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Injection materials is pictured in first safe- injection room for drug addicts in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. France opens its first safe-injection room for drug addicts despite years of efforts by conservatives to block the plan. Intravenous drug users will be given access to clean needles under medical supervision and in the presence of drug counselors in an effort to prevent viral infections and overdoses. (Patrick Kovarik, Pool via AP)
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Law enforcement officers, left, drag a person from a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, near the town of St. Anthony in rural Morton County, N.D., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't yet authorize construction of the $3.8 billion, four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline on federal land in southern North Dakota, it said Monday, along with reiterating its earlier request that the pipeline company voluntarily stop work on private land in the area. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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Faith Lekupanai, 14, was "beaded" at age 7 but abandoned by a warrior after terminating two pregnancies. With help from activists, she has been able to keep her third child. (Tonny Onyulo/Special to The Washington Times)
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Most Republicans still hate big government, and Donald Trump appears to have some ideas to counter the phenomenon. (associated press)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel speaks during the annual Leadership Breakfast at the Michigan Union at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Mich.The University of Michigan unveiled an $85 million, five-year plan on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, to promote diversity and inclusion Thursday, just days after racist flyers posted at the mostly white Ann Arbor campus caused unease among some black students ( Melanie Maxwell/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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Ken Bone. (YouTube: CNN)
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Illustration on reasons for Europe's acceptance of mass Muslim emigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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In this Sept. 20, 2016 photo, Bryan Sweeney answers a question during an interview in Houston. Officials in Texas’ biggest county said they’re working to fix problems with its bail system, which criminal justice reform advocates allege unfairly keeps poor defendants in custody for too long and disproportionately affects minorities. For university student Sweeney, the three days he spent at the Harris County Jail in Houston before he could pay his $10,000 bail for two misdemeanor charges, including for driving with a suspended license, cost him a chance to register for classes and graduate this summer. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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This undated still frame from video provided by the No On Proposition 61 Campaign shows a sample of their campaign materials. The ballot initiative drawing the most spending on the November ballot would not affect the average Californian, but drug companies have a major stake and are spending heavily to defeat it. Proposition 61 would prohibit state agencies from paying more for prescription drugs than the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs does in an effort to curb rising costs for taxpayers. (No On Proposition 61 Campaign via AP)
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U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan holds a Syrian refugee child as she visits a Turkish government-run Syrian refugee camp in Nizip near Turkey's border with Syria, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. The Anadolu Agency said Saturday the U.S. actress toured the social facilities and preschool in Nizip before giving refugee children there presents. (AP Photo)
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In this Sept. 28, 2016 photo, Nick Harmon, 24, center who has Down Syndrome, walks through campus at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colo. The legislature this year passed a law that allows people with intellectual disabilities, including Down Syndrome, to enroll in college even if they don't have the SAT or ACT scores or high school courses to gain admittance. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP)
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In this photo provided by the NWHL, date not known, Buffalo Beauts forward Harrison Browne high-fives fans during player introductions before a game in Buffalo, N.Y. Browne is preparing to make his debut for the National Women's Hockey League Buffalo Beauts as the second-year professional league's first transgender player. (Michael P. Majewski/NWHL via AP)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 photo, Eastern Michigan students march in a silent protest on campus in Ypsilanti, Mich., in response to racist graffiti found last month on campus. (Katy Kildee/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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In this Aug. 16, 2016 photo, a condemned inmate is led out of his east block cell on death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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A new ad released by the Humane Society Legislative Fund warns that a Donald Trump presidency "would be a threat to animals everywhere." (Humane Society Legislative Fund)
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This undated photo provided by the West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority shows Benjamin Taylor of Cottageville, W.V. Taylor is charged with murder in Oct. 5, 2016 death of a 9-month-old baby who authorities say he also sexually assaulted. (WV Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority via AP)
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In this Sept. 26, 2016 photo, a Haitian man listening to music on his phone and leaning against a wall decorated with a Mexican national flag and a framed image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, waits for a bed at the Padre Chava migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. Many Haitians arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico are unaware of a new U.S. policy of putting them in deportation proceedings and detaining them while making efforts to fly them home. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants receive food and drinks from volunteers as they wait in line at a Mexican immigration agency in Tijuana with the hope of gaining an appointment to cross to the U.S. side of the border. Many Haitians arriving at the Mexico-U.S. border are unaware of a new U.S. policy of putting them in deportation proceedings and detaining them while making efforts to fly them home. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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This photo released by the Texas Office of the Attorney General shows Carl Ferrer. State agents have raided the Dallas headquarters of adult classified ad portal Backpage and arrested Chief Executive Officer Ferrer. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that adult and child sex-trafficking victims had been forced into prostitution through escort ads posted on the site. Paxton announced that Ferrer had been arrested Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, on a California warrant after arriving in Houston on a flight from Amsterdam. (Texas Office of the Attorney General via AP)
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Robert McCulloch , prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, addresses the media, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in St. Louis. Officer Blake Snyder, a 33-year-old husband with a 2-year-old son, was shot point-blank after encountering the man accused of causing a pre-dawn disturbance in normally quiet, middle-class suburb of Green Park, Police Chief Jon Belmar said. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
