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Cmdr. Bill Woityra, manager for domestic and polar icebreaking for the U.S. Coast Guard, looks out to sea while passing the American island of Little Diomede, Alaska, left, and the Russian island of Big Diomede, right, as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sails along the international date line through the Bering Strait, Friday, July 14, 2017. The international date line divides the two islands, so Little Diomede is sometimes referred to as Yesterday Isle and Big Diomede as Tomorrow Island. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A bird's wake is cast on the water as the American island of Little Diomede, Alaska, left, and behind it on the right, the Russian island of Big Diomede, are seen from the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica in the Bering Strait, Friday, July 14, 2017. The international date line divides the two islands, putting them currently 20 hours apart despite roughly 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers) between them. Due to this time difference, Little Diomede is sometimes referred to as Yesterday Isle and Big Diomede as Tomorrow Island. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Researcher Daria Gritsenko looks out toward the American island of Little Diomede, Alaska, near left, and behind it on the right, the Russian island of Big Diomede, as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sails along the international date line through the Bering Strait, Friday, July 14, 2017. The international date line divides the two islands, with Little Diomede sometimes referred to as Yesterday Isle and Big Diomede as Tomorrow Island. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Researcher Ari Laakso shields his eyes from the midnight sun while approaching the American island of Little Diomede, Alaska, and the Russian island of Big Diomede, as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sails along the international date line through the Bering Strait, Friday, July 14, 2017. The international date line divides the two islands, putting them currently 20 hours apart despite roughly 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers) between them. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A new initiative in Boston will use 50 signs at bus stops across the city to teach citizens how to deal with "Islamophobia" on public transit. (Image: City of Boston)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006, file photo, Heon-Cheol Chi, director of the Korea Earthquake Research Center explains about the concerns of a possible nuclear test growing in North Korea in front of a real time event map at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources in Daejon, some 165 kilometers (100 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea. Heon-Cheol Chi was convicted Monday, July 17, 2017, of taking more than $1 million in bribes from companies in Pasadena, Calif., and England and funneling proceeds through U.S. banks. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006, file photo, Heon-Cheol Chi, director of the Korea Earthquake Research Center explains about the concerns of a possible nuclear test growing in North Korea in front of real time event map at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources in Daejon, some 165 kilometers (100 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea. Heon-Cheol Chi was convicted Monday, July 17, 2017, of taking more than $1 million in bribes from companies in Pasadena, Calif., and England and funneling proceeds through U.S. banks. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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An air tester near the site where one of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall will be imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 7 a.m. in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Passengers navigate the New Jersey Transit area in New York's Penn Station, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. New Jersey Transit says some trains have been canceled this week because engineers are choosing not to work under the terms of their contract amid the summer-long repair work at Penn Station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A New Jersey Transit passenger checks the schedules in New York's Penn Station, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. New Jersey Transit says some trains have been canceled this week because engineers are choosing not to work under the terms of their contract amid the summer-long repair work at Penn Station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A New Jersey Transit Customer Assistance representative directs a passenger in New York's Penn Station, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. New Jersey Transit says some trains have been canceled this week because engineers are choosing not to work under the terms of their contract amid the summer-long repair work at Penn Station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A New Jersey Transit passenger purchases a ticket in New York's Penn Station, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. New Jersey Transit says some trains have been canceled this week because engineers are choosing not to work under the terms of their contract amid the summer-long repair work at Penn Station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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This 2010 photo shows Exelon Corp.'s Oyster Creek Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, N.J. Attempts by hackers to breach computer systems at nuclear power plants in 2017 have prompted questions about cybersecurity at Oyster Creek, with some experts suggesting there's cause for concern even though industry officials and federal regulators say there's nothing to fear. (Peter Ackerman/The Asbury Park Press via AP)
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In this Jan. 17, 2017 photo, Jeff Tittel, director of environmental organization Sierra Club's New Jersey chapter, discusses concerns about Exelon Corp.'s Oyster Creek Generating Station during an interview at the chapter's office in Trenton, N.J. Attempts by hackers to breach computer systems at nuclear power plants in 2017 have prompted questions about cybersecurity at Oyster Creek, with some experts suggesting there's cause for concern even though industry officials and federal regulators say there's nothing to fear. (Tanya Breen/The Asbury Park Press via AP)
