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Hillary Clinton pledged Monday to equip police with equipment to carry out life-threatening missions. (Associated Press)
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, center, addresses reporters during a news conference after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., left, answers questions from reporters after being briefed by law enforcement officials following a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Orlando Police Chief John Mina, center, addresses reporters during a news conference after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Police officers stand guard down the street from the scene of a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Police cars surround the Pulse Orlando nightclub, the scene of a fatal shooting, in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) ** FILE **
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In this June 4, 2016, file photo, a woman, at right, takes photos of the flooded banks of the Seine river in Paris. An international team of scientists has found that man-made climate change nearly doubled the likelihood of last month's devastating French flooding. In a quick but not peer-reviewed analysis, the World Weather Attribution team of climate scientists used past rainfall data and computer simulations to look for global warming's fingerprints in the heavy downpours in France and Germany. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Kurt Erickson, president of Washington Regional Alcohol Program, said that federal data suggest traffic accidents due to drug use other than alcohol are on the rise, a trend that may also be occurring in the region. (Aubri Juhasz / The Washington Times)
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The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to pilots that GPS outages may occur in California throughout much of June. (FAA)
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A hacker took over the National Football League's Twitter account on Tuesday. The individual falsely reported NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's death. (Twitter, NFL)
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Illustration on pursuing insurance claims for Holocaust survivors and their heirs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) in Fantastic 4 (2005)
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Halle Berry as weather controlling mutant ‘Storm’ in the X-Men film series
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Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Minneapolis police union, had some harsh words for the Black Lives Matter movement after the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark were cleared Wednesday of any wrongdoing. (FOX 9)
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A cyclist photographs the flooding Seine river in front of the Musee d' Orsay in Paris, France Friday June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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A Texas DPS helicopter flies over Lake Belton near the scene of an accident at Fort Hood at Owl Creek Park near Gatesville, Texas, on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Fort Hood says several soldiers are dead and six are missing after an Army troop truck was washed from a low-water crossing and overturned in a rain-swollen creek at Fort Hood in Central Texas. (Michael Miller/The Temple Daily Telegram via AP)
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"The plan will affect every single commuter. Even repairs outside of the District will affect us," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday at a press event at the Eastern Market Metro station, which will be affected by the second phase of the transit agency's "SafeTrack" plan. "We believe Washington, D.C., will be affected by all 15 surges." (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the impending collapse of Obamacare by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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People are escorted by emergency personnel away from the scene of a fatal shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)