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A firefighter with The Woodlands Fire Department works the scene of a two-story house fire that left multiple people dead Friday, May 12, 2017, in Conroe, Texas. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this Thursday, May 11, 2017 photo, the Clio Area Fire Department responds after an oil sheen was found on the Pine Run creek in Clio, Mich. There was no immediate estimate of how much oil was in the creek, which eventually flows into the Flint River. The source of the oil was under investigation. (Mac Snyder/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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In this Thursday, May 11, 2017 photo, absorbent pads sit in Pine Run creek as Clio Area Fire Department responded after an oil sheen was found the creek in Clio, Mich. There was no immediate estimate of how much oil was in the creek, which eventually flows into the Flint River. The source of the oil was under investigation. (Mac Snyder/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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In this Thursday, May 11, 2017 photo, absorbent pads sit in Pine Run creek as Clio Area Fire Department responded after an oil sheen was found the creek in Clio, Mich. There was no immediate estimate of how much oil was in the creek, which eventually flows into the Flint River. The source of the oil was under investigation. (Mac Snyder/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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This is screengrab taken from the website of the East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust as Britain's National Health Service is investigating "an issue with IT" Friday May 12, 2017. Several British hospitals say they are having major computer problems Hospitals in London, northwest England and other parts of the country are reporting problems with their computer systems as the result of an apparent cyberattack,.(PA via AP)
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Victoria Allen grieves the loss of a friend as authorities investigate the scene of a three-alarm fire that killed multiple people and damaged residences in south Montgomery County Friday, May 12, 2017, in Conroe, Texas. ( Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this photo taken on Thursday, May 2, 2017, a roadside shrine stands near the sea at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens. Made of iron sheeting, stone, wood, concrete or marble, tens of thousands of such shrines punctuate Greece’s roadside scenery, a common sight in a country that has one of the European Union’s worst road fatality rates. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed on Friday, April 28, 2017, a car passes a roadside shrine near the village of Efyra, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. The shrine marks the spot where at dusk on Oct. 18, 2009, 19-year-old Nikos Staikopoulos lost control of his speeding car, crashed and died. Tens of thousands of such shrines punctuate Greece’s roadside scenery, a common sight in a country that has one of the European Union’s worst road fatality rates. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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FILE - In this July 25, 2013, file photo, a United Airlines plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. United Airlines told KHOU-TV in Houston that a flight from Houston to Ecuador was delayed on May 11, 2017, after a scorpion was reported aboard the plane. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Bob McKee, of Owasso, sits in a chair from his recreational vehicle among the remains of his shed after taking storm damage in Owasso, Okla., Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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A tree lies damaged from a storm in Owasso, Okla, Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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A home sits with a hole in the side of it after being damaged by a storm in Owasso, Okla., Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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A roofer from Dunnwright Roofing works on a roof after it was damaged in a storm in Owasso, Okla., on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, questions Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, about the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during an Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited emerging technical reports from two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, citing concrete that was thinner than modern standards call for, cracks, tree roots that had blocked spillway drains and bedrock anchoring the dam that was far weaker then assumed as some of the reasons for the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, center, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, flanked by Resources Secretary John Laird, left, and consultant David Gutierrez, discusses the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a joint Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited numerous factors emerging from technical reports done by two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, that contributed to the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, flanked by Resources Secretary John Laird, left, discusses the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited numerous factors emerging from technical reports done by two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, that contributed to the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Houston residents speaks with police after four armed men broke into their home on May 9, 2017. A relative who lives on the street saw the ordeal unfold and opened fire with his personal handgun, killing one and injuring another. (NBC-2 Houston screenshot)
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FILE - This April 11, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Wash. Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital is under a "critical safety situation" after inspectors discovered problems with the sprawling facility's fire prevention and response system. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Contractors with Duke Energy work to restore power lines Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Bloomington, Ind., that was damaged by fallen trees from the severe thunderstorm that went through Wednesday night in Bloomington, Ind. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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First responders move a driver from a school bus that crashed near Kirkwood, Mo., on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The school bus, carrying students from St. Louis to a suburban grade school as part of a voluntary desegregation program, crashed after hitting an interstate guardrail and plunging about 15 feet down an embankment. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
