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HIGHLAND PARK, IL – OCTOBER 21: A gate with the number 23 controls access to the home of basketball legend Michael Jordan on October 21, 2013 in Highland Park, Illinois. Twenty-three is the number Jordan wore while playing basketball for the Chicago Bulls. The home which had been offered for sale for $29 million and later dropped to $21 million is scheduled to be sold at auction on November 22. The 32,683-squre-foot home features nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a 15-car attached garage and an “NBA-quality” basketball court. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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HIGHLAND PARK, IL – OCTOBER 21: A gate with the number 23 controls access to the home of basketball legend Michael Jordan on October 21, 2013 in Highland Park, Illinois. Twenty-three is the number Jordan wore while playing basketball for the Chicago Bulls. The home which had been offered for sale for $29 million and later dropped to $21 million is scheduled to be sold at auction on November 22. The 32,683-squre-foot home features nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a 15-car attached garage and an “NBA-quality” basketball court. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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KENOSHA, WISCONSIN – MARCH 26: A resident participates in in-person absentee voting (early voting) at the Municipal Building on March 26, 2025 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In a race that has grabbed attention nationwide, voters in Wisconsin will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose between Dane County Judge Susan Crawford and Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel as the state’s newest Supreme Court justice in what has become the most expensive judicial election in the nation’s history. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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