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Emergency officials stand outside of the Hoboken Terminal following a train crash, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Hoboken, N.J. A commuter train crashed into the rail station during the morning rush hour, causing serious damage. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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FILE- In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, a doctor feeds a malnourished child at a feeding centre run by Doctors Without Borders in Maiduguri, Nigeria. As many as 75,000 children will die over the next year in famine-like conditions created by Boko Haram if donors don’t respond quickly, the U.N. Children’s Fund is warning. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

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FILE - This aerial Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo shows a sinkhole in Mulberry, Fla., that opened up underneath a gypsum stack at a Mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has issued an emergency rule requiring public notification of pollution events within 24 hours, a move that comes after it took weeks to notify local residents about the fertilizer plant that leaked millions of gallons of contaminated water into a major aquifer, according to a news release Monday, Sept. 26. (Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

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The cease-fire in Syria, negotiated by Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Moscow, collapsed last week after a Russian airstrike hit a U.N. aid convoy headed for the besieged city of Aleppo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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In this Monday, Sept. 5, 2016 photo, a man views a severely damaged home in Springfield, S.D. Springfield residents are still dealing with the aftermath of a storm early this month that damaged or destroyed dozens of homes and displaced scores of people. (Shauna Marlette/Yankton Press & Dakotan via AP)

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In this frame from video provided by WYFF, law enforcement officers respond to reports of a shooting at Townville Elementary School in Townville, S.C., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (WYFF via AP)

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FILE - This Aug. 26, 2016 file photo provided by the National Park Service shows tire tracks made by a vehicle illegally crossing the Racetrack Playa at Death Valley National Park, Calif. Federal investigators have identified a motorist suspected of taking the illegal joyride on the dry lake bed in Death Valley National Park, leaving 10 miles of swerving tire tracks. Officials have not released the suspect's name. (National Park Service via AP,File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2002 file photo, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, N.M., where agents for the Federal Air Marshal Service undergo training. Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are increasing, and more effective deterrents are needed to tackle the problem, a global airline trade group said Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. There were 10,854 air rage incidents reported by airlines worldwide last year, up from 9,316 incidents in 2014, according to the International Air Transport Association. That equates to one incident for every 1,205 flights, an increase from one incident per 1,282 flights the previous year. (AP Photo/J.R. Hernandez, File)

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Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks to the Restore Louisiana Task Force, a flood recovery planning group he created, during its first meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Wilbert Paulissen of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) speaks on the preliminary results of the investigation into the shooting-down of Malaysia Airlines jetliner flight MH17 during a press conference in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. The disaster claimed 298 lives. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Wilbert Paulissen of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) speaks on the preliminary results of the investigation into the shooting-down of Malaysia Airlines jetliner flight MH17 during a press conference in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. The disaster claimed 298 lives. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, file photo, volcanic material from the eruption of Mount Barujari is seen from Bayan, Lombok Island, Indonesia. The volcano erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from airports on the islands of Lombok and Bali. (AP Photo/Denda Wiyana Putri)

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Violence in Aleppo surged as a U.S.- and Russia-brokered cease-fire collapsed after only one week. The Syrian government and its Russian allies resumed intense airstrikes, and a ground offensive may be imminent. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals center Lars Eller (20), of Denmark, skates with the puck during the third period of an NHL preseason hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, in Washington. The Hurricanes won 2-1 in overtime. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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FAA Air Traffic Controllers work in the Dulles International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower in Sterling, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Data Comm is now operational at the Dulles International Airport and gives air traffic controllers and pilots the ability to transmit flight plans, clearances, instructions, advisories, flight crew requests, and reports via a digital message service. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Emergency service personnel work at the scene of a house explosion, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in the Bronx borough of New York. New York City firefighter Michael Fahy, who responded to a report of a gas leak at the home was killed Tuesday morning when the residence exploded shortly after authorities discovered a possible drug lab there, officials said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 27, 2016, the Loma Fire rages on the Santa Cruz Mountains summit beyond the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster in Santa Cruz, Calif. More California residents were ordered from their homes Tuesday as a growing wildfire threatened remote communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The blaze in a rugged area about 30 miles south of San Jose destroyed one home and charred more than 1.5 square miles of dry brush and timber, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Shmuel Thaler /The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)

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In this Sept. 26, 1976 photo, survivors of an Air Force KC-135 tanker that crashed near Hubbard Lake, Mich., fold an American flag from a memorial commemorating the crash site. They presented the flag to Julie Warren-Cook of Texas, whose husband died in the crash. From left are survivor John R. Harrison, first responders Daryl Kauffman and Al Ratz, survivors Dwain Crane, Cliff Call and Fred Anderson. (Diane Speer/The Alpena News via AP)

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In this Sept. 13, 2016 photo, Mike Williams, center, an electrician and survivor on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, poses with Peter Berg, left, director of the film "Deepwater Horizon," and cast member Mark Wahlberg at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto. Berg's film is not about the environmental disaster of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, nor an exploration of BP's responsibility for the accident. Instead, it's squarely focused on oil rig workers and the 11 who died in the explosion. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)