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A worker runs a miner machine at a coal mine in Friedens, Pa., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Corsa Coal Corp. says the mine will create 70 to 100 new jobs and produce some 400,000 tons of metallurgical coal a year. President Donald Trump referred to the mine's opening during a speech announcing his intent to withdraw from the Paris climate accords. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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A worker waits for a piece of heavy machinery to pass by at a new coal mine in Friedens, Pa., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Corsa Coal Corp. says the mine will create 70 to 100 new jobs and produce some 400,000 tons of metallurgical coal a year. President Donald Trump referred to the mine's opening during a speech announcing his intent to withdraw from the Paris climate accords. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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In this image made from video by WSB-TV Atlanta, authorities render assistance to injured people on an overturned church bus, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Atlanta. Mount Zion Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala., posted on its Facebook page that one of its buses with its student ministry mission was involved in a crash while traveling to the airport. (WSB-TV via AP)
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FILE--In this May 9, 2017, file photo, an emergency sign flashes outside the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. Radiation warning alarms sounded about 7 a.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017, outside the Plutonium Finishing Plant, prompting about 350 workers at the Reservation to seek cover indoors. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, file)
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Emergency crews from Brattleboro and Hinsdale search the banks of the Connecticut River on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, for a man in his 20s who fell into the river. Authorities received a call for help around 8:25 p.m. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, a fire burns in the Kranshoek area in South Africa. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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Houses burn in the coastal town of Plettenburg Bay, South Africa, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, firemen fight a blaze in the Kranshoek area of South Africa. The fire, fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, onlookers watch a blaze in the Kranshoek area of South Africa. The fire, fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, firemen fight a blaze in the Kranshoek area in South Africa. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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Houses burn in the coastal town of Plettenburg Bay, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds swept through the scenic South African coastal town and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing three people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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Houses burn in the coastal town of Plettenburg Bay, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds swept through the scenic South African coastal town and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing three people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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FILE- This Dec. 3, 2016 file image from video provided by KGO-TV shows the Ghost Ship Warehouse after a fire swept through the Oakland, Calif., building. The man blamed for the nation's deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years will be arraigned in Northern California on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Derick Almena is scheduled to enter a plea Thursday, June 8, 2017. (KGO-TV via AP, File)
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People listen to Sean Sullivan, chairman of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, speak on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, during a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board hearing. The hearing was to discuss safety concerns and future operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Plutonium Facility. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/The New Mexican via AP)
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Sean Sullivan, right, chairman of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, speaks on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, during a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board hearing. The hearing was to discuss safety concerns and future operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Plutonium Facility. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/The New Mexican via AP)
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Hollie Wyllie hugs her daughter Brielle, 11, while visiting a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Brielle Hollie, 11, carries flowers to a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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People leave items at a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Ava Linsenmeyer, 5, drops off balloons to a memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene in a quiet neighborhood of the city of Sandy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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FILE - This April 14, 2017, file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) shows the mangled remains of cars involved in a fatal accident on the Northbound Interstate 17 in Phoenix, Ariz. Northbound Interstate 17 is closed following the wrong-way crash. The DPS said there have been 737 incidents involving wrong-way drivers reported so far in 2017, resulting in 37 related DUI arrests. Gov. Doug Ducey reacted Wednesday, June 7, to the latest fatal wrong-way crash on a Phoenix-area freeway by ordering state agencies to take steps to combat the deadly problem. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP, File)
