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Tania Venegas, center, her son Edgard and lawyer Clare Hanusz, discuss her deportation case with reporters in Honolulu on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Venegas, who fears returning to Mexico because of an abusive ex-boyfriend there, turned herself in for deportation but was later released after posting a $5,000 bond while U.S. immigration officials consider her asylum case. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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The NCAA says it will consider North Carolina as a host for championship games after the state rolled back the so-called "bathroom bill," a law that limited protections for LGBT people. (Associated Press)
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Anthony Michael Hall appears in "The Breakfast Club," a look at social stratification among teenagers in the 1980s.
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Act on Tax Reform Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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The Baltimore Police Department came under the review of federal authorities in the wake of unrest over the death of a young black man. Now, under a new administration, the Justice Department has requested a 90-day postponement of a hearing on a proposed consent agreement. (Associated Press/File)
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Demonstrators carry signs and shout slogans during a protest Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Boston, held to voice their concerns about racism and call attention to low wages. Tuesday was the 49th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Stephen Belafonte, left, and his wife Melanie Brown arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Mother's Day." A judge has granted singer Mel B a temporary restraining order and sole custody of her youngest daughter after she claimed her estranged husband subjected her to years of abuse. Court records in Los Angeles show the singer and "America's Got Talent" judge filed for divorce from Belafonte, her husband of nearly 10 years, on March 20, 2017. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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High School District 211 school board candidate Ed Yung unloads yard signs from the trunk of his car to post near polling places on Monday, April 3, 2017 in Hoffman Estates,Ill. The High School District 211 school board race centers on transgender student access to locker rooms and restrooms. A slate of candidates in Tuesday's election are promising to roll back a policy that allowed a transgender student to use the girls' facilities. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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In this photo taken Dec. 12, 2012, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the nation's most prominent gay politician, speaks about his impending retirement during an interview with The Associated Press on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this April 22, 2015 file photo, a member of the Baltimore Police Department stands guard outside of the department's Western District police station as men hold their hands up in protest during a march for Freddie Gray in Baltimore. In a city that became emblematic of police abuse, excessive force and callous treatment of young black men, Baltimore's mayor and commissioner say they are eager and ready to change not only the culture of law enforcement, but the practice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2016, file photo, a Baltimore Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform as he stands on a street corner during a foot patrol in Baltimore. In a city that became emblematic of police abuse, excessive force and callous treatment of young black men, Baltimore's mayor and commissioner say they are eager and ready to change not only the culture of law enforcement, but the practice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - In this April 23, 2015 file photo, members of the Baltimore Police Department stand guard outside the department's Western District police station during a protest in response to Freddie Gray's death in Baltimore. Baltimore's mayor and commissioner say they are eager and ready to change not only the culture of law enforcement, but the practice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a man walks past a corner where a victim of a shooting was discovered in Baltimore. In a city that became emblematic of police abuse, excessive force and callous treatment of young black men, Baltimore's mayor and commissioner say they are eager and ready to change not only the culture of law enforcement, but the practice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Ryan said Republicans are talking about reviving the failed health care bill, but said it would be premature to say where the legislation stands or how much support it could garner. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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While Obamacare enrollment is a distant memory in much of the country, the bluest areas are still hitting the pavement. (Associated Press/File)
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German skincare brand Nivea is apologizing for an advertisement declaring "white is purity" after social media users complained it was racist. (Nivea via BBC)
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CORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME TO LEDELL, NOT LEDELLE - FILE - This combination of undated file photos provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmates Stacey E. Johnson, left, and Ledell Lee. Both men are scheduled for execution on April 20, 2017. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)
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FILE - In this June 23, 2015, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C., where the league announced that the city would host the 2017 NBA All-Star basketball game. A person with knowledge of the plans says the NBA will discuss whether to bring the 2019 All-Star Game to Charlotte at its Board of Governors meeting this week. The NBA pulled this year's event out of Charlotte and held it in New Orleans instead because of a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. The state recently passed a compromise law on the issue. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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FILE - In this March 7, 2017, file photo, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, addresses a House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on Captiol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs is telling skeptical lawmakers it has already fixed problems with its suicide hotline that were highlighted in an internal watchdog’s report released just two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, looks on as members speak about passing an emergency budget extension in place of the state budget, in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
