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Stephen Levins, executive director of Hawaii's Office of Consumer Protection, talks with reporters on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Honolulu. Hawaii is suing auto manufacturers Ford, Nissan and Toyota over air bags that can spew shrapnel when they deploy. The complaint filed Wednesday says the manufacturers knew or should have known for more than a decade that air bags installed in their cars posed serious and sometimes fatal danger. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)
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Stephen Levins, executive director of Hawaii's Office of Consumer Protection, gestures to photos of metal shards released when air bags exploded on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Honolulu. Hawaii is suing auto manufacturers Ford, Nissan and Toyota over air bags that can spew shrapnel when they deploy. The complaint filed Wednesday says the manufacturers knew or should have known for more than a decade that air bags installed in their cars posed serious and sometimes fatal danger. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)
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New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner (11) checks on New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury after Ellsbury collided with the outfield wall fielding Alcides Escobar's first-inning, flyout in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Ellsbury left the game shortly after the collision. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (22) steadies himself after colliding with the outfield wall fielding a flyout hit by Kansas City Royals' Alcides Escobar during the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Ellsbury left the game after the collision. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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USO offers "care packages" from Giant Food. Image courtesy of Giant Food.
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Wounded Warrior Project hosted Team Rubicon disaster training at its Jacksonville, Florida, headquarters. Veterans and volunteers learned to respond to disasters. Photo courtesy of Wounded Warrior Project.
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In this May 23, 2017 photo provided by Chelan County Fire District 3, an air tanker drops fire retardant on forest land as a wildfire burns near Leavenworth, Wash. The wildfire that started at an old log-storage site has prompted evacuation orders for homes and cabins at a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination, officials said Wednesday. (Ben Torkelson/Chelan County Fire District 3 via AP)
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In this May 23, 2017 photo provided by Chelan County Fire District 3, a pile of logs burns near Leavenworth, Wash. The wildfire that started at an old log-storage site has prompted evacuation orders for homes and cabins at a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination, officials said Wednesday. (Ben Torkelson/Chelan County Fire District 3 via AP)
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In this May 23, 2017 photo provided by Chelan County Fire District 3, logs burn near Leavenworth, Wash. The wildfire that started at an old log-storage site has prompted evacuation orders for homes and cabins at a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination, officials said Wednesday. (Ben Torkelson/Chelan County Fire District 3 via AP)
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In this May 23, 2017 photo provided by Chelan County Fire District 3, a firefighter works as a portion of a pile of logs burns near Leavenworth, Wash. The wildfire that started at an old log-storage site has prompted evacuation orders for homes and cabins at a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination, officials said Wednesday. (Ben Torkelson/Chelan County Fire District 3 via AP)
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In this May 23, 2017 photo provided by Chelan County Fire District 3, a pile of logs burns near Leavenworth, Wash. The wildfire that started at an old log-storage site has prompted evacuation orders for homes and cabins at a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination, officials said Wednesday. (Ben Torkelson/Chelan County Fire District 3 via AP)
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Washington Redskins free safety Will Blackmon (41) works during practice at the team's NFL football training facility at Redskins Park, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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This undated photo provided by Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology shows a seismic station installed at Anaktuvak Pass in Alaska's Brooks Range. The station sends out earthquake information in real time. A seismometer rests at the bottom of a borehole and a fiberglass hut equipped with solar panels protects the station power system, electronics and radio telemetry equipment. (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology via AP)
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Hunter Saussy the III and and his son Hunter Saussy the IV along with Tyler Bell lay a tarp over their friend's home on Wilmington Island, Ga., after a severe storm passed through the area causing heavy damage to several houses Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017. The threat of flooding continues across several southern states as heavy rain soaked the area and prompted new flood watches in the Carolinas while a massive storm system swept eastward. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)
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Trees lie in the front yard of a home after a severe storm passed through the area causing heavy damage to several houses Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017, in Wilmington Island, Ga. The threat of flooding continues across several southern states as heavy rain soaked the area and prompted new flood watches in the Carolinas while a massive storm system swept eastward. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)
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A tree trimmer kicks a log off the roof of a home after a severe storm passed through the area Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Wilmington Island, Ga. The threat of flooding continues across several southern states as heavy rain soaked the area and prompted new flood watches in the Carolinas while a massive storm system swept eastward. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)
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Tree trimmers begin removing branches from a tree that fell on a home after a severe storm passed through the area causing heavy damage to several houses Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017, on Wilmington Island, Ga. The threat of flooding continues across several southern states as heavy rain soaked the area and prompted new flood watches in the Carolinas while a massive storm system swept eastward. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)
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Hunter Saussy the IV hammers in nails to hold a tarp in place over a hole in his friend's roof on Wilmington Island, Ga., after a severe storm passed through the area causing heavy damage to several houses Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017. The threat of flooding continues across several southern states as heavy rain soaked the area and prompted new flood watches in the Carolinas while a massive storm system swept eastward. (Josh Galemore/Savannah Morning News via AP)
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Kansas City Royals Jorge Bonifacio watches his two-run, home run off New York Yankees relief pitcher Adam Warren in the seventh inning of a baseball game in New York, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Fire crews work the scene of a large fire involving a big rig Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the area of Highway 99 and Applegate Road in Atwater, Calif. (Andrew Kuhn /The Merced Sun-Star via AP)
