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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Sandra Smith, left, Tasha Hart, center, and Domonique McNeil, right, attend a news conference in Egg Harbor Township N.J., about the drowning deaths of relatives at a beach in North Wildwood N.J. A New Jersey town being sued for the drowning death of a man swept out to sea when the sand collapsed underneath him says it is immune from lawsuits due to a state law governing unimproved public property. North Wildwood claims the law puts the risk for use of such property on the user. The lawyer for one of the victims' family says the town was negligent in its supervision of a public recreational facility.(AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Construction continues on the new Tappan Zee Bridge near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. The new bridge about 25 miles north of New York City stands next to the 61-year-old Tappan Zee that has been falling apart for years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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FILE – This Oct. 1, 2016, file photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board shows damage from a Sept. 29, 2016, commuter train crash that killed a woman and injured more than 100 people at the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J. The track was equipped with a rusting steel-and-concrete barrier, called a bumper or bumping post, installed about 110 years ago. In contrast, Atlantic City Terminal is configured with newer bumping posts that use hydraulics for more shock absorption. (Chris O'Neil/National Transportation Safety Board via AP, File)
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This Dec. 20, 2016 photo shows safety barriers called "bumping posts" at the end of the tracks at the Atlantic City, N.J., NJ Transit train station. The bumping posts at NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, site of a fatal crash in September, haven't been replaced in more than 100 years. NJ Transit tells The Associated Press it is in the process of hiring a consultant to help determine whether the barriers need to be replaced. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This Dec. 20, 2016 photo shows safety barriers called "bumping posts" at the end of the tracks at the Atlantic City, N.J., NJ Transit train station. The bumping posts at NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, site of a fatal crash in September, haven't been replaced in more than 100 years. NJ Transit tells The Associated Press it is in the process of hiring a consultant to help determine whether the barriers need to be replaced. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this Wednesday, Dec 21, 2016 photo provided by Ministry for Primary Industries, Bella, a 4-year-old pet cat belonging to a Canadian woman who authorities say managed to hide her in a handbag during a flight across the Pacific Ocean sits in a cage in New Zealand's Auckland Airport. The woman was refused entry into the New Zealand and was forced to catch the next flight home with her cat after she tried to smuggle it across the border. (Ministry for Primary Industries via AP)
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A coffin with a body of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov is carried for a religious service inside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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A coffin with a body of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov is carried out of the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)
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A coffin with a body of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov is carried out of the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)
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This Dec. 19, 2016 photo shows a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall at an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities searching the drab, two-story building found an illegally constructed dance floor, paired with a bar and DJ booth. Haphazard wiring snaked through walls, and an outdoor staircase capped by a bamboo canopy was flagged as a fire threat. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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This Nov. 1, 2016, photo provided by David Coons shows a fire dance performance in an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. (David Coons via AP)
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This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety provided undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss., who was arrested by the Greenville Police Department, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 in Greenville , Miss., in connection with the Nov. 1, 2016 fire at Greenville's Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton, 45, has been charged with one count of first degree arson of a place of worship and is being held in the Washington County Detention Center, pending an initial appearance before the municipal court. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP,)
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This Dec. 15, 2016 photo shows the shoes worn by Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry that honor victims of a warehouse fire during an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Oakland, Calif. Curry is auctioning off two special pairs of shoes to raise money for victims of the Oakland warehouse fire. (Ray Chavez/San Jose Mercury News via AP)
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Debris is seen between the huts in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, two days after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Debris still lies on the crime scene in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, two days after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Debris still lies on the crime scene in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, two days after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Air China passenger planes preparing to take off at the Beijing Capital International Airport as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Beijing and much of industrial northern China are in the midst of a "red alert," the highest level in China's four-tiered pollution warning system. The alert has affected 460 million people, according to Greenpeace East Asia, which calculated that about 200 million people were living in areas that had experienced levels of air pollution more than 10 times above the guideline set by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A passenger plane prepares to land at the Beijing Capital International Airport as the capital of China in heavy smog on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Beijing and much of industrial northern China are in the midst of a "red alert," the highest level in China's four-tiered pollution warning system. The alert has affected 460 million people, according to Greenpeace East Asia, which calculated that about 200 million people were living in areas that had experienced levels of air pollution more than 10 times above the guideline set by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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An Air China passenger plane prepares to land at the Beijing Capital International Airport as the capital of China through heavy smog on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Beijing and much of industrial northern China are in the midst of a "red alert," the highest level in China's four-tiered pollution warning system. The alert has affected 460 million people, according to Greenpeace East Asia, which calculated that about 200 million people were living in areas that had experienced levels of air pollution more than 10 times above the guideline set by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A man wearing a mask for protection against air pollution looks at a flight information board at the Beijing Capital International Airport as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Beijing and much of industrial northern China are in the midst of a "red alert," the highest level in China's four-tiered pollution warning system. The alert has affected 460 million people, according to Greenpeace East Asia, which calculated that about 200 million people were living in areas that had experienced levels of air pollution more than 10 times above the guideline set by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
