Photos for August 28, 2021 – Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Members of the clergy speak Friday to Watson Chapel High School students. (Special to The Commercial)
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Local clergymen encourage students to adhere to Dr. Martin Luther King’s six principles of nonviolence. (Special to The Commercial)
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Coach Britney Davis (second from left) talks to her Lady Lion varsity volleyball team during a timeout of the Gravette-Harrison varsity match in Gravette October 13, 2020. Davis returns to the Lady Lions for her third year as head volleyball coach.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS A pair of Lady Lions tries to intercept the ball at the net during the Gravette-Harrison varsity volleyball match at the Competition Gym in Gravette October 13, 2020. The Lady Lions kicked off their 2021 season with a win over the Thaden Barnstormers in Bentonville Aug. 17.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS A Lady Lion player sends the ball back over the net into Lady Goblin territory during the October 13, 2020 Gravette-Harrison varsity match at the Competition Gym in Gravette. The Lady Lions return to their new home in the Competition Gym Aug. 26 for their first home game against the Prairie Grove Lady Tigers.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS A pair of cafeteria workers serve up a breakfast tray to Devin Pembleton (right) during the first day of classes at Decatur High School Aug. 18. The kitchen area is about three times larger than that of the old one which gives works more room to prepare meals for both the high and middle schools at Decatur.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS The new Decatur High School cafeteria opens it doors for the first time during the Aug. 18 morning breakfast service. While some students line up for food (top), others group together for friendly conversation while still others sit by themselves for a little me time.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS The new cafeteria sits idle Wednesday morning as it awaits the first group of students for the morning breakfast service. The new cafeteria at Decatur High School went into service for the first time Aug 18 after nearly 18 months of construction.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Students, parents and teachers gather in the cafeteria at Northside Elementary awaiting the start of the 2021-22 school year in Decatur Aug. 18. The Decatur School District passed a mandate Aug. 9 that all students, faculty, administrators and staff are required to wear mask while indoors during school hours except while eating or drinking.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Janet Barkley (upper left) gets her new first grade students seated and ready for the lessons ahead during the opening hour of the first day of the 2021-22 school year at Northside Elementary Aug. 18.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Around 7:45 a.m, a large group of parents and students walk towards the entrance to Northside Elementary to begin the first day of the 2021-22 school year Aug. 18. By 8 a.m, the students were in their assigned classrooms ready to begin another tough year ahead.
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Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS A Northside Elementary school teacher (left) greets a pair of students who just departed a school bus during the first day of the 2021-22 school year for the Decatur School District Aug. 18.
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Michael Richard of Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts boards up Crescent City Pizza on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter before landfall of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Richard said the group is planning to board up and protect 34 restaurants owned by the company for the storm. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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The Lower Pool, with its surreal green glow of duckweed, is a pond terrace that conveys the charm and mystique of a garden built between the world wars by a du Pont heiress and her Boston Brahmin husband. (Washington Post/Adrian Higgins)
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The Crowninshield Garden was built as a neoclassical ruin. Plans are afoot to revive it. (Washington Post/Adrian Higgins)
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Stone and concrete columns still give spatial definition to the terraces inspired by Renaissance villas. (Washington Post/Adrian Higgins)
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Petasites and porcelain berry are among the invasive weeds to have reclaimed the Crowninshield Garden at the Hagley Museum and Library in Delaware over the past six decades. It was built on the site of a gunpowder works. (Washington Post/Adrian Higgins)
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Fastigiate or columnar sweetgum trees have brilliant fall foliage like regular sweetgums. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet B. Carson)
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Only about 5 feet wide but up to 75 feet tall, fastigiate sweetgum trees make a statement along a roadway. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet B. Carson)
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Spiky sweetgum balls are good mulch around hostas, to discourage slugs and snails. These sweetgum balls are fused, which is unusual. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet B. Carson)
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It's normal for flowering quince to begin dropping leaves at the end of summer when heat and humidity damage the leaves. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
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OWC USB-C Travel Dock and Therapedic 450-Thread-Count Sheet Set
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This Spicebush Swallowtail visited each and every flower on the Boldly Coral geranium. (TNS/Norman Winter)
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This patriotic container features Bold Coral geranium, Superbena Whiteout verbena and Superbells Grape Punch calibrachoas. (TNS/Norman Winter)
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Boldly Coral geraniums and Superbena Whiteout verbena make a stunning complementary partnership. (TNS/Norman Winter)
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Fort Smith, circa 1910: A century past, rural merchants might have depended on the Old Fort Coffee Co. to stock their general stores.
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Jennifer Smay of Fayetteville rides her bicycle Friday on the pump track at the Runway Bike Park in Springdale. The park is the planned site for the USA Pump Track Championship Series Final Sept. 4 with racing for six age groups from ages 7 years to masters. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses viewers during the 2020 Love Thy Neighbor event in this photo. This year’s Love Thy Neighbor will be the second consecutive year the event, held more recently at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Little Rock, will be hosted online due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Francisca Jones)
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Lena McIllece joins neighbor's placing flags in front of the family home of U.S. Marines Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Sandy, Utah. Hoover was among the 13 US troops killed in a?horrific suicide bombing?at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, which also claimed the lives of more than 100 Afghans. Hoover had been in the Marines for 11 years, his father Darin Hoover said Friday.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stands during a funeral procession for COVID-19 victims at a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Klang, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Malaysia hit a daily record of coronavirus infections on Thursday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Rescue workers transport an injured person after recovering from a burnt chemical factory, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday, killing some workers and injuring several others, police and a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ikram Suri)
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German soldiers arrive on a plane from Tashkent, Uzbekistan at the Bundeswehr airbase in Wunstorf, Germany, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, after they finished the evacuation mission in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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FILE- In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, Carol Basilio, right, hugs her daughter Giovanna outside of iPrep Academy on the first day of school, in Miami. A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper on Friday agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on the mandates is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, student Winston Wallace, 9, raises his hand in class at iPrep Academy on the first day of school in Miami. A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper on Friday agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on the mandates is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The site at C. B. Smith Park will offer monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, teacher Vanessa Rosario greets students outside of iPrep Academy on the first day of school, in Miami. Florida school districts can legally require their students to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a judge ruled Friday, Aug. 27, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority when he issued an executive order banning such mandates. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, file photo, students at Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., wear face masks during a Miami Heat event.Florida school districts can legally require their students to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a judge ruled Friday, Aug. 27, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority when he issued an executive order banning such mandates. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The site at C. B. Smith Park will offer monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, students sit in an Algebra class at Barbara Coleman Senior High School on the first day of school, in Miami Lakes, Fla. Florida school districts can legally require their students to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a judge ruled Friday, Aug, 27, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority when he issued an executive order banning such mandates. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
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Members of the Samaritan community prepare for ritual sacrfices for Passover in their village on West Bank?s Mount Grizim, April 25, 2021. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times)
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Members of the Samaritan community with members of the Israeli Army in their village on West Bank?s Mount Grizim, April 25, 2021. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times)
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Shachar Joshua at his second home in West Bank?s village of Mount Grizim, April 5, 2021. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times)
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Members of the Samaritan community prepare for Passover in their village on West Bank?s Mount Grizim, April 25, 2021. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times)
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Josef Cohen, a Samaritan priest, with his granddaughter at his home in Al Tor, West Bank, April 25, 2021. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times)
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Demonstrators hold signs as they listen to speakers against evictions outside the Science Museum of Virginia prior to the start of the Senate session at the facility Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Del. Marcia 'Cia' Price, D-Newport News, looks at the vote tally board during the House session at the Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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FILE – In this Monday Aug. 2, 2021, file photo, Tiara Burton stands outside a courthouse in Virginia Beach, Va. Burton was facing eviction proceedings over unpaid rent but said that she was able to work things out with her landlord. An attorney representing her landlord told her that she had been approved for assistance through the Virginia Rent Relief Program and that her court hearing was postponed for 30 days. Virginia was recently considered a civic embarrassment for its staggering rate of evictions. But it’s now offering stronger protections and assistance to tenants whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ben Finley, File)
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Demonstrators hold signs as they listen to speakers against evictions outside the Science Museum of Virginia prior to the start of the Senate session at the facility Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A child injured by the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake is treated at the Immaculee Conception hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
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People injured in a car accident, sitting right, wait with others injured during the earthquake for x-rays at the General Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Younaika laughs next to her mother Jertha Ylet who was injured in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake one week prior, at the Immaculate Conception Hospital, also known as the General Hospital of Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. Her 5-year-old daughter, who was not injured, shares her bed, and they have no home to return to, after the quake brought down their house in Camp-Perrin, killed her father and two other relatives and seriously injured her brother. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Injured children and their parents sleep on mattresses, on the floor of the Immaculee Conception hospital, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, a week after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Residents injured during the recent by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake recover at the Immaculee Conception hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
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An injured boy walks through the yard of the Immaculée Conception hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, eight days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo / Matias Delacroix)
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Younaika rests next to her mother Jertha Ylet, who was injured in the earthquake one week prior, at the Immaculate Conception Hospital, also known as the General Hospital of Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. The 7.2 magnitude quake brought down their house in Camp-Perrin, killing Ylet's father and two other relatives and seriously injuring her brother. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Nurse Gabrielle Lagrenade treats a patient at the Immaculate Conception Hospital, also known as the General Hospital of Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, a week after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Lagrenade and her 21-year-old daughter Bethsabelle have been sleeping outside since Aug. 14, and describes her current living conditions simply as “inappropriate,” but she continues arriving for her daily shift at the hospital. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Kerrville, votes against an amendment to election bill BB1 as it is debated in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Kerrville, center, talks with fellow law makers as the House debates election bill SB1 in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State Rep. Cecil Bell, Jr., R-Magnolia, holds his hat to his chest as he joins in the pledge in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol as they prepare to debate voting bill SB1, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State lawmakers line up to question Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr as they debate voting bill SB1 in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Kerrville, center, and fellow lawmakers pray as they prepare to debate voting bill SB1 in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Orange, presides as they House prepares to debate voting bill SB1, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Orange, talks with a fellow lawmaker as they House prepares to debate voting bill SB1, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Kerrville, center, answers questions of fellow lawmakers as they debate voting bill SB1 in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Kerrville, talks with fellow lawmakers as they prepare to debate voting bill SB1 in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas State Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Kerrville, answers questions of fellow lawmakers as they debate voting bill SB1 in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, wait to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, wait to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Daisy Bonilla
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Daisy Bonilla, Democratic candidate for Arkansas House District 93
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FILE – In this Aug. 25, 2021, file photo Fu Cong, a Foreign Ministry director general, speaks at a briefing for foreign journalists at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China. U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday, Aug. 27, of a review ordered by President Joe Biden. China's foreign ministry attacked the U.S. investigation ahead of the report's release. Fu Cong, a Foreign Ministry director general, said at a briefing for foreign journalists that “scapegoating China cannot whitewash the U.S.” (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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FILE – In this July 27, 2021, file photo Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines introduces President Joe Biden during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Va. China's refusal to fully cooperate with U.S. and international investigations of the virus has hampered reviews of the virus' origins. The Director of National Intelligence said Friday, Aug. 27, that China “continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information, and blame other countries including the United States.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2021, file a worker in protectively overalls and carrying disinfecting equipment walks outside the Wuhan Central Hospital where Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor who sounded the alarm and was reprimanded by local police for it in the early days of Wuhan's pandemic, worked in Wuhan in central China. U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday, Aug. 27, of a review ordered by President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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From left, Sgt David Skinner, Sgt. Daniel Baker and Major Frank Williams of the St. Petersburg Police Department give a final salute during a procession for St. Petersburg Police Officer, Michael Weiskopf as it rolled past police headquarters on First Ave. N. in St. Petersburg, Fla., Friday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2021. Weiskopf died from complications associated with COVID-19. (Boyzelll Hosey/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Registered Nurse Kari Gates of Indianola led roughly 200 Iowans in a rally outside MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Many protesters held up signs asking for the mandate to be stopped and for personal freedom to be respected. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL –1/24/19– Former state Sen. Gilbert Baker plead innocent Thursday in federal court to charges of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud.
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Bella Vista Fire Department Battalion Chief Leon Lieutard fills a syringe with a covid-19 vaccine booster, Friday, August 27, 2021 at the J.B. Hunt headquarters in Lowell. Miss Arkansas USA Stephanie Barber appeared at a vaccine clinic hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Council to encourage vaccinations and take photos with participants. Check out nwaonline.com/210828Daily/ for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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Nurse Velvet Shoults (right) administers a covid-19 vaccine booster to Payton Dougherty (center), Friday, August 27, 2021 at the J.B. Hunt headquarters in Lowell. Miss Arkansas USA Stephanie Barber appeared at a vaccine clinic hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Council to encourage vaccinations and take photos with participants. Check out nwaonline.com/210828Daily/ for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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Miss Arkansas USA Stephanie Barber (center) takes a photo with Rebecca and Jim Hendrix, Friday, August 27, 2021 at the J.B. Hunt headquarters in Lowell. Miss Arkansas USA Stephanie Barber appeared at a vaccine clinic hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Council to encourage vaccinations and take photos with participants. Check out nwaonline.com/210828Daily/ for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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Nurse Velvet Shoults (from left) administers a covid-19 vaccine booster to Morgan Riddles, Friday, August 27, 2021 at the J.B. Hunt headquarters in Lowell. Miss Arkansas USA Stephanie Barber appeared at a vaccine clinic hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Council to encourage vaccinations and take photos with participants. Check out nwaonline.com/210828Daily/ for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
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Afghans lie on beds at a hospital after they were wounded in the deadly attacks outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
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Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
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Health workers check the temperature of evacuated citizens from Afghanistan upon their arrival at Tirana International Airport in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A government decision has planned that the Afghans may stay at least a year during which they will proceed with their application for special visas before they move on to the U.S. for final settlement. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)
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Evacuated citizens from Afghanistan arrive at Tirana International Airport in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A government decision has planned that the Afghans may stay at least a year during which they will proceed with their application for special visas before they move on to the U.S. for final settlement. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)
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Military personnel walk by Belgian military planes, used as part of an evacuation from Afghanistan, upon arrival at Melsbroek Military Airport in Melsbroek, Belgium, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
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Afghans carry the dead body of an Afghan at a hospital after deadly attacks outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
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An Afghan lies on beds at a hospital after he was wounded in the deadly attacks outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, wait to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses viewers during the 2020 Love Thy Neighbor event in this photo still. This year’s Love Thy Neighbor will be the second consecutive year the event, held more recently at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Little Rock, will be hosted online due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Francisca Jones)
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Alondra Morales, a freshman nursing major, grabs her lunch from Alejandro Gutierrez, owner of Tacos Godoy food truck, during the University of Arkansas at Little Rock?s Food Truck Friday, part of the university?s welcome week. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staci Vandagriff)
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold looks to pass during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is tackled by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Robert Spillane during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold passes against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold tries to pass under pressure form Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Robert Spillane during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold watches during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold passes against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
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Carolina Panthers wide receiver D.J. Moore is tackled by Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Justin Layne during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. scorches past Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Robert Spillane during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. celebrates after scoring against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. scores against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
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On the second play from scrimmage of the game, Pine Bluff High School running back X'Zaevion Barnett sprints 52 yards for a touchdown against Watson Chapel on Friday night at Jordan Stadium. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
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Al Perea (left) and friend Ron Michaels work together Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, to assemble a dock at the Lake Fayetteville marina. The dock is meant for kayaks, canoes and other similar boats. It will be installed at the marina to aid customers with getting into and out of the lake and help to keep them safe and away from the main boat ramp. Visit nwaonline.com/210828Daily/ for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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From left, Sgt David Skinner, Sgt. Daniel Baker and Major Frank Williams of the St. Petersburg Police Department give a final salute during a procession for St. Petersburg Police Officer, Michael Weiskopf as it rolled past police headquarters on First Ave. N. in St. Petersburg, Fla., Friday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2021. Weiskopf died from complications associated with COVID-19. (Boyzelll Hosey/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Registered Nurse Kari Gates of Indianola led roughly 200 Iowans in a rally outside MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Many protesters held up signs asking for the mandate to be stopped and for personal freedom to be respected. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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A man is flies his kite during the First Varvara Kite Fest in the village of Varvara on Bulgarian Black Sea coast, some 450 km Southeast from Sofia, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Varvara Kite Fest organiser Andrey Kulev says that flying a kite is like releasing all your problems in the sky.(AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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A sign displays the price for shirts as a shopper peruses the offerings at a Costco warehouse in this photograph taken Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Lone Tree, Colo. Growth in U.S. consumer spending slowed in July to a modest increase of 0.3% while inflation over the past 12 months rose to the fastest pace in three decades.
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FILE – In this May 16, 2008 file photo, Southwest Airlines jets are seen parked at their gates at Baltimore Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Md. Southwest Airlines will reduce flights for the rest of the year as it tries to restore an operation that stumbled over the summer and now faces lower demand because of the rise in coronavirus cases. Southwest said Thursday, AUg. 26, 2021 it will cut its September schedule by 27 flights a day, or less than 1%, and chop 162 flights a day, or 4.5% of the schedule, from early October through Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)
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The Peloton system is displayed, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York.
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Two students conduct experiments at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff during the Kansas City Teen Summit summer program. Although only two are shown, the four participants in this activity were Taylor A. Williams, Kennedi Scaife, Kirianna Cranford and Sylvana Burgess, according to a spokesman. (Special to The Commercial)
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Bryson DeChambeau chips onto the first green during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Bryson DeChambeau wears a towel on his neck during high temperatures after teeing off on the second hole during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Bryson DeChambeau reacts after chipping onto the first green during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Bryson DeChambeau tees off from the second hole during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Patrick Cantlay reacts after putting on the first green during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Patrick Cantlay tees off from the second hole during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, center, hits from the rough on the fifth hole during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, putts on the first green during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Jon Rahm, of Spain, tees off from the tenth hole during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Jon Rahm, of Spain, reacts after putting on the tenth green during the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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FILE – In this Aug. 10, 2021, file photo, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley watches during an NCAA college football practice in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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FILE – Alabama head coach Nick Saban leaves the field after their win against Ohio State in an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami Gardens, Fla., in this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, file photo. Another college football season will start with everyone chasing the Tide. Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll released Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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FILE – In this Dec. 19, 2020, file photo, Northwestern defensive back Brandon Joseph (16) intercepts a pass intended for Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) in the end zone during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game in Indianapolis. Joseph was selected to The Associated Press Preseason All-America first team defense, Monday Aug. 23, 2021.(AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
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FILE – In this Aug. 7, 2021, file photo, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian watches players run drills during an NCAA college football practice in Austin, Texas. Texas gave Sarkisian, a former head coach at Washington and Southern California, a guaranteed six-year, $34 million contract that should take him into the eventual move to the SEC planned for 2025, if it doesn't happen sooner. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
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Alabama head coach Nick Saban, second from left, instructs at NCAA college fall camp football practice, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
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FILE – In this Dec. 6, 2019, file photo, the ACC Championship logo is displayed on the field before an NCAA college football game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The Atlantic Coast Conference announced an updated COVID-19 rescheduling policy on Thursday that means teams unable to play scheduled games because of pandemic-related protocols on its roster will be forced to forfeit. The policy will affect teams in football, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. (Ken Ruinard/The Independent-Mail via AP, File)
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Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley directs his team during the Cotton Bowl NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Before Oklahoma eventually jumps to the Southeastern Conference, the Sooners first will focus on trying to win their seventh-straight Big 12 title. Oklahoma and Texas have accepted invitations to join the SEC in 2025, adding two marquee names to the already dominant conference. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley wants to live in the moment. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
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FIL – In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) carries for a touchdown in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks after he awarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Menendez on his two-day trip in Greece, discussed with top Greek officials the strategic relationship between Greece and the US as well as developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in San Diego. Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
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FILE – In this Monday, June 4, 2018 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. Since its debut 10 years ago Tuesday, July 10, 2018, Apple?s app store has unleashed new ways for us to work, play, and become lost in our screens. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, F
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FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a military parade introducing the new army commander in Mexico City. The SUV carrying López Obrador was stopped and surrounded by a teachers’ group Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 in the southern state of Chiapas, preventing him from leading his usual daily morning news conference. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Pine Bluff High School football players line up for sprints during an August practice. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
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Dollarway High School football players line up for "bear claw" drills during an August practice. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bethany Anderson from Sheridan serves aboard the USS Donald Cook at Mayport, Fla. (Special to The Commercial/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patricia Rodriguez)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, before a meeting with Niger state governor in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, before a meeting with Niger state governor in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, before a meeting with Niger state governor in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, before a meeting with Niger state governor in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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A freed student of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, reunited with her father in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, reunited with parents in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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A freed student of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, reunited with his father in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, reunited with their parents in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School are reunited with their parents in Minna, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Some freed students from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School before a meeting with Niger state governor in Minna, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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Jennifer Smay of Fayetteville rides her bicycle Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, on the pump track at the Runway Bike Park in Springdale. The park is the planned site for the USA Pump Track Championship Series Final Sept. 4 with racing for six age groups from ages 7 years to masters. Visit nwaonline.com/210828Daily/ for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Storm shutters are hammered closed on a 100-year-old house, Friday, August 27, 2021, in New Orleans, as residents prepare for Hurricane Ida. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
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FILE – In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, staff of the Pongnam Noodle House disinfect the tables and windows of the restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who cross its northern border in violation of the country's pandemic closure. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, staff of the Pongnam Noodle House disinfect the tables and windows of the restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who cross its northern border in violation of the country's pandemic closure. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)
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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks with reporters on July 27. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks with reporters on July 27. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 'Keeping it in the Family' Program works with land owners to address barriers and help them retain their family land. Participants on a visit in Ouachita County were, from left, Kandi Williams, UAPB Extension associate; Aaron Williams, Poison Spring State Forest manager; Ouachita County landowners Sara Seals and George Seals (Sara?s grandson); Joe Friend, UAPB forester; and Evette Browning, outreach coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. (Special to The Commercial)
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Kiera Parks, left, hugs Christie Ison, Founder and Executive Director of Food Jobs Work, during a graduation ceremony with the culinary workforce training program, a 6-week intensive program at Our House shelter, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Students were presented with their knives used in class, as well as certificates and awards. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)
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FILE – In this April 15, 2009, file photo, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after his team's victory over FC Porto in a Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match,at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal. Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club said Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the 36-year-old Portugal forward, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and a medical examination. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, File)
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FILE – In this Aug. 12, 2006, file photo, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates scoring against Sevilla with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Patrice Evra during a soccer match in Manchester, England. Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club said Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the 36-year-old Portugal forward, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and a medical examination. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
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Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo goes for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Juventus, at the Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
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Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo goes for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Juventus, at the Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
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Manchester United's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gestures to the crowd following the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Leeds United at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Norwich City at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
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FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2006, file photo, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo fires in a free kick against Newcastle during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England. Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club said Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the 36-year-old Portugal forward, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and a medical examination. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
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FILE – In this March 17, 2007, file photo, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo smiles during his team's 4-1 win over Bolton Wanderers in their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England. Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club said Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the 36-year-old Portugal forward, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and a medical examination. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
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FILE – In this Nov. 21, 2006 file photo Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has a shot on goal from a freekick during their Group F Champion's League soccer match at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland. Cristiano Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club says it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the Portugal forward subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and medical examination. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
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FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2004, file photo, Tottenham's Jermain Defoe, right, retains control of the ball despite Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo tackle during an English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane, London. The game ended with a 0-1 victory for United. Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club said Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the 36-year-old Portugal forward, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and a medical examination. (AP Photo/John D McHugh, File)
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston (2) runs off the field after an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. The Saints won 23-21. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle)
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston (2) reacts after throwing a touchdown pass in the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle)
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston (2) drops back to pass in the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)
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FILE – Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks (26) carries during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla., in this Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, file photo. Most of the top college football players who opted out of the 2020 season due to the pandemic decided to leave school and launch their pro careers. But plenty of other players who opted out of last season chose to continue their college careers either at their original school or opted to transfer. The list of notable players back this season after opting out last year features two-time, 1,000-yard rusher Kennedy Brooks of Oklahoma.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley directs his team during the Cotton Bowl NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Before Oklahoma eventually jumps to the Southeastern Conference, the Sooners first will focus on trying to win their seventh-straight Big 12 title. Oklahoma and Texas have accepted invitations to join the SEC in 2025, adding two marquee names to the already dominant conference. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley wants to live in the moment. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
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FILE – Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) throws a pass during an NCAA college football game against Iowa State for the Big 12 Conference championship, in Arlington, Texas, in this Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, file photo. Rattler was selected to The Associated Press Preseason All-America first team offense, Monday Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)
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FILE – In this April 24, 2021, file photo, Texas running back Bijan Robinson (5) carries the ball during the final half of their spring NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas, File)
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FILE – In this Aug. 7, 2021, file photo, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian watches players run drills during an NCAA college football practice in Austin, Texas. Texas gave Sarkisian, a former head coach at Washington and Southern California, a guaranteed six-year, $34 million contract that should take him into the eventual move to the SEC planned for 2025, if it doesn't happen sooner. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
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Texas wide receiver Troy Omeire runs a drill during an NCAA college football practice Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Aaron E. Martinez /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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The Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 leaves Friday Aug. 27, 2021 after an overnight stop at the Union Pacific facility in North Little Rock. More photos at arkansasonline.com/828steam/. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staton Breidenthal)
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Lena McIllece joins neighbor's placing flags in front of the family home of U.S. Marines Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Sandy, Utah. Hoover was among the 13 US troops killed in a?horrific suicide bombing?at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, which also claimed the lives of more than 100 Afghans. Hoover had been in the Marines for 11 years, his father Darin Hoover said Friday.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Police Chief Keith Humphrey speaks during a press conference Saturday, May 8, 2021 regarding the officer involved shooting early Saturday that left one person critically injured. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staci Vandagriff)
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FILE – Tyler Reddick, left, and Austin Dillon talk before the first of two qualifying auto races for the NASCAR Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, file photo. There’s one guy Tyler Reddick doesn’t expect any help from at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night: His teammate. Reddick and fellow Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon are essentially battling each other for the 16th and final spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. And that makes teamwork at the 2½-mile superspeedway downright tricky, maybe even unthinkable, for the duo. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
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The crew of Tyler Reddick (8) services the car during a pit stop at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
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Tyler Reddick (8) leaves the pit area with heavy damage after being involved in an incident on the track during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
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Kyle Larson walks in his garage during practice for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Denny Hamlin stands by his car before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
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Detroit Tigers' Jeimer Candelario points to the crowd after scoring against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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Detroit Tigers catcher Eric Haase, left, fist-bumps starting pitcher Matt Manning after the top of the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singles against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera acknowledges the crowd during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. A video honored Cabrera for his recent 500th career home run. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette grounds out to third base during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Manning throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Steven Matz throws to a Detroit Tigers batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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A lone cyclist navigates the bike trail along Lake Michigan shortly after sunrise Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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FILE – In this March 23, 2021 file photo, pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange in New York's Financial District. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Friday, Aug. 27, as traders wait to hear what Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says in a speech at the Fed’s annual conference. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Arizona Western College Law Enforcement Training Academy Director Alfonso Zavala, right, gives fist bumps to each member of Class 46 as they wait in line for the start of the academy's commencement ceremony inside the Schoening Conference Center on the AWC main campus, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Yuma, Ariz. Each of the 12 graduates, recruited by the Kingman Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff's Office, Coconino County Sheriff's Office, Colorado River Indian Tribes Department of Fish and Game, Yuma County Sheriff's Office and Yuma Police Department received their badges and certificates. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)
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Some freed students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, before a meeting with Niger state governor in Minna, Nigeria Friday, Aug 27, 2021. A school official in northern Nigeria says gunmen have released some of the more than 100 children who had been abducted back in May. The kidnapping victims from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Niger state had included children as young as 5 years old. (AP Photo)
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This Feb. 24, 2021 photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stands during a funeral procession for COVID-19 victims at a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Klang, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Malaysia hit a daily record of coronavirus infections on Thursday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Published on August 28, 2021
Rescue workers transport an injured person after recovering from a burnt chemical factory, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday, killing some workers and injuring several others, police and a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Ikram Suri)
Published on August 28, 2021
Fayetteville players run onto the field before their game against Conway at Harmon Field in Fayetteville on Friday night. Fayetteville won 41-24. (Special to the NWA Democrat-Gazette/David Beach)
Published on August 28, 2021
Springdale Bulldogs Senior Isaac Cooper (57) leads the team out onto the field to face the Van Buren Pointers August 27, 2021, at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium, Springdale, Arkansas (Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette/Brent Soule)
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Bladen Fike of Fayetteville rushes for a touchdown. Fike also threw for three touchdowns. More photos at arkansasonline.com/828chsfhs/ (Special to NWADG/David Beach)
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Isaiah Sategna (right) of Fayetteville makes a touchdown reception as Troy Wiseman of Conway defends in a 41-24 victory over Conway at Harmon Field in Fayetteville. More photos at arkansasonline.com/828chsfhs/ (Special to NWADG/David Beach)
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