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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey talks to members of the Arizona Department of Corrections' only female fire crew at the state Capitol in Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. A relatively wet spring means wildfire dangers will be much higher in Arizona's southern deserts and grasslands as they eventually dry out, leaving the state with mixed anticipation for the upcoming fire season. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)
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A year after the fatal June 12 shooting at Pulse in Orlando, Florida, survivor Jeff Rodriguez spoke out in favor of the Second Amendment. "People assume that because of this I'm against guns," he said. (Associated Press)
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A man reacts as he talks to a Sandy police officer after a fatal shooting in the Salt Lake City suburb that left several people dead with another two injured, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. The shooting in a middle-class neighborhood in Sandy was reported to police as a domestic dispute, said Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
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Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen, center, speaks with reporters following a fatal shooting Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. A man opened fire on a woman and children inside a car in the street of a Salt Lake City suburb Tuesday afternoon, leaving the woman, a boy and the man dead and two other children injured, police said. The shooting outside a home in a middle-class neighborhood in Sandy was reported to police as a domestic dispute, said Nielsen. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jodie Ferguson leaves flowers at a small memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Utah investigators and stunned residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb are trying to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car, leaving the woman, a boy and the man himself dead and two other children injured. Police went out to the area in Sandy, Utah, after getting a 911 call Tuesday afternoon about a domestic disturbance, said police Sgt. Jason Nielsen. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Crime scene investigators begin their work as Sandy police investigate a fatal shooting in a Salt Lake City suburb that left several people dead with another two injured, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. The shooting in a middle-class neighborhood in Sandy was reported to police as a domestic dispute, said Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, James Pocock poses in Williston, Vt. Pocock was honored by Williston officials after he helped save the life of a truck driver whose vehicle crashed after suffering a heart attack near Pocock's tent home in the woods. Local emergency officials said that without Pocock's help driver Paul Bristol would have died. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, James Pocock poses for a photo in Williston, Vt. Pocock was honored by Williston officials after he helped save the life of a truck driver whose vehicle crashed after suffering a heart attack near Pocock's home in the woods. Local emergency officials said that without Pocock's help driver Paul Bristol would have died. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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A driver speeds through the flooded intersection of Dale Mabry Highway and Neptune Street Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Tampa. Heavy rains that have hit South Florida the past couple of days. (Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2016, file photo, Michael Hickey poses near Hoosick Falls municipal well 7 between two baseball fields in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. No higher incidences of certain types of cancer linked to the toxic chemical PFOA were found in the upstate New York village whose water supplies were contaminated by the chemical, state health officials said in a report released Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, the Hoosic River runs through the village of Hoosick Falls, N.Y. No higher incidences of certain types of cancer linked to the toxic chemical PFOA were found in the upstate New York village whose water supplies were contaminated by the chemical, state health officials said in a report released Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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FILE- In this June 15, 2016 file photo, Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, R-Troy, with photos of children from Hoosick Falls, N.Y., prepares to speak during a news conference at the state Capitol calling for hearings on the state's handling of PFOA contamination in drinking water in Hoosick Falls. No higher incidences of certain types of cancer linked to the toxic chemical PFOA were found in the upstate New York village whose water supplies were contaminated by the chemical, state health officials said in a report released Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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Nubia Martinez, an employee at the Victoria's Secret store at Sawgrass Mills shopping mall, makes her way through flooded streets as she tried to get home, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Sunrise, Fla. Flooding in Florida has caused one of the state's largest outlets malls to close for the day. Officials at Sawgrass Mills said in a tweet Wednesday morning that they'll continue to assess the situation throughout the day. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Gail, left, and Leslie Ross look out at the flooding around their home in Sunshine Village, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Davie, Fla.. Several days of constant rain has caused flooding throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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Dario Pavan rides his bicycle down a flooded SW 5th St., from his home in Sunshine Village, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Davie, Fla. Several days of constant rain has caused flooding throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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John and Cammie Harding look out onto flooded SW 5th St., in Sunshine Village, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Davie, Fla. Several days of constant rain has caused flooding throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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Police officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in Sandy, Utah, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Utah police say the shooter in a suburban Salt Lake City neighborhood is among several people who died in the incident and two others injured were children. The shooting took place on a neighborhood street in the suburb of Sandy, about 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) is shown here in his official congressional portrait. (chriscollins.house.gov)
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Huge waves slam into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Huge waves slam into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
