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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam speaks with members of the media during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. Pulliam played Cosby’s youngest daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on "The Cosby Show."(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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ADDS NAME - Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. Pulliam played Cosby’s youngest daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on "The Cosby Show." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, Utah State Crime Lab Director Jay Henry holds a sexual assault evidence collection kit as he speaks during committee meeting at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune reports a new Unified State Laboratory was opened Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Taylorsville, where Henry said the robotics station does the repetitive work of extracting DNA, then delivers the data to forensic scientists. In addition to freeing up a technician to do more analytical work, the station is capable of extracting DNA faster. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Hundreds of students at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, protested against the college administration and demanded change after weeks of brewing racial tension on campus. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**
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In this May 27, 2017 photo, Wuilly Arteaga plays his violin during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela. Arteaga has become a symbol of peaceful protest largely overshadowed by frequent clashes between rock-throwing youths and heavily armed security forces. Protests across the country demanding socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s removal have resulted in at least 65 deaths and more than 1,100 injured. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Attorney Gloria Allred speaks with members of the media ahead of Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Members of the media gather before Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. Cosby goes on trial Monday in the only criminal case to emerge from the dozens of sexual assault allegations lodged against him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby, second from right, arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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ADDS NAME - Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this April 26, 2017 photo, partially collapsed row homes await their fate in Baltimore on one of many abandoned blocks slated for demolition through Project CORE, an initiative to raze a chunk of the city's 17,000 vacant houses. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled Project CORE in 2016, eight months after Freddie Gray's death in police custody thrust the city into chaos. "Fixing what is broken in Baltimore requires that we address the sea of abandoned, dilapidated buildings infecting entire neighborhoods," Hogan said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A Syrian boy sits inside his tent in the Kawergosk refugee camp in northern Iraq, Saturday, April 8, 2017. For the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across camps and illegal settlements across the region, the chemical attack on a town in northern Syria and subsequent U.S. strike was a rare moment when the world briefly turned its attention to Syria, before turning away again. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Illustration on Saudi government efforts to change media and social extremism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Texas Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, front, backed by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, center, and other legislators talks to the media during a news conference to discuss Senate Bill 6 at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. Just months after a high-profile study revealed that Texas has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world, state lawmakers failed to respond by passing comprehensive legislation to combat the crisis during the legislative session. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this May 23, 2017 file photo, copies of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Even members of his own party last month were quick to declare President Donald Trump’s budget plan dead on arrival. And in fact, Congress faces a burst of overdue budget-related work this summer, most of which probably won’t bear much resemblance to Trump’s budget, which promised deep spending cuts on domestic programs, rapid economic growth, and a balanced federal ledger in a decade. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
