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Cyclists peddle in view of downtown Seattle, cloaked in a haze of smoke from fires raging in British Columbia that swept down into the Puget Sound region, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Seattle. An excessive heat warning for the area continues through Friday evening, as unusually hot weather will bring temperatures in the 90's. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Clint Snyder, assistant executive officer of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, speaks about environmental damage from illegal marijuana farms in a Northern California County at the Calaveras County Sheriff's office in San Andreas, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Snyder is standing next to photos taken by the Calaveras Sheriff's office during a multi-day raid of illegal farms. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
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Smoke and fire rise from a high-rise building at Marina district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. A fire broke out after midnight Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Miracle pokes her head out of a doorway during a visit to nursing home residents Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home in Janesville, Wis. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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This photo shows overhead power lines on Hatteras Island, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, where residents are hoping that full power will be restored soon. The outage caused by a construction accident forced an estimated 50,000 visitors to leave Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, and others never made it to the popular vacation spots because of evacuation orders that are still in place. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Highway 12 on Hatteras Island, N.C., is quiet on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, as tourists have been evacuated from Hatteras and neighboring Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. The outage caused by a construction accident forced an estimated 50,000 visitors to leave Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, and others never made it to the popular vacation spots because of evacuation orders that are still in place. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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This Aug. 8, 2016 photo provided by the J.R. Simplot Company shows Simplot Plant Sciences’ Innate Generation 2 genetically engineered potatoes at the Michigan State University field that have that survived after being infected with late blight disease, that led to the Irish potato famine, in East Lansing, Mich. Canadian officials said three types of potatoes genetically engineered by an Idaho company to resist the pathogen that caused the famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat. The approval confirmed by Health Canada officials on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, means the J.R. Simplot Co. potatoes can be imported, planted and sold in Canada. (Nicolas Champouret/J.R. Simplot Company via AP)
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A roadblock is set up at the north end of the Bonner Bridge on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, on Hatteras Island, N.C. The outage caused by a construction accident forced an estimated 50,000 visitors to leave Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, and others never made it to the popular vacation spots because of evacuation orders that are still in place. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Los Angeles County firefighters inspect the damage after a fire burned through the roof of an apartment building in Arcadia, Calif. on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. The fire erupted in the two-story complex early Thursday and spread along the upper floor. Firefighters have largely knocked down the flames, but there's no immediate word on whether there have been any injuries or the fire's cause. (Walt Mancini/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 a layer of smog hangs over the Salt Lake City area. Ozone levels in northern Utah's murky summer air have reached their worst levels in nearly 10 years this summer amid hot temperatures and high-pressure systems, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Braden Dashney tries to coax his reluctant service dog, Fonzie, into the rolling waters of Salmon Street Springs fountain in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for western Washington and Oregon Thursday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Langstrom Kalstrom, left, and Violet Dashney run through the Salmon Street Springs fountain in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for western Washington and Oregon Thursday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Violet Dashney runs through the Salmon Street Springs fountain in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for western Washington and Oregon Thursday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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FILE - This Jan. 21, 2015 file photo, Lyle Jeffs leaves the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City. Jeffs, the polygamous sect leader caught recently after he was on the run for a year, was in a pair of accidents in the late 1990s that must be investigated to determine whether the head injuries he suffered caused brain damage, his lawyer said Wednesday, August 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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In this Aug. 2, 2017 photo, a Flint, Mich., resident watches as a tow truck driver tries to rescue his car from the flooded roadway in Flint, Mich. The storms Wednesday evening brought several inches of rain in places. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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A firefighter works behind a burned-out fire truck during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A man looks at a burned-out car during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Firefighters work inside of a burned-out building during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, Joe Main, third from left, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, and Patricia Silvey, center, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations with MSHA, speak with workers at the Gibson North mine, in Princeton, Ind. Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year’s, and federal safety officials say the inexperience of those new to a mine could share the blame. But the nation’s coal miner’s union says the mine safety agency isn’t taking the right approach to fixing the problem. Silvey said eight of the coal miners who died this year had less than a year’s experience at the mine where they worked. "We found from the stats that category of miners were more prone to have an accident,” Silvey said in an interview with The Associated Press before the 10th death occurred at a mine in Pennsylvania on July 25. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
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Grounds crew personnel walk over the field tarp trying to remove the air caught beneath as they place it over the field during a heavy rain in the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
