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In this Thursday, March 16, 2017 photo, former University of Michigan football player and projected top round NFL draft pick Jourdan Lewis walks into Washtenaw County 15th District Court for an arraignment, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Lewis has been charged with misdemeanor domestic violence after authorities said he assaulted his girlfriend. (Matt Weigand /The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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In this Thursday, March 16, 2017, former University of Michigan football player and projected top round NFL draft pick Jourdan Lewis walks into Washtenaw County 15th District Court for an arraignment, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Lewis has been charged with misdemeanor domestic violence after authorities said he assaulted his girlfriend. (Matt Weigand /The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, refugees prepare food including maize porridge donated by USAID and known locally as posho, during the visit of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to a transit center for South Sudanese refugees in the remote northwestern district of Adjumani, near the border with South Sudan, in Uganda. President Donald Trump's proposed deep cuts in foreign aid could mark the retreat of U.S. support for South Sudan, a nation America enthusiastically helped to create. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File)
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FILE - This March 2015 file photo provided by the St. Louis County Police Department shows Jeffrey Williams. A St. Louis County judge on Friday, March 17, 2017, sentenced Williams to 25 years in prison for shooting two police officers during a protest in Ferguson, Mo., on March 12, 2015. His lawyer says Williams plan to appeal the conviction. (St. Louis County Police Department via AP, File)
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90% of American's plan to observe St. Patrick's Day, but only 8 percent say they "plan to get drunk," says a new survey. (NationalToday.com)
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A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Department of State, USAID and Treasury International Programs, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The United Nations and dozens of its affiliated agencies are facing deep funding cuts and possibly an end to U.S. contributions, as the Trump administration seeks to trim billions of dollars from diplomacy and development assistance in next year’s budget. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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Tribal leaders' peaceful protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline has erupted into violent encounters with police from outside agitators. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Brazilian transgender model Valentina Sampaio wears a creation from the Amir Slama collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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This undated photo provided by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office in Norman Okla., shows Ralph Shortey. Oklahoma prosecutors have filed child prostitution charges against Shortey, a Republican state senator, after police found him in a hotel room with a 17-year-old boy. Shortey, surrendered to authorities Thursday, March 16, 2017 on charges of engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of church. (Cleveland County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, Illinois Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois health care experts said the state would face a $40 billion loss in federal Medicaid support under a health care overhaul proposed by congressional Republicans. Three state House committees heard testimony Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Springfield. Democratic state Rep. Harris of Chicago said a quarter of Illinois citizens receive Medicaid benefits and they could be affected. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks with Diane Hughes and Stephanie Frederiksen at a Town Hall meeting, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Martinsburg, W.Va., focused on the possible loss of health coverage under the proposed House Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Both women said they got badly needed treatment under the current law. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
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Somali refugees Layla Muali, left, and Hawo Jamile, right, wipe away tears during an interview at the Community Refugee & Immigration Services offices, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Somali refugees in Ohio continue their wait for overseas relatives amid uncertainty created by the proposed White House travel ban and new court decisions blocking that ban. Columbus has the country's largest percentage of Somali refugees(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Somalian refugee Sahah Salem, 20, listens as she translates for her mother during an interview at the Community Refugee & Immigration Services officers, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. "She is the father and the mother, because our father even is not here," Salem says of her mother who did not wish to be photographed. "So she's been playing the father role at the same time as the mother role." Somali refugees in Ohio continue their wait for overseas relatives amid uncertainty created by the proposed White House travel ban and new court decisions blocking that ban. Columbus has the country's largest percentage of Somali refugees (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Angie Plummer, executive director of Community Refugee & Immigration Services, poses for a portrait in her office, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Plummer says the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump prevent refugees from coming but also add new delays as security clearances expire and must be repeated. Columbus has the country's largest percentage of Somali refugees. Some refugees in the city haven't seen spouses, parents or children for years. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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CORRECTS AGE FROM 30 TO 32 - Somalian refugee Ayan Arab, 32, sits in the office of Angie Plummer, executive director of Community Refugee and Immigration Services, during an interview, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Arab hasn't seen her husband in five years but hoped before the bans were issued he'd cleared the hurdles necessary to join her from a camp in Uganda. Columbus has the country's largest percentage of Somali refugees. Some refugees in the city haven't seen spouses, parents or children for years. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Somalia refugee Hawo Jamile, left, listens as Sahah Salem translates during an interview at the Community Refugee and Immigration Services offices, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Somali refugees in Ohio continue their wait for overseas relatives amid uncertainty created by the proposed White House travel ban and new court decisions blocking that ban. Columbus has the country's largest percentage of Somali refugees. Some refugees in the city haven't seen spouses, parents or children for years. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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CORRECTS AGE FROM 30 TO 32 - Somalian refugee Ayan Arab, 32, left, listens as Angie Plummer, executive director of Community Refugee and Immigration Services, speaks, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Arab hasn't seen her husband in five years but hoped before the bans were issued he'd cleared the hurdles necessary to join her from a camp in Uganda. Columbus has the country's largest percentage of Somali refugees. Some refugees in the city haven't seen spouses, parents or children for years. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks about President Donald Trump's budget proposal for the coming fiscal year during daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, joined by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, left, speaks about President Donald Trump's budget proposal for the coming fiscal year during daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lee Johnson asks questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
