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One of the residents of the Midtown Towers, wrapped in a blanket, stands near the lobby of the K&L Gates Center, during the 7- alarm fire at the Midtown Towers in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa., early Monday, May 15, 2017. Arson and homicide investigators were at the scene to determine the cause of the blaze that forced more than 100 residents to be evacuated from Midtown Towers, a 17-story building that houses apartments on its upper floors and a convenience store on its ground floor. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette via AP)
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Firemen stand behind broken windows on the backside of Midtown Towers facing Penn Ave. in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa., where most of the exterior bricks were stained by smoke and flames early Monday, May 15, 2017. Arson and homicide investigators were at the scene to determine the cause of the blaze that forced more than 100 residents to be evacuated from Midtown Towers, a 17-story building that houses apartments on its upper floors and a convenience store on its ground floor. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette via AP)
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Firefighters work at the scene outside a burned home in Akron, Ohio on Monday, May 15, 2017. Firefighters said multiple people died in the fire at the home. (AP photo/Dake Kang)
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Firefighters investigate the remains of a burned home in Akron, Ohio on Monday, May 15, 2017. Firefighters said multiple people died in the fire at the home. (AP photo/Dake Kang)
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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, injured Phoenix Mercury players Penny Taylor, left, of Australia, and Diana Taurasi stand at the team bench during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun, in Phoenix. Diana Taurasi has married former Phoenix Mercury teammate Penny Taylor, then played in the team's season opener less than 24 hours later. The 34-year-old Taurasi has played for the Mercury since 2004, helping the team win three titles. She also helped the U.S. win four consecutive Olympic gold medals. The couple married Saturday, May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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FILE - From left, in this Sept. 15, 2011, file photo, Phoenix Mercury's DeWanna Bonner, Temeka Johnson, Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor huddle during the first half of Game 1 of a first-round WNBA playoff basketball series against the Seattle Storm, in Seattle. Diana Taurasi has married former Phoenix Mercury teammate Penny Taylor, then played in the team's season opener less than 24 hours later. The 34-year-old Taurasi has played for the Mercury since 2004, helping the team win three titles. She also helped the U.S. win four consecutive Olympic gold medals. The couple married Saturday, May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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In this April 11, 2017 photo, Tim Heim, a founder of the Connecticut Coalition Against Crumbling Basements, points out damage in his basement foundation due potentially to the presence of the mineral pyrrhotite in the concrete in Willington, Conn. Home foundations in that part of the state are failing because of the mineral, and a growing number of homeowners are seeking financial relief from their town. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)
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Phoenix Mercury forward Camille Little (20) steals the ball from Dallas Wings guard Allisha Gray (15) during a WNBA basketball game in Phoenix, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (Michael Chow/The Arizona Republic via AP)
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Phoenix Mercury forward Camille Little (20) is fouled by Dallas Wings guard Karima Christmas-Kelly (13) during a WNBA basketball game in Phoenix, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (Michael Chow/The Arizona Republic via AP)
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Dallas Wings forward Glory Johnson (25) and guard Karima Christmas-Kelly (13) collide while defended by Phoenix Mercury guard Shay Murphy (14) during a WNBA basketball game in Phoenix, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (Michael Chow/The Arizona Republic via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo, traffic heads south on US 285 in Carlsbad, N.M. The New Mexico Transportation Department installed signs along the highway warning drivers of a potential sinkhole at a brine well operation along the roadway. Almost half of Carlsbad school bus routes travel over the well, on a busy road that borders a giant, underground cavern that resulted from years of manufacturing brine for the oil and gas industry. It's been nearly nine years since state officials first sounded the alarm about a potential collapse, but experts say could happen at any time. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017 photo, Ben Lieberman sits for a portrait at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. After his 19-year-old son, Evan, was killed in a car crash in which the driver of the vehicle he was riding in was texting behind the wheel, Liberman has been working on a proposal that would allow police at accident scenes in New York to immediately examine drivers' cellphones with a device to determine if they'd been tapping, swiping or clicking. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017 photo, Ben Lieberman talks on the phone with his wife at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. After his 19-year-old son, Evan, was killed in a car crash in which the driver of the vehicle he was riding in was texting behind the wheel, Liberman has been working on a proposal that would allow police at accident scenes in New York to immediately examine drivers' cellphones with a device to determine if they'd been tapping, swiping or clicking. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017 photo, Ben Lieberman sits for a portrait at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. After his 19-year-old son, Evan, was killed in a car crash in which the driver of the vehicle he was riding in was texting behind the wheel, Liberman has been working on a proposal that would allow police at accident scenes in New York to immediately examine drivers' cellphones with a device to determine if they'd been tapping, swiping or clicking. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 14 - In this May 4, 2017 photo, brothers Matthew Irish, 15, left, and Noah, 11, follow their older brother Jacob, 16, as they walk to their car from the baseball field at Lakewood Middle School after games were cancelled by lightning in Marysville, Wash. Affected by life-threatening Hurler syndrome since birth, Jacob is playing this season on a Stilly Valley Little League Challenger Division team (Dan Bates/The Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 14 - In this May 4, 2017 photo, Matthew and Noah Irish look on as Lakewood High School baseball player Morgan Stacey fist-bumps with Jacob Irish as all players leave the fields due to an incoming lightning storm in Marysville, Wash. Affected by life-threatening Hurler syndrome since birth, Jacob is playing this season on a Stilly Valley Little League Challenger Division team (Dan Bates/The Herald via AP)
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Rescuers search the site of a fatal train derailment close to the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece on Sunday, May 14, 2017. The train was traveling on the Athens-Thessaloniki route when it went off the rails near the station at the village of Adendro, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Thessaloniki Saturday night. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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Rescuers and others stand near the site of a fatal train derailment close to the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece on Sunday, May 14, 2017. The train was traveling on the Athens-Thessaloniki route when it went off the rails near the station at the village of Adendro, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Thessaloniki Saturday night. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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Rescuers search the site of a fatal train derailment close to the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece on Sunday, May 14, 2017. The train was traveling on the Athens-Thessaloniki route when it went off the rails near the station at the village of Adendro, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Thessaloniki Saturday night. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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Rescuers and others stand near the site of a fatal train derailment close to the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece on Sunday, May 14, 2017. The train was traveling on the Athens-Thessaloniki route when it went off the rails near the station at the village of Adendro, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Thessaloniki Saturday night. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)