Social Issues

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In this Feb. 7, 2017 photo, Joe Maldonado, the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts, looks at his Boy Scout application with Scout leader Kyle Hackler in Maplewood, N.J. Boy Scouts of America recently changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization. "I am accepted," Maldonado said as he put on the uniform. (Amy Newman/The Record via AP)

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In this Feb. 7, 2017 photo, Joe Maldonado, the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts, shows off the uniform he received from Scout leader Kyle Hackler to wear to his first meeting in Maplewood, N.J. Boy Scouts of America recently changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization. "I am accepted," Maldonado said as he put on the uniform. (Amy Newman/The Record via AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, Baylor head coach Art Briles watches during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. The Big 12 conference said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, it will withhold 25 percent of Baylor's share of conference revenue until an outside review of the athletic department determines whether the school is in compliance with conference regulations and Title IX guidelines following its sexual assault scandal that has rocked the school. Baylor fired coach Art Briles last year and parted ways with university President Ken Starr and athletic director Ian McCaw after an investigation by a law form found allegations of sexual assault brought to the school were not dealt with appropriately. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, J. Alex Halderman, a cyber security expert and professor of Computer Science at the University of Michigan, addresses the media in Lansing, Mich. Authorities say they're investigating after some students at the university received racist and anti-Semitic emails Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, purportedly from Halderman. Halderman denies sending the emails. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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FILE - In this Monday, June 30, 2014 file photo, veteran entertainer Rolf Harris leaves the Southwark Crown Court in London. Harris, who is serving a prison sentence for a string of sexual abuses against young girls, has been cleared on another three charges of sexual assault. He was found not guilty Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 of three of seven assaults said to have taken place over four decades. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)

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Council members listen to public comment at the Jackson City Council meeting held at the Michigan Theatre, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Jackson, Mich. The council was hearing comment and voting on a a proposed non-discrimination ordinance. (J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)

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Migrants from Pakistan's tribal area of Bajaur pray in an abandoned warehouse where they took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Two migrants watch a Bollywood movie on a mobile phone inside an abandoned warehouse where they took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A migrant sleeps on the ground under a window of an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A migrant from Pakistan, center, talks with another while making tea on a fire in an abandoned warehouse where they took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A migrant cooks on a fire outside an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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This Jan. 23, 2017 photo shows an interview room for small children at the Children's Advocacy Project in Casper, Wyo. . The non-profit group offers services for alleged victims of abuse. (Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

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Executive director Stacy Nelson poses in front of a wall covered in hands representing the children the organization has helped over the years on Jan. 23, 2017 at the Children's Advocacy Project in Casper, Wyo. Three child advocacy facilities have seen their funding change repeatedly over the past few years as state agencies were asked to slash expenses. (Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

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Forensic interviewer and therapist Baleigh Hite poses in an interview room Jan. 23, 2017 at the Children's Advocacy Project in Casper, Wyo. Three child advocacy facilities have seen their funding change repeatedly over the past few years as state agencies were asked to slash expenses. (Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune via AP)

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts had progressives calling for her to run for president in 2020 after a clash with the Senate majority leader in February. Republicans signaled that they would be happy to have Ms. Warren as the face of the Democratic Party. (Associated Press/File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos on Capitol Hill in Washington, at DeVos' confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Warren is raking in millions in campaign donations as she gears up for a re-election bid next year. According to Warren's latest campaign finance reports, the Massachusetts Democrat took in a hefty $5.9 million in campaign contributions from January 2015 through the end of 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)