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In this July 27, 2017 photo, Lt. Jesse Paluch, the supervising investigator for the state Department of Environmental Conservation in New York City, holds a netsuke carving of 3 men and a fish with a price tag of $14,000, in Albany, N.Y. Nearly two tons of trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants will be crushed Thursday, Aug. 3 in New York City’s Central Park to demonstrate the state’s commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Illustration on the American melting pot by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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China Intercession with North Korea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a convoy led by a half dozen police vehicles en route to Haleakala National Park, in Maui, Hawaii. Several arrests were made when protesters tried to block the equipment convoy for a solar telescope being built on a Hawaii mountain held sacred by some Native Hawaiians. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)
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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)
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Emergency personnel move away as a gas fire continues to burn following an explosion at Minnehaha Academy Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Minneapolis. Several people are unaccounted for after an explosion and partial building collapse Wednesday at a Minneapolis school, fire officials said. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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Emergency officials and CSX personnel gather near the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)
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Emergency officials and CSX personnel gather near the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate hundreds of nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/Cumberland Times-News via AP)
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Emergency officials and CSX personnel gather near the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)
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In this microscope photo provided by Oregon Health & Science University, human embryos grow in a laboratory for a few days after researchers used gene editing technology to successfully repair a heart disease-causing genetic mutation. The work, a scientific first led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, marks a step toward one day preventing babies from inheriting diseases that run in the family. (Oregon Health & Science University via AP)
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Emergency personnel move away as a gas fire continues to burn following an explosion at Minnehaha Academy Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Minneapolis. Several people are unaccounted for after an explosion and partial building collapse Wednesday at a Minneapolis school, fire officials said. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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Greenpeace activists protest with a banner reading: "Your diesel cartel makes us sick" in front of the Federal Transportation Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. German auto bosses, ministers and state governors are considering how to reduce diesel emissions as drivers face the threat of possible bans on driving older diesel cars in some cities. A meeting Wednesday is to bring together leading politicians with bosses from Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Opel and Ford. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
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A protestor wears a breathing protection mask to protest against a planed meeting of leading politicians with bosses from German car makers in front of the German Transport Ministry in Berlin, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. The meeting was short-term move to the Interior Ministry, where German auto bosses, ministers and state governors are considering how to reduce diesel emissions as drivers face the threat of possible bans on driving older diesel cars in some cities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY AUG. 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this July 10, 2017 photo, Peruvian Elvis Garcia watches over 450 nanny goats and their kids that have been employed to help control invasive species of weeds at the Yellowtail Wildlife Management area south of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area east of Lovell, Wyo. Garcia has a wife and 6-year-old daughter back in Peru. (Mark Davis/The Powell Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY AUG. 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this July 10, 2017 photo, Peruvian Elvis Garcia watches over 450 nanny goats and their kids that have been employed to help control invasive species of weeds at the Yellowtail Wildlife Management area south of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area near Lovell, Wyo. Out in the heat, amongst rattlesnakes and more skeeters than most people can stand, a Peruvian man named Elvis and his constant companion, a Welsh collie named Pepsi, tend to 450 nannies and their kids (Mark Davis/The Powell Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY AUG. 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this July 10, 2017 photo, Elvis Garcia's border collie, Pepsi, rolls over for a tummy rub as the two watch over 450 nanny goats and their kids that have been employed to help control invasive species of weeds on the Wyoming state managed land at the Yellowtail Wildlife Management area south of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area near Lovell, Wyo. (Mark Davis/The Powell Tribune via AP)
