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FILE - In this undated photo provided by the family on Saturday, June 10, 2017, Joshua Barre, who was fatally shot by two Tulsa County, Okla. deputies and a police officer on Friday, June 9, 2017, is pictured. Police in Oklahoma say an officer involved in the fatal shooting of Barre turned on his body camera seconds after shots were fired. (Nyesha Barre via AP, File)
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FILE- This Feb. 13, 2017, file aerial photo shows a site where the final phase of the Dakota Access Pipeline will take place with boring equipment routing the pipeline underground and across Lake Oahe to connect with the existing pipeline in Emmons County in Cannon Ball, N.D. A federal judge has handed a lifeline to efforts to block the pipeline, ruling Wednesday June 14, that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn't adequately consider the possible impacts of an oil spill where the pipeline passes under the Missouri River. (Tom Stromme /The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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ADDS CONDITION OF THE PILOT - A blimp crashes during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Thursday, June 15, 2017, near Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. An official with the company operating the advertising blimp at the U.S. Open said the pilot is "OK" after the craft crashed but that he was taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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FILE - In this April 1, 2013, file photo, crews work to clean up oil in a Mayflower, Ark., neighborhood after an oil pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. A settlement has been reached for families affected by the 2013 Exxon Mobil oil spill in central Arkansas. Attorneys for the residents and homeowners announced the settlement Thursday, June 15, 2017. They say terms will remain confidential. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss, File)
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A blimp crashes during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Thursday, June 15, 2017, near Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. An official with the company operating the advertising blimp at the U.S. Open said the pilot is "OK" after the craft crashed but that he was taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017 photo, Arslan Mamiliyev, who was training to become a commercial pilot at the American Flight Academy in Hartford, Conn., stands outside the building where the school was located. He and other international students are suing the school, saying they lost thousands of dollars and are being forced to leave the country after the school closed following two fatal plane crashes. Federal authorities are investigating the crashes and have seized records from the school. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017 photo, Arslan Mamiliyev, who was training to become a commercial pilot at the American Flight Academy in Hartford, Conn., stands outside the building where the school was located. He and other international students are suing the school, saying they lost thousands of dollars and are being forced to leave the country after the school closed following two fatal plane crashes. Federal authorities are investigating the crashes and have seized records from the school. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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In this June 21, 2013 photo, Comstock Fire Chief Wally Culver, left, trains his replacement Edward Switalski at the Comstock Fire Department east station in Comstock Township, Mich. Switalski has died after he was struck by an out-of-control vehicle as he responded to another crash on Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan, authorities said Thursday June 15, 2017. (Steph Anderson Chambers /Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, in group left, arrives at Grenfield Tower, right, in London, Thursday, June 15, 2017, following a deadly fire in the apartment block. A massive fire raced through the 24-storey high-rise apartment building in west London early Wednesday, and London fire commissioner says it will take weeks for the building to be searched and 'cleared'.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, June 6, 2017, a section of the guard rail damaged by this year's snowpack, lies along Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park, Calif. Nearly a 1,000 yards of railing, that serve as the only barrier between he road and precipitous drop that in some places is over 1,000 feet, needs to be replaced before the roadway can be reopened. This year's heavy snowfall has crews working to clear Highway 120 as summer approaches, the only road through Yosemite that connects the Central Valley on the west side with the Owens Valley on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker (12) walks off the field after pulling relief pitcher Blake Treinen and putting in relief pitcher Joe Blanton during the eight inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Washington. The Braves won 13-2. Behind Baker, catcher Jose Lobaton (59) talks with relief pitcher Joe Blanton (56) on the mound.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Google has been working in concert with Ford, GM and Tesla on driverless cars for years, and some jurisdictions already allow the test models to be driven on their roads. Some observers expect driverless cars in full use within the next five years, despite that some of the models have gotten into accidents. (Associated Press)
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Flint City Mayor Karen Weaver speaks to media after Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced five water officials, including the head of Michigan’s health department, were charged Wednesday, June 14, 2017, with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease, at the Riverfront Banquet Center in downtown Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Special Counsel Todd Flood fields questions from reporters Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Flint, Mich., after Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced charges against five water officials. Five people, including the head of Michigan's health department, were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires' disease. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Lead investigator Andy Arena fields questions from reporters after Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced charges against five water officials on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at the Riverfront Banquet Center in downtown Flint, Mich. The officials, including the head of Michigan's health department,were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announces charges Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Flint, Mich. Five people, including the head of Michigan's health department, were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires' disease. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Tennessee Titans free safety Kevin Byard, left, blocks a pass intended for tight end Delanie Walker, right, during NFL football minicamp Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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A UPS employee fatally shot three people before killing himself at a San Francisco facility Wednesday. (NBC Bay Area)
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In this Jan. 11, 2016 photo, Dr. Eden Wells, Michigan's chief medical executive, smiles as she listens to Gov. Rick Snyder speak publicly for the first time in Flint, six days after he declared a state of emergency in the city because of health and safety issues caused by lead in the city's drinking water during a news conference. Five people were charged Wednesday, June 14, 2017 with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires' disease. Wells, was charged with obstruction of justice and lying to an investigator. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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In this Jan. 11, 2016 photo, Dr. Eden Wells, Michigan's chief medical executive, speaks after Gov. Rick Snyder publicly for the first time in Flint, six days after he declared a state of emergency in the city because of health and safety issues caused by lead in the city's drinking water during a news conference. Five people were charged Wednesday, June 14, 2017 with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires' disease. Wells, was charged with obstruction of justice and lying to an investigator. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
