input: Write a function that takes a dictionary as input and returns the count of each item. If the input dictionary is empty, return an empty dictionary.
  
  def item_counts(fruits):
      counts = {}
      for k, v in fruits.items():
          counts[k] = v
      return counts
  
  assert item_counts({"apples": 5, "oranges": 6, "bananas": 7})=={"apples": 5, "oranges": 6, "bananas": 7}
  assert item_counts({})=={}
output: def item_counts(fruits):
      return fruits