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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Franklin is still getting R.E.S.P.E.C.T. after death: The Queen of Soul received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor Monday, April 15, 2019, becoming the first individual woman to earn a special citation prize since the honor was first awarded in 1930. Franklin, 76, died at her home in Detroit on Aug. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Shea Walsh, File)

The Latest: Reuters: We’ll celebrate when reporters are free

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In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, a customer tries a free sample of a pain cream that contains cannabidiol (CBD) for her arthritis at Minnesota Hempdropz in Maplewood, Minn. Mainstream retailers are leaping into the world of products like skin creams and oils that tout such benefits as reducing anxiety and helping you sleep. The key ingredient is CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound derived from hemp and marijuana that doesn’t cause a high. (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP, File)

Mainstream retailers embrace marijuana’s less taboo cousin — CBD

By Anne D'innocenzio - Associated Press

In this April 5, 2019, image made from a video, 100-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch teaches a yoga class in Hartsdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

100-year-old yoga instructor keeps moving, dancing

By TED SHAFFREY and VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

Special counsel Robert Mueller arrives at his office in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2019. Attorney General William Barr told Congress last week he expects to release his redacted version of the special counsel's Trump-Russia investigation report &quot;within a week.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump ups his attacks with Mueller report due Thursday

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - This 1911, file photo shows the Notre Dame Cathedral, on the island called Ile de la Cite in Paris. Art experts around the world reacted with horror to news of the fire that ravaged cathedral on Monday, April 15, 2019. One shell-shocked art expert is calling the beloved Gothic masterpiece ‘one of the great monuments to the best of civilization.’ (AP Photo/File)

Notre Dame hailed as monument to the ‘best of civilization’

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2019, file photo, a woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that U.S. measles cases have surged this year, and at this pace will set a record for most illnesses in 25 years. Nearly two-thirds of the cases reported have been in New York, and most of those have been unvaccinated people in Orthodox Jewish communities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

U.S. measles count up to 555, with most new cases in New York

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Roe v. Wade abortion ruling’s possible overturn further divides red, blue states

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This March 17, 2019, file photo shows New York Mayor Bill de Blasio listening as he speaks before a group of people at a restaurant in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Hunter Woodall) ** FILE **

New York City mayor tests chilly waters for presidential run

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at an event hosted by the local Democratic party in Sioux City, Iowa, on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (Justin Wan/Sioux City Journal via AP) ** FILE **

Bill de Blasio tests chilly waters for 2020 run

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

Yemeni-Americans to boycott NY Post over 9/11 front page

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before boarding Marine One helicopter, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump ‘sanctuary cities’ revenge plan could backfire, help immigrants stay in U.S.

By Astrid Galvan and Morgan Lee - Associated Press

George Street Playhouse announces 1st season in new home

By BOB MAKIN - Associated Press

In this April 5, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station in Calexico, Calif. Trump said Friday he is considering sending &quot;Illegal Immigrants&quot; to Democratic strongholds to punish them for inaction— just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials insisted the idea was dead on arrival. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump sanctuary city idea could help migrants stay in US

By ASTRID GALVAN and MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

CORRECTS THE DATE TO APRIL 11, AND NOT FEB. 11 AS ORIGINALLY SENT - Artist Valentino Dixon and Max Adler of Golf Digest get ready to tell PodcastOne Sports Now hosts Jim Litke, left, and Tim Dahlberg the story of how Dixon's drawings of famous golf holes, done from his cell in Attica, sparked a legal review of his case that convinced authorities to void his wrongful conviction after 27 years in prison at Augusta National Golf Course Thursday, April 11, 2019, In Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

The Masters drawing that helped free a man from prison

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 5, 2019 file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro smiles during a military promotion ceremony at the Planate Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. New York mayor Bill de Blasio and some staff members of the American Museum of Natural History don't want Bolsonaro to be honored by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce that rented space there in May 2019 for its annual gala because Bolsonaro favors mining in Brazil's Amazon rain forest, as well as logging and fossil fuel exploration. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazilian president faces opposition in NY over museum event

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In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo a shopper scans an Amazon Go app on a cellphone while entering an Amazon Go store in Seattle. A small number of restaurants and stores are going cash-free in the U.S., looking to cater to customers who increasingly pay with a card or smartphone. But a backlash is growing against the practice that some say discriminates against those who lack back accounts or rely on cash for most of their daily transactions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) **FILE**

As cashless stores grow, so does the backlash

By Alexandra Olson and Ken Sweet - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Gary Sanchez celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the Detroit Tigers during the second inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 1, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Yanks’ Betances out 6-7 more weeks, Sanchez to 10-day IL

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo, pedestrians walk past the Lucky Lee's restaurant in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. The owner has drawn backlash for touting offerings of “clean” American-Chinese cuisine, renewing debate about cultural appropriation in the restaurant world. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

NYC Chinese eatery heats up cultural appropriation debate

By TERRY TANG - Associated Press

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, left, listens as Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, during a hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Dan Crenshaw says AOC sank to ‘new low’ by questioning his respect for 9/11 victims

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal, left, gets a pass by Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray (30) before left wing Anthony Beauvillier scored a goal for the Islanders during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Friday, April 12, 2019, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Eberle, Bailey help Islanders beat Penguins 3-1 in Game 2

By VIN A. CHERWOO - Associated Press