Photos for June 7, 2023
Tenacious D — named for "tenacious" NBA defense — is made up of Kyle Gass and Jack Black. They'll bring their Spicy Meatball Tour to the Walmart AMP Sept. 11.(Courtesy Photo/Travis Shinn)
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Flowers are placed in front of the Altria Theater which was the site of a mass shooting after a graduation ceremony Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Former President Donald Trump talks with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, during the first round of the LIV Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Richard Barnett, left, with his attorney, Jonathan Gross, after his sentencing hearing on Wednesday in federal court in Washington D.C. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Bill Bowden).
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U.S. war veterans salute during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The American Cemetery is home to the graves of 9,386 United States soldiers. Most of them lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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People scatter from a shooting scene as police arrive Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Authorities in Richmond, Virginia, say seven people were shot following a high school graduation ceremony held at a downtown theater near Virginia Commonwealth University. Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said at a news conference that two suspects were taken into custody after Tuesday's shooting. (John Willard via AP)
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A soldier stands by headstones at the American Cemetery during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The American Cemetery is home to the graves of 9,386 United States soldiers. Most of them lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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In this frame grab from video broadcast by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Billy Woods speaks at a news conference, in Ocala, Fla., Monday, June 5, 2023. Officials say a neighborhood feud over playing children has ended in a Florida mothers fatal shooting. (Courtesy of Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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A protester, right, confronts a Marion County sheriff deputy at the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Floridas divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Protesters gather in the lobby of the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Floridas divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A small memorial is seen outside an apartment, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, Fla., where Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four was killed in a Friday night, June 2, shooting that Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said was the culmination of a 2½-year feud between neighbors. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor on her front doorstep, as they navigated Floridas divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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This Jan. 14, 2023, photo released by Anthony D. Thomas, attorney for the family of Ajike Owens, shows Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four from Ocala, Fla. The Marion County sheriff said Owens was shot and killed Friday, June 2, 2023, moments after going to the apartment of her neighbor, who had yelled at Owens' children as they played in a nearby lot. (Anthony D. Thomas via AP)
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This Jan. 14, 2023, photo released by Anthony D. Thomas, attorney for the family of Ajike Owens, shows Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four from Ocala, Fla. The Marion County sheriff said Owens was shot and killed Friday, June 2, 2023, moments after going to the apartment of her neighbor, who had yelled at Owens' children as they played in a nearby lot. (Anthony D. Thomas via AP)
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A patched bullet hole, upper right, is seen on a door, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, where Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, was shot and killed the week before, moments after going to the apartment of her neighbor who had yelled at Owens' children as they played in a nearby lot, in Ocala, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A protester, holds a poster of Ajike Owens at the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Floridas divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows an overview of the damage on the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Ukraine accused Russian forces Tuesday of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow controls, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian bombardment in the contested area. It was not possible to verify the claims. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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Donna Reams (from left) hands a food voucher ticket to Helmina Lainlik, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at the Smash Shack at the 8th Street Market Bentonville. The Good Charcoal has supported local communities across the United States, providing over 33,000 free meals. Smash Shack prepared and handed out the free burgers. Because of this strong need to combat food insecurity in Arkansas, sustainable charcoal brand The Good Charcoal has teamed up with Smash Shack and Second Street Pantry â€" which provides food, personal care goods, financial assistance and education to those experiencing situational or generational poverty. Visit nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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Robert Smith (from left) and April Smith prepare food, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at the Smash Shack at the 8th Street Market Bentonville. The Good Charcoal has supported local communities across the United States, providing over 33,000 free meals. Smash Shack prepared and handed out the free burgers. Because of this strong need to combat food insecurity in Arkansas, sustainable charcoal brand The Good Charcoal has teamed up with Smash Shack and Second Street Pantry â€" which provides food, personal care goods, financial assistance and education to those experiencing situational or generational poverty. Visit nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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April Smith calls out an order, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at the Smash Shack at the 8th Street Market Bentonville. The Good Charcoal has supported local communities across the United States, providing over 33,000 free meals. Smash Shack prepared and handed out the free burgers. Because of this strong need to combat food insecurity in Arkansas, sustainable charcoal brand The Good Charcoal has teamed up with Smash Shack and Second Street Pantry â€" which provides food, personal care goods, financial assistance and education to those experiencing situational or generational poverty. Visit nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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Attendes redeem food vouchers, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at the Smash Shack at the 8th Street Market Bentonville. The Good Charcoal has supported local communities across the United States, providing over 33,000 free meals. Smash Shack prepared and handed out the free burgers. Because of this strong need to combat food insecurity in Arkansas, sustainable charcoal brand The Good Charcoal has teamed up with Smash Shack and Second Street Pantry â€" which provides food, personal care goods, financial assistance and education to those experiencing situational or generational poverty. Visit nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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People scatter from a shooting scene as police arrive Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Authorities in Richmond, Virginia, say seven people were shot following a high school graduation ceremony held at a downtown theater near Virginia Commonwealth University. Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said at a news conference that two suspects were taken into custody after Tuesday's shooting. (John Willard via AP)
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FILLING THE NEEDGrayson Pursell (left) with the American Red Cross checks a machine that separates blood cells and plasma on Tuesday June 6 2023 while Amy Darpinian of Bella Vista donates during an American Red Cross blood drive. The drive was held at the Bella Vista Public Safety Building, 2843 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista. Donors of all blood types are needed, the Red Cross staff said. Go to nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)(
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FILLING THE NEEDAmethyst (cq) Curran of Bella Vista finishes her donation on Tuesday June 6 2023 during an American Red Cross blood drive at the Bella Vista Public Safety Building, 2843 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista. Donors of all blood types are needed, the Red Cross staff said. Go to nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)(
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FILLING THE NEEDAmethyst Curran of Bella Vista donates blood on Tuesday June 6 2023 during an American Red Cross blood drive at the Bella Vista Public Safety Building, 2843 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista. Donors of all blood types are needed, the Red Cross staff said. Go to nwaonline.com/photos for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)(
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, arrive at the meeting of the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of nine countries that make up the eastern flank of NATO, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, June, 6, 2023. (Michal Svitok/TASR via AP)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, participates in a family photo during a meeting with the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of nine countries that make up the eastern flank of NATO, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday , June, 6, 2023. From left, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Czech Rebublic's President Petr Pavel, Romania President Klaus Iohannis, Estonia President Alar Karis, Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Hungarian President Katalin Novak, Latvian President Egils Levits and Bulgaria Vice-President Iliana Iotova, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, June, 6, 2023. (Martin Baumann/TASR via AP)
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Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, right, Romania President Klaus Iohannis, centre, and Bulgaria Vice-President Iliana Iotova, left, arrive at the meeting of the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of nine countries that make up the eastern flank of NATO, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, June, 6, 2023. (Michal Svitok/TASR via AP)
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World War II reenactors pay homage to U.S soldiers on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy at dawn on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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Submitted photo of the Old South Restaurant in Russellville from May 2017. Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Kat Robinson.
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A demonstrator lifts a bicycle during a protest rally in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron's higher retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered strikes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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A view of the perfume gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, is seen May 25. (AP/Michel Euler)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures during a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to guests during his introduction at a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiles during a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather outside an event for Republican Presidential candidate, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures during a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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U.S war veterans attend a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The American Cemetery is home to the graves of 9,386 United States soldiers. Most of them lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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French WWII veteran of the Commando Kieffer Leon Gautier attends a ceremony in tribute to the 177 French members of the "Commando Kieffer" Fusiliers Marins commando unit who took part in the Normandy landings, as part of the 79th anniversary of D-Day, in Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on Normandy beaches to honor those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history. ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
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U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley salutes during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The American Cemetery is home to the graves of 9,386 United States soldiers. Most of them lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with British veteran Jack Kuinn during his visit of Arromanches D-Day museum as part of the 79th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Normandy landings, in Arromanches, Normandy, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
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FILE - Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour, right, speaks alongside Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall following oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States, outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - People wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington to listen to oral arguments in a voting rights case on Feb. 27, 2013. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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FILE - Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States, speaks with reporters following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. Standing behind Milligan are Milligan's counsel Deuel Ross, from left, Letetia Jackson, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Betty Shinn types on her phone at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala., June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. Alabama could add another to the list soon, one that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out or return an absentee ballot. "This is voter suppression at its best," said Shinn, who recently testified against the bill during a legislative hearing in Montgomery. "It's no different from asking me how many jellybeans are in that jar or asking me to recite the Constitution from memory." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Griffin Appel, 12, holds freshly picked strawberries Tuesday June 6, 2023 at Appel Farm in Elm Springs. Appel Farm was chosen as the Washington County Farm Family of the Year. Their crops include tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries and pigs. For information about the farm see https://arkansasgrown.org/listing/appel-farms/ Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler)
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Betty Shinn, 72, poses for a photograph at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala., June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. Alabama could add another to the list soon, one that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out or return an absentee ballot. "This is voter suppression at its best," said Shinn, who recently testified against the bill during a legislative hearing in Montgomery. "It's no different from asking me how many jellybeans are in that jar or asking me to recite the Constitution from memory." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Betty Shinn, 72, poses for a photograph at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala., June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. Alabama could add another to the list soon, one that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out or return an absentee ballot. "This is voter suppression at its best," said Shinn, who recently testified against the bill during a legislative hearing in Montgomery. "It's no different from asking me how many jellybeans are in that jar or asking me to recite the Constitution from memory." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - A man holds a sign as he listens during a rally in Winston-Salem, N.C., July 13, 2015, after the beginning of a federal voting rights trial challenging a 2013 state law. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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FILE - Wearing a mask that says "silenced," Appollos Baker, with the American Federation of Government Employees, rallies outside the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges in Washington, in Jan. 18, 2018. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - Representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 25, 2013, awaiting a decision in Shelby County v. Holder, a voting rights case in Alabama. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - An election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2014. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - A Merck scientist conducts research on Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, Pa. Merck is suing the federal government Tuesday, June 6, 2023, over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars in the coming years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Camille Cathey of Historic Batesville waits offstage before rehearsing the evening gown portion of the Miss Arkansas competition in the auditorium at the Robinson Center on Monday, June 5, 2023. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/606pageant/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
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Camille Cathey of Historic Batesville waits offstage before rehearsing the evening gown portion of the Miss Arkansas competition in the auditorium at the Robinson Center on Monday, June 5, 2023. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/606pageant/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
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Miss Central Arkansas Ciara Callicott, center, greets other contestants offstage after rehearsing the fitness portion of the Miss Arkansas competition in the auditorium at the Robinson Center on Monday, June 5, 2023. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/606pageant/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
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Miss Central Arkansas Ciara Callicott, center, greets other contestants offstage after rehearsing the fitness portion of the Miss Arkansas competition in the auditorium at the Robinson Center on Monday, June 5, 2023. See more photos at arkansasonline.com/606pageant/ (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
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Participants join an anti-government march led by the centrist opposition party leader Donald Tusk, who along with other critics accuses the government of eroding democracy, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Poland's largest opposition party led a march Sunday meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government, which it accuses of eroding democracy and following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy. The march is being held on the 34th anniversary of the first partly free elections, a democratic breakthrough in the toppling of communism across Eastern Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Participants join an anti-government march led by the centrist opposition party leader Donald Tusk, who along with other critics accuses the government of eroding democracy, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Poland's largest opposition party led a march Sunday meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government, which it accuses of eroding democracy and following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy. The march is being held on the 34th anniversary of the first partly free elections, a democratic breakthrough in the toppling of communism across Eastern Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Participants join an anti-government march led by the centrist opposition party leader Donald Tusk, left, and Lech Walesa, right, who along with other critics accuse the government of eroding democracy, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 4, 2023. The march is being held on the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1989 after Poland emerged from decades of communist rule. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Participants join an anti-government march led by the centrist opposition party leader Donald Tusk, second left, and Lech Walesa, second right, who along with other critics accuse the government of eroding democracy, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 4, 2023. The march is being held on the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1989 after Poland emerged from decades of communist rule. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. (center) hands the inaugural La Petite Roche Global Service Award to members of the Little Rock Nine in attendance Thelma Mothershed Wair (from left), Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Ernest Green and Elizabeth Eckford on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
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Little Rock City board member Andrea Lewis takes a selfie with Little Rock Nine member, Elizabeth Eckford, after the Little Rock Nine was given the inaugural La Petite Roche Global Service Award on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
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A man casts his vote for National Assembly elections at a religious school in Sabahiya district, Kuwait, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Voters in Kuwait are casting ballots on Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the ruling family and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
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FILE - An NYPD vehicle responds, Feb. 20, 2019, in New York. New York City's reliance on the tactic known as "stop and frisk" as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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FILE - NYPD officers patrol the surrounding areas at Rockefeller Center in New York on Dec. 19, 2019. A court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday, June 5, 2023, that New York City's reliance on the tactic known as "stop and frisk" as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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FILE - An election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2014. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States, speaks with reporters following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. Standing behind Milligan are Milligan's counsel Deuel Ross, from left, Letetia Jackson, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Betty Shinn, 72, poses for a photograph at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala., June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. Alabama could add another to the list soon, one that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out or return an absentee ballot. "This is voter suppression at its best," said Shinn, who recently testified against the bill during a legislative hearing in Montgomery. "It's no different from asking me how many jellybeans are in that jar or asking me to recite the Constitution from memory." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - Wearing a mask that says "silenced," Appollos Baker, with the American Federation of Government Employees, rallies outside the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges in Washington, in Jan. 18, 2018. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Betty Shinn types on her phone at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala., June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. Alabama could add another to the list soon, one that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out or return an absentee ballot. "This is voter suppression at its best," said Shinn, who recently testified against the bill during a legislative hearing in Montgomery. "It's no different from asking me how many jellybeans are in that jar or asking me to recite the Constitution from memory." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - A man holds a sign as he listens during a rally in Winston-Salem, N.C., July 13, 2015, after the beginning of a federal voting rights trial challenging a 2013 state law. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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FILE - Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour, right, speaks alongside Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall following oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States, outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Betty Shinn, 72, poses for a photograph at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala., June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. Alabama could add another to the list soon, one that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out or return an absentee ballot. "This is voter suppression at its best," said Shinn, who recently testified against the bill during a legislative hearing in Montgomery. "It's no different from asking me how many jellybeans are in that jar or asking me to recite the Constitution from memory." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - Representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 25, 2013, awaiting a decision in Shelby County v. Holder, a voting rights case in Alabama. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - People wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington to listen to oral arguments in a voting rights case on Feb. 27, 2013. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Charles Sharpless (left), an assistant professor of interior design at the University of Arkansas, and Sarah Myane, a student from Prairie Grove, work together Tuesday, June 6, 2023, to assemble a portion of a pavilion project titled Ground Rules outside the Steven L. Anderson Design Center at the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Sharpless, along with Jessica Colangelo, an assistant professor of architecture at the university, and students, designed the project as an entrant in the Exhibit Columbus festival. The festival is planned by Landmark Columbus Foundation for August 25 and 26 and showcases designs from about ten entrants as a celebration of the architecture and design tradition of the city of Columbus, Ind. Columbus is home most notably to the Cummins Columbus Engine Plant. Sharpless and Colangelor are seeking unwanted waste and end-cut lumber from local builders to help complete the project. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Sarah Myane (left), a University of Arkansas student from Prairie Grove, operates a chop saw Tuesday, June 6, 2023, as Darci Burris, a student from Conway, watches as they and Charles Sharpless (not pictured), an assistant professor of interior design, work on a pavilion project titled Ground Rules outside the Steven L. Anderson Design Center at the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville., Sharpless, along with Jessica Colangelo, an assistant professor of architecture and students designed the project as an entrant in the Exhibit Columbus festival. The festival is planned by Landmark Columbus Foundation for August 25 and 26 and showcases designs from about ten entrants as a celebration of the architecture and design tradition of the city of Columbus, Ind. Columbus is home most notably to the Cummins Columbus Engine Plant. Sharpless and Colangelor are seeking unwanted waste and end-cut lumber from local builders to help complete the project. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Travis and Ashley Appel pose with their three sons, Evan, 7, (from the left) Owen, 9, and Griffin, 12 in one of their fields Tuesday June 6, 2023 at their Elm Springs farm. Appel Farm was chosen as the Washington County Farm Family of the Year. Their crops include tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries and pigs. For information about the farm see https://arkansasgrown.org/listing/appel-farms/ Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler)
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LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman looks on during the final round of LIV Golf DC at Trump National, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Sterling, Va. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)
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Sarah Myane (from right), a University of Arkansas student from Prairie Grove, operates a chop saw Tuesday, June 6, 2023, as Darci Burris, a student from Conway, and Charles Sharpless, an assistant professor of interior design, watch while building a pavilion project titled Ground Rules outside the Steven L. Anderson Design Center at the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Sharpless, along with Jessica Colangelo, an assistant professor of architecture and students, designed the project as an entrant in the Exhibit Columbus festival. The festival is planned by Landmark Columbus Foundation for August 25 and 26 and showcases designs from about ten entrants as a celebration of the architecture and design tradition of the city of Columbus, Ind. Columbus is home most notably to the Cummins Columbus Engine Plant. Sharpless and Colangelor are seeking unwanted waste and end-cut lumber from local builders to help complete the project. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiles during a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Ukraine's delegation with ambassador-at-large of the ministry of foreign affairs Anton Korynevych, right, and director general of international law of the ministry of foreign affairs Oksana Zolotaryova, second right, wait for judges to enter the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Four days of hearings open in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia at the UN's top court alleging that Russia breached treaties on terrorist financing and racial discrimination in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, left, meets veterans during a gathering in preparation for the 79th D-Day anniversary in La Fiere, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, left, meets a veteran during a gathering in preparation of the 79th D-Day anniversary in La Fiere, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley salutes during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The American Cemetery is home to the graves of 9,386 United States soldiers. Most of them lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The American Cemetery is home to the graves of 9,386 United States soldiers. Most of them lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, left, shakes hands with Tec4 Moshe D. Lenske during a gathering in preparation of the 79th D-Day anniversary in La Fiere, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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A worker operates an excavator Tuesday, June 6, 2023, to break up and remove steps on the southwest corner of Mullins Library on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The exterior work is being completed in concert with a $35.5-$41.5 million second and final phase of a remodeling project that is scheduled to be completed by June 2024. The west-facing entrance is expected to reopen Aug. 14. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Local resident Tetiana holds her pets, Tsatsa and Chunya, as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, risking environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Picketers pass near a studio entrance during a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Travis and Ashley Appel look at a field with Ronnie Horn, County Extension Agent,(left) Tuesday June 6, 2023 at Appel Farm in Elm Springs. Appel Farm was chosen as the Washington County Farm Family of the Year. Their crops include tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries and pigs. For information about the farm see https://arkansasgrown.org/listing/appel-farms/ Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler)
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FILE - Signage for LIV Golf is displayed during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - Team champions David Puig, Sebastián Muñoz, Mito Pereira, Captain Joaquín Niemann of Torque GC and their caddies celebrate on stage with the team trophy during LIV Golf DC at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP, File)
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FILE - Yasir Al-Rumayyan attends the champion's ceremony at the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago tournament Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Sugar Hill, Ill. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world. Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund, will join the board of the PGA Tour, which continues to operates its tournaments. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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Hunter Biden (center) leaves the Independence County Courthouse in Batesville on Monday, May 1, 2023, in his child support and paternity case.(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
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