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Though a few boats make their way onto Lake Michigan, beaches have been closed due to a chemical spill from U. S. Steel, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Federal officials are awaiting more test results to determine whether a potentially carcinogenic chemical entered Lake Michigan during a wastewater spill at a U.S. Steel plant in northern Indiana. (John J. Watkins /The Times via AP)

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Crime scene investigators and other emergency personnel walk near a crime scene in Central Islip, N.Y., Thursday, April 13, 2017. The victims, who were not immediately identified, were found in a wooded area near a recreation center in the suburban area, east of New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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President Donald Trump meets with first responders from the I-85 bridge collapse in Atlanta in the Roosevelt Room in the White House, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Atlanta Fire Chief Joel Baker, right, and Atlanta Assistant Chief of Police Rodney Bryant, left, presents President Donald Trump with an axe as he meets with first responders from the I-85 bridge collapse in Atlanta, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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President Donald Trump meets with first responders from the I-85 bridge collapse in Atlanta, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, second from left, and others, listen during President Donald Trump's meeting with first responders from the I-85 bridge collapse in Atlanta, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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FILE - In this March 23, 2017, file photo, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) skates against the Colorado Avalanche in the second period of an NHL hockey game, in Denver. The significance of budding young stars Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews making their respective playoff debuts isn't lost on Wayne Gretzky. The Great One tells The Associated Press he sees parallels to the buzz in 2005 when Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin entered the league. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) **FILE**

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Emergency personnel walk near a crime scene where four bodies were found in Central Islip, N.Y., Thursday, April 13, 2017. The victims, who were not immediately identified, were found in a wooded area near a recreation center in the suburban area, east of New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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North Korea was ready to conduct a nuclear test in April but postponed it under pressure from China. Satellite images showed evidence. U.S. officials now see similar signs of activity that could lead to a sixth underground nuclear test. (Associated Press/File)

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This satellite image released and notated by Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, shows the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea. (Airbus Defense & Space/38 North/Pleiades CNES/Spot Image via AP)

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This satellite image released and notated by Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, shows the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea. (Airbus Defense & Space/38 North/Pleiades CNES/Spot Image via AP)

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This satellite image released and notated by Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, shows the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea. (Airbus Defense & Space/38 North/Pleiades CNES/Spot Image via AP)

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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)

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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, at the the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)

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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, at the the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)

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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, at the the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)

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Clifford Town Marshall Charlie DeWeese talks on his phone as the Columbus Fire Department's Emergency Services unit leaves the scene of a plane crash near 20950 E. County Road 200N in Hartsville, Ind., Wednesday, April 12, 2017. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. (Mike Wolanin /The Republic via AP)

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Emergency personnel work the scene of a plane crash near 20950 E. County Road 200N in Hartsville, Ind., Wednesday, April 12, 2017. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. (Mike Wolanin /The Republic via AP)

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A Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers updates members of the media on a plane crash near 20950 E. County Road 200N in Hartsville, Ind., Wednesday, April 12, 2017. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. (Mike Wolanin /The Republic via AP)

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A Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers updates members of the media on a plane crash near 20950 E. County Road 200N in Hartsville, Ind., Wednesday, April 12, 2017. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. (Mike Wolanin /The Republic via AP)