donald Trump's voters appear to have an "any mammal will do" mentality, Friday, June 9, 2017. (MSNBC screenshot)
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Bill Cosby walks back into the courtroom after a break during his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (Lucas Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Eric C. Conn, seen here in a photo issued by the FBI, is accused of attempting to bilk the federal government with more than $500 million worth of bogus Social Security disability applications.
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"Sanctuary" status was a hot topic this summer in Massachusetts, where the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that state and local authorities could no longer legally hold immigrants for pickup by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Associated Press/File)
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This undated booking photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Robert White II, of Las Vegas. White II, was acquitted at trial on Thursday, June 8, 2017, of a misdemeanor domestic battery after a judge heard evidence that his girlfriend was the aggressor in a physical argument. He lost his job at The Shade Tree domestic violence shelter following his arrest. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)
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File This June 4, 2017, file photo shows Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, top, throwig out St. Louis Cardinals' Michael Wacha at first base after forcing out Aledmys Diaz at second during the third inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Russell has returned to the Chicago Cubs, one day after Major League Baseball began a domestic abuse investigation involving the shortstop. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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Samantha Geimer, left, appears before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon at a motion hearing in Los Angeles on Friday, June 9, 2017. Geimer, director Roman Polanski's sexual assault victim, asked a judge Friday to end the 40-year-old case against the fugitive director. (Paul Buck/Pool Photo via AP)
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Samantha Geimer, left, appears at Los Angeles Superior Court for a motion hearing in Los Angeles on Friday, June 9, 2017. Geimer, director Roman Polanski's sexual assault victim, asked a judge Friday to end the 40-year-old case against the fugitive director. (Paul Buck/Pool Photo via AP)
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Samantha Geimer arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court for a motion hearing in Los Angeles Friday, June 9, 2017. A lawyer for director Roman Polanski says Geimer, Polanski’s sexual assault victim, will appeal to a judge to end the 40-year-old case against him. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, Dr. Matthew D'Onofrio of Walworth Medical Associates in Greensburg, Pa., chats with regular patient Charles Wolfe, 81, who came in to see the doctor for his regular physical check-up. As baby boomers continue to retire, few institutions and social services stand to be more stressed by demographic changes than health care. (Shane Dunlap/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Dr. Ryan Floyd and Dr. Courtney Floyd outside the Mountain View Family Health Center in Greensburg, Pa. on April 22, 2017. As baby boomers continue to retire, few institutions and social services stand to be more stressed by demographic changes than health care. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Dr. Ryan Floyd and Dr. Courtney Floyd outside the Mountain View Family Health Center in Greensburg, Pa. on April 22, 2017. As baby boomers continue to retire, few institutions and social services stand to be more stressed by demographic changes than health care. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, Dr. Matthew D'Onofrio of Walworth Medical Associates in Greensburg, Pa., chats with regular patient Charles Wolfe, 81, who came in to see the doctor for his regular physical check-up. As baby boomers continue to retire, few institutions and social services stand to be more stressed by demographic changes than health care. (Shane Dunlap/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Defense lawyer Brian McMonagle arrives for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (Lucas Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (Lucas Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Samantha Geimer smiles as she arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court for a motion hearing in Los Angeles Friday, June 9, 2017. A lawyer for director Roman Polanski says Geimer, Polanski’s sexual assault victim, will appeal to a judge to end the 40-year-old case against him. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Samantha Geimer, right, waves as she arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court for a motion hearing in Los Angeles Friday, June 9, 2017. A lawyer for director Roman Polanski says Geimer, Polanski’s sexual assault victim, will appeal to a judge to end the 40-year-old case against him. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Samantha Geimer arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court for a motion hearing in Los Angeles Friday, June 9, 2017. A lawyer for director Roman Polanski says Geimer, Polanski’s sexual assault victim, will appeal to a judge to end the 40-year-old case against him. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
