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In this undated photo provided by the New York City Fire Department firefighter William Tolley is shown. Tolley, 42, a 14-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, died after falling from a roof while fighting a fire in the Queens borough of New York on Thursday, April 20, 2017. He leaves behind a wife and 8-year-old daughter. (New York City Fire Department via AP)
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A view of a fire-damaged campaign sign along Carole Lane in Princess Anne, Md., Saturday, April 15, 2017. Officials have charged two women from the Baltimore area in connection with the burning of a billboard promoting President Donald Trump. (Deborah Gates/The Daily Times via AP)
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This Monday, April 17, 2017 photo shows a charging station for electric cars in Guilderland, N.Y For drivers of electric cars in remote areas, "range anxiety" can be more pronounced when the nearest charging station is dozens of miles away over winding roads. Cold winters take a bite out of battery power, as do steep hills. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)
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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2016 file photo, a U.S. Air Force Hazmat team inspects the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane that crashed in the Sutter Butte mountains near Yuba City, Calif. The U.S. Air Force says pilot error forced two airmen to eject from a U2 spy plane while on a training mission from a Northern California base in September, killing one of them. The Air Force released findings of its probe of the crash near Sutter, Calif., on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Residents of East Chicago, Ind., and supporters rally near a public-housing complex Wednesday, April 19, 2017, ahead of a visit by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Pruitt was scheduled to to tour the complex where roughly 1,000 people were ordered evacuated because of lead contamination. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in East Chicago, Ind., following a tour of a public-housing complex where roughly 1,000 people were ordered evacuated because of lead contamination. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Eddis Marie Loving, of East Chicago, Ind., holds a sign as supporters and residents of East Chicago, Ind., rally near a public-housing complex Wednesday, April 19, 2017, ahead of a visit by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Pruitt was scheduled to to tour the complex where roughly 1,000 people were ordered evacuated because of lead contamination. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in East Chicago, Ind., following a tour of a public-housing complex where roughly 1,000 people were ordered evacuated because of lead contamination. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2015 file still frame from surveillance video at Denver's Downtown Detention Center, released by the Denver Department of Safety via the law firm Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, 50-year-old homeless man Michael Marshall is placed into a restraint chair by Denver sheriff's deputies during a psychotic episode. He later died. Denver announced Wednesday, April 19, 2017, that two deputies and a supervisor were being disciplined in Marshall's death. (Denver Department of Safety/Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP via AP, File)
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The charred remains of the interior of the historic Philip Craft house, Wednesday, April 18, 2017, in Pittsylvania County, Va. The cause of the fire, which started the night before, is under investigation. The home was designated a national historic landmark in 2001. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP)
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A sign, designating the Philip Craft house an historic landmark, hangs on the home's facade, Wednesday, April 18, 2017, in Pittsylvania County, Va. The home, which was designated a national historic landmark in 2001, was destroyed by a fire the night before. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP)
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Smoke rises from the charred remains of the historic Philip Craft house, Wednesday, April 18, 2017, in Pittsylvania County, Va. The cause of the fire, which started the night before, is under investigation. The home was designated a national historic landmark in 2001. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP)
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Smoke rises from the charred remains of the historic Philip Craft house, Wednesday, April 18, 2017, in Pittsylvania County, Va. The cause of the fire, which started the night before, is under investigation. The home was designated a national historic landmark in 2001. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP)
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The charred remains of the interior of the historic Philip Craft house, Wednesday, April 18, 2017, in Pittsylvania County, Va. The cause of the fire, which started the night before, is under investigation. The home was designated a national historic landmark in 2001. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP)
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FILE- In this June 9, 2016 file photo, mangled bicycles are tagged as evidence at the Michigan State Police crime lab in Kalamazoo, Mich. The National Transportation Safety Board says better communication between police agencies might have prevented the deaths of five bicyclists last year in southwestern Michigan. A pickup truck plowed into cyclists on a rural road near Kalamazoo last June. The NTSB says 22 minutes passed between the first 911 call about an erratic driver and the crash. The board says Charles Pickett Jr. might have been stopped if dispatchers for three police agencies had shared more information. (Mark Bugnaski/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker looks on as New Jersey Assemblywoman Teresa Ruiz, D-Newark, speaks during a news conference at Newark Penn Station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, left, speaks as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens during a news conference at Newark Penn Station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A protester holds a sign at Newark Penn Station prior to a news conference with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Ras Baraka, left, mayor of Newark, N.J., speaks as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, second from right, and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, left, listen during a news conference at Newark Penn Station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Protesters hold signs as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference at Newark Penn Station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
