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In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Angelica Pereira holds her daughter Luiza, as she waits outside her home for a driver sent to fetch her and other mothers with babies disabled by the Zika virus, to drive them to a physical therapy session, in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, Pernambuco state, Brazil. "We are always chasing something. We have to drop everything else, all our chores, our homes," said the 21-year-old. "There are so many of us with children with special needs. (The government) is forgetting about that." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Illustration on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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In this Sept. 6, 2016 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Prosecutors in suburban Philadelphia are accusing Cosby’s lawyers of stretching the truth as they try again to get a sexual-assault case against him thrown out. The two sides have filed dueling legal briefs before a key pretrial hearing next month. The Nov. 1 hearing could determine if the case moves forward and if more accusers testify. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) **FILE**
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In this Jan. 11, 2013, file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. More than 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children rely on monthly Social Security benefits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Former Olympian Tyson Gay speaks to the mourners gathered in memory of his daughter Trinity at Lafayette High School, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Lexington, Ky. Several thousand people, including Tyson Gay, turned out Monday night for a candlelight vigil in Kentucky to honor Gay's 15-year-old daughter, who was fatally shot over the weekend. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to supporters at a rally in support of Colorado Amendment 69, a ballot measure to set up the nation's first universal health-care system, on campus of the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colo., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Amendment 69 would repeal the current health insurance system and make coverage universal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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The president of one of the largest police organizations in the United States on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, apologized for historical mistreatment of minorities, calling it a "dark side of our shared history" that must be acknowledged and overcome. Terrence Cunningham, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, said at the group's annual conference that police have historically been a face of oppression, enforcing laws that ensured legalized discrimination and denial of basic rights. He was not more specific. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
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In this Aug. 9, 2016, photo, U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez speaks to reporters from his desk in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Martinez and the U.S. Justice Department announced an agreement with the University of New Mexico on Monday, Oct. 17, to improve how the school responds to student complaints of sexual assault and harassment. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz)
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers a question from a reporter during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Republican governor is not ruling out a tax increase to help balance the state's budget, though he thinks it would be harmful with the state facing what he calls a rural recession (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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A survey conducted the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation found that one-third of millennials think former President George W. Bush is responsible for more death than Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. (Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation)
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Two unidentified young migrants get off a bus as they arrive at Lunar House, which houses the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration in Croydon, south London, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Fourteen children who have been living in a border refugee camp in northern France have arrived in Britain to be reunited with their families. Under pressure from charities, religious leaders and French authorities, Britain has agreed to accept scores of children from Calais. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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FILE – In this Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, Aleeha Dudley, a blind student, poses in her off-campus apartment at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Federal authorities said Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that they have completed an agreement with Miami University that resolves allegations in Dudley's lawsuit that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Justice Department, the Ohio university and Dudley jointly filed a motion in Cincinnati asking a judge to approve a consent decree that requires Miami to provide disabled people an "equal opportunity" to benefit from the school's services, programs and activities. (Bob Garlock/Dayton Daily News via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, hundreds of protesters in green fatigues gather outside the Chinese Ministry of National Defense to protest in Beijing. Fed up with paltry pensions and benefits, China's veterans are increasingly taking to the streets, hoping to shame the government into recognizing its obligation to those who battled along the country's borders, often in extremely harsh conditions. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel co-founded Palantir Technologies, which is facing a Labor Department lawsuit accusing it of job discrimination. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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The exterior of a Cook Out restaurant is shown in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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In this Aug. 11, 2016, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2015, file photo, United States' Tyson Gay looks at his time from a men's 100-meter semifinal at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay has been fatally shot in Kentucky, the athlete's agent and authorities said Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Trinity Gay died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, the coroner's office for Fayette County said in a statement. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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In this Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 photo, a standard testing kit used in rape cases is laid out on a table at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Wash. Hospital nurses are often the first point of contact for victims of rape and sexual assault and are responsible for collecting the initial physical evidence. (Shawn Gust /Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)
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In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, players of Herso camp warm up before the game between the refugee teams from Nea Kavala camp and from Herso camp, in the village of Nea Kavala, northern Greece. Soccer players and fans from Syria and Iraq got a break from life at migrant camps to play a match organized by a government migration agency, launching a tournament that will include local amateur Greek teams. The first game on Friday was slow paced, with white lines on the pitch only half painted in. Spectators were seated on grass or on the terrace of a half-built home to get a decent view. (AP Photos/Giannis Papanikos)
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In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, spectators watch a soccer match between refugee teams from Nea Kavala camp and Herso camp, in the village Nea Kavala northern Greece. Soccer players and fans from Syria and Iraq got a break from life at migrant camps to play a match organized by a government migration agency, launching a tournament that will include local amateur Greek teams. The first game on Friday was slow paced, with white lines on the pitch only half painted in. Spectators were seated on grass or on the terrace of a half-built home to get a decent view. (AP Photos/Giannis Papanikos)
