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This Monday, April 3, 2017 photo from video by KMOV shows damage to the roof of a box company in St. Louis after a boiler exploded and flew before crashing through the roof of a nearby laundry business. Authorities said several people were killed as a result of the explosion. (KMOV via AP)

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A U.S. Coast Guard tug sails down the Saginaw River near Independence Bridge, in Bay County, Mich., on Thursday, April 6, 2017. A mix of snow and rain across much of Michigan is causing hazardous driving conditions and bringing the threat of flooding in places. (Jacob Hamilton /The Bay City Times via AP)

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A tree lies fallen at the Bay City State Park in Bangor Township, Mich., on Thursday, April 6, 2017. A mix of snow and rain across much of Michigan is causing hazardous driving conditions and bringing the threat of flooding in places. (Jacob Hamilton /The Bay City Times via AP)

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An undated photo provided by Henry Ford Health System shows Dr. Cynthia Ray. Ray, a Detroit doctor who stopped to help passengers in an overturned car and was struck by a car herself, Sunday, April 2, 2017, died from her injuries Wednesday, April 5, in Detroit. Ray had stopped on her way to work at Henry Ford Hospital, where she was an interventional pulmonologist, when she saw an overturned Jeep on I-96 and tried to help six teenagers trapped inside. (Henry Ford Health System via AP)

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An undated photo provided by Henry Ford Health System shows Dr. Cynthia Ray. Ray, a Detroit doctor who stopped to help passengers in an overturned car and was struck by a car herself, Sunday, April 2, 2017, died from her injuries Wednesday, April 5, in Detroit. Ray had stopped on her way to work at Henry Ford Hospital, where she was an interventional pulmonologist, when she saw an overturned Jeep on I-96 and tried to help six teenagers trapped inside. (Henry Ford Health System via AP)

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An Atlanta Public Works crew got caught in the Peachtree Creek overflow onto the flooded Woodward Way as they were delivering Road Block equipment and had to be rescued by the Atlanta Fire Rescue's Swift Water Dive Team in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's 'peach capital' and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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An Atlanta Public Works crew is caught in the Peachtree Creek overflow onto the flooded Woodward Way as they were delivering Road Block equipment and had to be rescued by the Atlanta Fire Rescue's Swift Water Dive Team in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's "peach capital" and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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In this picture taken on Tuesday April 4, 2017, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war. (Alaa Alyousef via AP)

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Men stand on a City of Atlanta vehicle submerged in flood water from a powerful storm in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's 'peach capital' and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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An Atlanta Watershed Management crew got caught in the Peachtree Creek overflow onto the flooded Woodward Way as they were accessing the flooded street in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's 'peach capital' and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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An Atlanta Public Works crew got caught in the Peachtree Creek overflow onto the flooded Woodward Way as they were delivering Road Block equipment and had to be rescued by the Atlanta Fire Rescue's Swift Water Dive Team in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's "peach capital" and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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An Atlanta Public Works crew got caught in the Peachtree Creek overflow onto the flooded Woodward Way as they were delivering Road Block equipment and had to be rescued by the Atlanta Fire Rescue's Swift Water Dive Team in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's 'peach capital' and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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More than 20 Charlton-Pollard Elementary students and one adult were hospitalized when a Beaumont school district bus was involved in a traffic accident on U.S. 69 in Lumberton, Texas, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The bus was taking several dozen Charlton-Pollard Elementary School students and several adults back to school from a Big Thicket field trip. Officials had no information on how the accident happened, but photos showed the bus veered off the road, through a roadside ditch and into a rock. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

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An injured student is put into an ambulance as more than 20 Charlton-Pollard Elementary students and one adult were hospitalized when a Beaumont school district bus was involved in a traffic accident on U.S. 69 in Lumberton, Texas, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The bus was taking several dozen Charlton-Pollard Elementary School students and several adults back to school from a Big Thicket field trip. Officials had no information on how the accident happened, but photos showed the bus veered off the road, through a roadside ditch and into a rock. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

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More than 20 Charlton-Pollard Elementary students and one adult were hospitalized when a Beaumont school district bus was involved in a traffic accident on U.S. 69 in Lumberton, Texas, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The bus was taking several dozen Charlton-Pollard Elementary School students and several adults back to school from a Big Thicket field trip. Beaumont school district spokeswoman Nakisha Burns says one student was airlifted to a trauma hospital in Houston. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

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More than 20 Charlton-Pollard Elementary students and one adult were hospitalized when a Beaumont school district bus was involved in a traffic accident on U.S. 69 in Lumberton, Texas, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The bus was taking several dozen Charlton-Pollard Elementary School students and several adults back to school from a Big Thicket field trip. Officials had no information on how the accident happened, but photos showed the bus veered off the road, through a roadside ditch and into a rock. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

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More than 20 Charlton-Pollard Elementary students and one adult were hospitalized when a Beaumont school district bus was involved in a traffic accident on U.S. 69 in Lumberton, Texas, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The bus was taking several dozen Charlton-Pollard Elementary School students and several adults back to school from a Big Thicket field trip. Officials had no information on how the accident happened, but photos showed the bus veered off the road, through a roadside ditch and into a rock. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

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Hole in the Wall Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, a tag identifies the type of marijuana plant on the medical marijuana farm near Laytonville, Calif. California law enforcement officials objected Wednesday, April 5, 2017, to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed streamlining of the state's marijuana regulations, saying his plan could endanger public safety. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Passengers wait in line to check luggage as flight schedules are projected on screens in Atlanta, Ga, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Flights have resumed at Atlanta's airport, but stormy weather continues to cause delays for both departing and arriving flights. (David Barnes/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)