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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. According to fire officials, the blaze has scorched more than thousands of acres and destroyed multiple structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A scorched car rests next to a residence leveled by the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced more than 4,000 people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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CORRECTS LOCATION TO NORTH BELLPORT, NOT SHIRLEY - A Cessna C206 aircraft rests just off the shoulder of the Sunrise Highway in North Bellport, N.Y., after making a precautionary landing ON Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The pilot was the only person on board. Suffolk County police say there were no injuries. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will take greater control of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile system from Boeing at the end of this year, according a spokesman. This is a major shift in oversight. (Department of Defense)
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FILE- In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Shane McMahon, right joins his mother, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, center, and his sister Stephanie, at the Connecticut Republican Convention in Hartford, Conn. On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, a helicopter with Shane McMahon aboard made an emergency landing in the ocean off New York's Long Island. McMahon and the pilot were uninjured in the incident. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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The remains of mobile homes destroyed by a wildfire are seen in Boston Flats as a fire burns on a mountain near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday, July 9, 2017. California officials said the extraordinarily wet winter caused thick spring blooms that are now dried out and burning, making for unpredictable fire behavior. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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A woman stands on a dock on the Vermillion Lakes near Banff, Alberta, Sunday, July 16, 2017, overlooking Mt. Rundle covered by smoke that came from a wildfire in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Smoke and fire retardant are seen along a neighborhood in Lake Country, British Columbia, Sunday, July 16, 2017. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
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In this photo provided by ToniAnne Campasano Alvino, three rescue boats tow a helicopter that is almost entirely submerged, at far right, in the water off of Gilbo Beach, N.Y., on Long Island after the Robinson R 44 helicopter made an emergency ocean landing Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Shane McMahon, the son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon, was a passenger on the aircraft, and neither he, nor the pilot were hurt. The Federal Aviation Administration said the helicopter had taken off from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y. (ToniAnne Campasano Alvino via AP)
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In this July 14 2017 photo, Jonathan Nickell checks his iPad while waiting for his wife to have surgery at the St. Joseph Mount Sterling hospital in Mount Sterling, Ky. Nickell said rural hospitals are essential to their community. Many rural hospitals have struggled financially because they serve large populations of poor people who don't have insurance. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)
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Flames from a backfire burn as CalFire crews battle the Ditwiler Fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Record rain and snowfall in the mountains this winter was celebrated for bringing California's five-year drought to its knees, but it has turned into a challenge for firefighters battling flames feeding on dense vegetation, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames from a backfire burn above fire trucks as CalFire crews battle the wildfires near Mariposa, Calif., on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Record rain and snowfall in the mountains this winter was celebrated for bringing California's five-year drought to its knees, but it has turned into a challenge for firefighters battling flames feeding on dense vegetation, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A firefighter sprays water on a back fire while battling the wildfires near Mariposa, Calif., on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Record rain and snowfall in the mountains this winter was celebrated for bringing California's five-year drought to its knees, but it has turned into a challenge for firefighters battling flames feeding on dense vegetation, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames from a backfire burn as CalFire crews battle the wildfires near Mariposa, Calif., on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Record rain and snowfall in the mountains this winter was celebrated for bringing California's five-year drought to its knees, but it has turned into a challenge for firefighters battling flames feeding on dense vegetation, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A van sits among other vehicles involved in a deadly crash on the westbound Interstate 70 near Terre Haute, Ind., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Indiana State Police say at least two young children have died and a third has been critically injured after a semitrailer struck their family's van on the highway in western Indiana. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)
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Debris after a deadly wreck is seen on the westbound Interstate 70 near Terre Haute, Ind., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Indiana State Police say at least two young children have died and a third has been critically injured after a semitrailer struck their family's van on Interstate 70 in western Indiana. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)
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Kaimi, an arson dog trained to sniff out ignitable liquids, stands outside a Honolulu high-rise apartment building on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The dog was brought to Honolulu from Hawaii's Big Island to help with the investigation into a fire that killed three people. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Kaimi, an arson dog trained to sniff out ignitable liquids, stands outside a Honolulu high-rise apartment building on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The dog was brought to Honolulu from Hawaii's Big Island to help with the investigation into a fire that killed three people. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)