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Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, left, talks while Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck looks on during a news conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Los Angeles police say three people are in custody and a fourth is being sought in connection with a deadly fire that struck an apartment building in 1993. Two men were arrested Feb. 3 and a woman was already in custody in connection with the fire. Police will ask the district attorney to file homicide charges with special circumstances involving multiple victims, gang affiliations and arson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck talks during a news conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Los Angeles police say three people are in custody and a fourth is being sought in connection with a deadly fire that struck an apartment building in 1993. Beck says two men were arrested Feb. 3 and a woman was already in custody in connection with the fire. Police will ask the district attorney to file homicide charges with special circumstances involving multiple victims, gang affiliations and arson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Los Angeles police Sgt. Jack Richter displays photos of arson suspects from a 1993 fire prior to a news conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Los Angeles police say three people are in custody and a fourth is being sought in connection with a deadly fire that struck an apartment building in 1993. Two men were arrested Feb. 3 and a woman was already in custody in connection with the fire. Police will ask the district attorney to file homicide charges with special circumstances involving multiple victims, gang affiliations and arson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus, in New York. The students say a proposal to make college tuition-free for middle-class students at New York public universities would provide welcome financial help, but note that free tuition doesn't mean free college because of the expense of things like room and board and books. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signs legislation to make Missouri the 28th "right-to-work" state during a ceremonial signing at the abandoned Amelex warehouse in Springfield, Mo. on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The law, which goes into effect on Aug. 28, prohibits unions from charging membership dues as a condition of employment. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2016 file photo, Colorado State Sen. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins takes notes as witnesses testify before a state Senate committee in support of an open records bill that he co-sponsored, in Denver. While Kefalas' bill died in a GOP-led Senate committee in 2016, a Democratic senator is trying again in 2017 to modernize Colorado's Open Records Act with a bill that would require government agencies to release public records in searchable data formats. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., criticizes President Donald Trump's pro-Wall Street policies during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**
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Anas Modamani, left, sits next to his lawyer Jun Chan-jo at the regional court in Wuerzburg, Germany, Monday Feb. 6, 2017. The Syrian refugee pictured in a 2015 selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking an injunction that would oblige Facebook to identify and delete posts on its site which wrongly link him to crimes committed by migrants. ( Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)
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In a Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 photo, two women take a selfie in Bronson Park during a rally in Kalamazoo against islamophobia and in support of the rights of Muslims, immigrants and refugees. Hundreds of people took part in new western Michigan protests of President Donald Trump's attempt to ban refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the country. (Jake Green/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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German chancellor and head of the German Christian Democrats, Angela Merkel, arrives for a party meeting in Munich, Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Merkel is meeting her Bavarian conservative allies in a show of unity following a long-running argument over migrant policy, setting the scene for a joint campaign for German elections in September. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Migrants and refugees wave for help from inside a wooden boat 21 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. European Union leaders are poised to take a big step on Friday in closing off the illegal migration route from Libya across the central Mediterranean, where thousands have died trying to reach the EU, the EU chief said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Sub-Saharan migrants wait their turn to leave the Golfo Azzurro rescue vessel after arriving at the port of Pozzallo, south of Sicily, Italy, with more than 220 migrants aboard, rescued by members of Proactive Open Arms NGO, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Rescuers from different aid organizations pulled more than 1000 people in waters off the Libyan coast on Friday, and all of them were transferred to the Italian authorities. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 4-5 AND THEREAFTER - In a Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 photo, Nicholas Morales, a carpenter from Graham, Wash., lines up railing supports as he and a volunteer crew from Mr. Do Right Construction install a wheelchair ramp at the Carwell family home in Olympia, Wash. Others in the background are, clockwise from top left, carpenter Chris Erickson of Olympia, carpenter Lane Hill of Tacoma and office staff Michelle Campbell of Olympia. The Carwell's six-year-old daughter, Mia, has severe disabilities because of a rare brain disorder, and is confined to a wheelchair. Olympia construction company and other groups have built an access ramp for her home. (Tony Overman/The News Tribune via AP)
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Atlanta Falcons' Matt Ryan celebrates after a touchdown during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game against the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2016 file photo, runners make their way along a sidewalk on the campus of Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. The college has created a refugee scholarship in response to President Donald Trump's January 2017 order on immigration and refugees and is calling on other colleges to do the same. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, Buffalo State College students Nigel Peters, left, Olivia Harbol, center, and Avery Edwards leave the student union on the Buffalo, N.Y., campus. The students say a proposal to make college tuition-free for middle-class students at New York public universities would provide welcome financial help, but note that free tuition doesn't mean free college because of the expense of things like room and board and books. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
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In this Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. The students say a proposal to make college tuition-free for middle-class students at New York public universities would provide welcome financial help, but note that free tuition doesn't mean free college because of the expense of things like room and board and books. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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FILE- In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo authorities investigate the scene after a shooting at West Liberty-Salem Schools in Champaign County, Ohio. The 16-year-old victim of the Ohio school shooting has returned home after several days in the hospital as a court case continues against the suspect. Ryan Cole, the father of victim Logan Cole, said in a Facebook post Saturday, Feb. 4, that Logan was home. (Eric Dietrich/Dayton Daily News via AP, File)
