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Magbus Rabyan, an aromatic dish from Iraq filled with spices, shrimp, vegetables and rice is served during a recent meal amongst hospitable refugees giving a glimpse of their culture and customs in Salt Lake City on Monday April 17, 2017. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Therese Serignese, a nurse from Florida who has accused actor Bill Cosby of sexual harassment, arrives to the courtroom for Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby's attorney Angela Agrusa, center, and defense attorney Brian McMonagle, left, arrive for Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Lawyer Gloria Allred walks out of the courtroom during a break in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Publicist Andrew Wyatt, center, help actor Bill Cosby, left, into a vehicle after leaving the courthouse at the end of the fourth day of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse on June 8, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby, center left, accompanied by Joe Torry, center right walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Actor Bill Cosby, right, goes into elevator as he exits the courtroom at the end of the fourth day of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Actor Bill Cosby, center, and publicist Andrew Wyatt, right, exit the courtroom at the end of the fourth day of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse Wednesday, June 8, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Lawyer Gloria Allred walks out of the courtroom during a break in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The Idaho Supreme Court building is seen in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, June 8, 2017. This week the state's highest court denied parental and visitation rights to a lesbian woman who raised a child with her former partner, because Idaho law generally doesn't afford unmarried same-sex parental figures the same rights it affords to grandparents and other blood relatives in custody disputes. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)
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The Idaho Supreme Court building is seen in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, June 8, 2017. This week the state's highest court denied parental and visitation rights to a lesbian woman who raised a child with her former partner, because Idaho law generally doesn't afford unmarried same-sex parental figures the same rights it affords to grandparents and other blood relatives in custody disputes. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)
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Kanani Kai holds an anti-deportation sign along the street in front of a Honolulu immigration office on Thursday, June 8, 2017. She's supporting Andres Magana Ortiz, a Hawaii coffee farmer, who must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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In this Feb. 4, 2016, file photo, David Daleiden, one of the two indicted anti-abortion activists, speaks with supporters outside the Harris County Criminal Courthouse after turning himself in to authorities in Houston. The leader of an anti-abortion group moved to disqualify a federal judge who barred him from releasing videos recorded at meetings of an association of abortion providers. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File)
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Gus Bader, left, of Lenexa, Kan., speaks with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, before Kobach's announcement that he's running for governor, Thursday, June 8, 2017, at an events center in Lenexa, Kan. Bader is a Lebanese immigrant who says he likes Kobach's tough stance against illegal immigration. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, speaks with reporters after session outside the Michigan Senate on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. Meekhof says he remains committed to closing the pension system to newly hired teachers and instead giving them a 401(k) only, despite opposition from Gov. Rick Snyder and concerns that the stance is slowing passage of the next state budget. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Legal documents are wheeled into the courtroom before Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele arrives to the courtroom for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)