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Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin's outburst and ejection in the third period of Monday's Game 6 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes can be credited to the star's passion, coach Todd Reirden said. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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2020 Democratic presidential candidate Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, talks with climate analyst John Davis, of Hamburg, Iowa, while touring flood damage, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Hamburg, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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More than 30 homes were damaged when a tornado flattened part of Franklin, Texas. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Notre Dame cathedral is burning in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow-brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Lori Hinant)
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The food pantry at Robertson County Care, Inc., in Franklin, Texas, sustained damage to both the exterior and interior as a result of severe weather, Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Laura McKenzie/The Eagle via AP)
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Carolina Hurricanes majority owner Tom Dundon reportedly funded the AAF on a week-to-week basis and had delivered only $70 million of the $250 million commitment before pulling the plug. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, file photo, Leana Wen, of Boston, left, who is doing her medical residency in emergency medicine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, speaks with Josh Kosowsky, clinical director of emergency medicine, right, in the emergency department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston. Wen chose emergency medicine because the hours are more flexible than those of primary care physicians. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **
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Sign advertising free measles vaccines and information about measles are displayed at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., Wednesday, March 27, 2019. The county in New York City's northern suburbs declared a local state of emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall, hoping a ban against unvaccinated children in public places wakes their parents to the seriousness of the problem. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Illustration on dealing with North Korea by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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A Palestinian man walks on the damage of the offices of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. A tense quiet took hold Tuesday morning after a night of heavy fire as Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in what threatened to devolve into a major conflict two weeks before the Israeli election. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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United Airlines will now offer "non-binary" gender options for passengers. (Image: Twitter, United Airlines)
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Backwater flooding begins to encircle the Yazoo City, Miss., airport., Sunday, March 17, 2019, as seen in this aerial photograph. Various communities in the Mississippi Delta are combatting both Mississippi River flooding and backwater flooding that are affecting homes, businesses and farm lands. (AP Photo/Holbrook Mohr)
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Omaha, Nebraska, which is surrounded by the Platte River, (left) and the Missouri River, has suffered flood damage. More floods are expected in the area, according to a report. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Scene from Unplanned (Youtube via Unplanned official trailer)
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Prospering Azerbaijan Oil Industry Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Though the residents of Idaho have long been wary, if not disdainful, of climate change science, the prolonged wildfire smoke has prompted Republicans in the Legislature to reconsider the issue. (Associated Press)
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In this July 1, 2013, file photo, smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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Illustration on the bak ground facts of the Democrat led congressional investigations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times