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This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Public Safety shows Shylo Kaena Akuna. A judge sentenced Akuna, a Hawaii man, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, to four years in prison for harassing a pregnant Hawaiian monk seal last year, Kauai Prosecuting Attorney said. (Hawaii Department of Public Safety via AP)

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Tim Weyer tours his ranch, which was consumed by wildfires, Tuesday, July 25, 2017 in Sand Springs, Mont. Firefighters say they have stopped most of the growth and gained 20 percent containment on the fires that were started last week by lightning. (Rion Sanders/The Great Falls Tribune via AP)

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FILE - This May 5, 2016, file photo provided by Global Supertanker Services shows a Boeing 747 making a demonstration water drop at Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs, Colo. Federal officials have given a giant airtanker capable of carrying 19,200 gallons (72,700 liters) approval to fight wildfires in the U.S., but a lack of contracts currently limits the aircraft to California and one county in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Interagency Airtanker Board issued the approval on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (Hiroshi Ando/Global Supertanker Services via AP, File)

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Police sort through the debris from the plane crash that killed four people in the median of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Police investigate the plane crash that killed four people in the median of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Four people died when their small plane crashed in the middle of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Curious on-lookers watch as the police investigate the plane crash that killed four people in the median of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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CSI investigators sort through the debris from the plane crash that killed four people in the median of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Four people died when their small plane crashed in the middle of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Police investigate the plane crash that killed four people in the median of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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A small plane crashed after it took off from a nearby municipal airport on Interstate 15 in Riverdale, Utah, about 35 miles north of Salt Lake City, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Authorities say several people died when the plane crashed on a northern Utah interstate median, tangling traffic and leaving blackened wreckage on the highway. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

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Investigators look over wreckage of a small plane that crashed along Interstate 15 Wednesday, July 26, 2017, near Riverdale, Utah. Authorities say four people died when a small plane crashed on a northern Utah interstate median, tangling traffic and leaving blackened wreckage on the highway. Utah Department of Public Safety officials confirmed the deaths in the Wednesday-afternoon crash north of Salt Lake City, but did not immediately release further information on the deceased or the cause of the crash. No injuries were reported on the ground. (Sarah Welliver /Standard-Examiner via AP)

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Four people died when their small plane crashed in the middle of I-15 near Riverdale, Utah, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The crash closed the freeway to northbound traffic. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Acting Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announces that Minneapolis police will be required to have their body cameras on when they respond to all calls, as well as in certain other situations during a news conference on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 in Minneapolis. The acting police chief made the announcement amid the investigation into an officer's fatal shooting of Justine Damondan Australian woman who called 911 for help on July 15. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of "The Dr. Oz Show," surprises passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to New York for the taping of a segment on healthy flying tips. (Photo by Lark Gould).

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New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty takes questions from members of the media at NFL football training camp, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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A Canadair firefighting plane swoops down to refill its water tanks from the Mediterranean sea as it tries to put out wildfires in Le Lavandou, French Riviera, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Canadair firefighting planes swoop down to refill their water tanks from the Mediterranean sea as they try to put out wildfires in Le Lavandou, French Riviera, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Sunbathers are being evacuated from the beach in Le Lavandou, French Riviera, as plumes of smoke rise in the air from burning wildfires, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Sunbathers are being evacuated from the beach in Le Lavandou, French Riviera, as plumes of smoke rise in the air from burning wildfires, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)