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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2017, file photo, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick holds a news conference at the Republican Party of Texas Headquarters, in Austin, Texas. A proposed Texas "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday, May 26, 2017. Patrick said he is resolved to force a special session if a North Carolina-style law that could restrict bathroom access for transgender people doesn't prevail. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington. A proposed Texas "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday, May 26, 2017, over a deadlock. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he is resolved to force a special session if a North Carolina-style law that could restrict bathroom access for transgender people doesn't prevail — but Abbott made clear later that he was calling the shots. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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This photo provided by Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office shows Travis A. Ball. Ball is charged in the shooting of Special Agent Michael T. Walter, who died early Saturday, May 27, 2017 at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. Ball was taken into custody at a residence in Northumberland County about an hour after Walter died. (Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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This photo provided by Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office shows Travis A. Ball. Ball, 27, is charged in the shooting of Special Agent Michael T. Walter, who died early Saturday, May 27, 2017 at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. Ball was taken into custody at a residence in Northumberland County about an hour after Walter died. (Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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This photo taken May 17, 2017, shows L. Diane Casto during an interview in Juneau, Alaska. Casto has been named the new Executive Director of Alaska's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire via AP)
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This 1996 photograph shows West Manchester Township Sgt. Patrick Hinds, embracing one of his sons. This photograph was taken after Hinds had been shot in the face during a standoff with a subject who later committed suicide. (Paul Kuehnel/York Daily Record via AP)
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price rests on the dugout rail during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, May 26, 2017. Price, who has been on the disabled list the beginning of this season, is scheduled to make his first start next week against the White Sox. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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This undated Sabbie family photo provided through attorney Erik J. Heipt shows Michael Sabbie, of Arkansas, and his wife, Teresa. The family of Michael Sabbie filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Texas accusing the Bi-State Justice Center, in Texarkana, Texas, a for-profit jail, and at least 12 guards and nurses of denying him adequate medical care as his health worsened and leaving him to die in his cell. He died in July 2015 at the jail. (Sabbie family photo via attorney Erik J. Heipt via AP)
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Robyn Liddell, assistant attorney general and secondary prosecutor, sits in the courtroom during the second portion of Larry Nassar's preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the 55th District Court in Mason. Mich. A gymnast testified Friday that Nassar, a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexual assaulting dozens of women and girls asked her father to leave the room before he molested her during a 2012 appointment for a heel injury. (Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Dr. Larry Nassar flips through documents as his defense attorneys Shannon Smith, left, and Matt Newburg chat during the second portion of his preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges Friday, May 26, 2017 at the 55th District Court in Mason. Mich. A gymnast testified Friday that Nassar, a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexual assaulting dozens of women and girls asked her father to leave the room before he molested her during a 2012 appointment for a heel injury. (Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Defense attorney Shannon Smith talks to her client Dr. Larry Nassar during the second portion of his preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges Friday, May 26, 2017 at the 55th District Court in Mason. Mich. A gymnast testified Friday that Nassar, a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexual assaulting dozens of women and girls asked her father to leave the room before he molested her during a 2012 appointment for a heel injury. (Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Angela Povilaitis, assistant attorney general and lead prosecutor, appears during the second portion of Dr. Larry Nassar's preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges Friday, May 26, 2017 at the 55th District Court in Mason. Mich. A gymnast testified Friday that Nassar, a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexual assaulting dozens of women and girls asked her father to leave the room before he molested her during a 2012 appointment for a heel injury. (Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs into law Senate Bill 16, legislation lowering the license to carry fee, at the newly opened The Range in South Austin Friday, May 26, 2017. He is joined by lawmakers from left, Rep. DeWayne Burns, Sen. Robert Nichols, sponsor of the bill, Rep. Phil King, and Rep. Kyle Kacal. (Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Genene Jones. Authorities said Friday, May 26, 2017, that Jones, a Texas nurse who is in prison for the 1984 killing of a toddler and who faces new charges in the 1981 death of an infant is suspected of killing as many as 60 young children who were in her care around that time. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice. via AP)
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Rumer Willis is the oldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
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FILE - In this July 7, 2016 file photo, Dallas police detain a driver after five police officers were shot in downtown Dallas. More than a dozen states this year have passed “Blue Lives Matter” laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers. The new laws came in reaction to a spike in deadly attacks on police last year. Some civil rights activists fear the measures could set back police-community relations. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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FILE - In this March 12, 2015, file photo, police shine a light on a helmet as they investigate the scene where two police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Mo. More than a dozen states this year have passed “Blue Lives Matter” laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers. The new laws came in reaction to a spike in deadly attacks on police last year. Some civil rights activists fear the measures could set back police-community relations. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
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FILE - In this July 12 2016 file photo, a member of the Dallas Police Choir passes the portraits of five fallen officers prior to a memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. More than a dozen states this year have passed “Blue Lives Matter” laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers. The new laws came in reaction to a spike in deadly attacks on police last year. Some civil rights activists fear the measures could set back police-community relations. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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In this May 23, 2017 photo, Bruno Abate, a chef/owner of a restaurant in Chicago, teaches inmates about cooking and nutrition at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Inmates in the jail's medium-security Division 11 are now allowed to order pizzas made by inmates who are participating in the jail's "Recipe for Change" program while they wait for trial. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
