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A truck drives through the flooded Marathon station at Indiana 67 and County Road 100 South in Madison County Ind. after heavy rain on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Several roads were covered by high water in Union Township after 3 inches of rain fell in the area around Chesterfield Ind. according to the Madison County Emergency Management Agency. (Don Knight/The Herald-Bulletin via AP)
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In this Wednesday, June 21, 2017, photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center shows a walrus pup in a quarantined pen as it's cared for at the Alaska SeaLife Center, in Seward, Alaska. The pup was found on a mining barge in Nome, Alaska, and transported to the SeaLife Center, which is the only facility in Alaska that holds permits to care for stranded marine mammals. Center officials estimate the pup was two weeks old when it was found. (Jennifer Gibbins/Alaska SeaLife Center via AP)
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Storm damage at Lake Forest Cemetery in Grand Haven on Friday, July 7, 2017. (Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
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Storm damage at Lake Forest Cemetery in Grand Haven on Friday, July 7, 2017. (Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
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Travelers walk to a train in the New Jersey Transit portion of New York's Pennsylvania Station, Friday, July 7, 2017. New Jersey Transit says trains are operating on or close to schedule after one of its trains was involved in a "minor," slow-speed derailment at Penn Station, the nation's busiest train station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Commuters arrive in the New Jersey Transit portion of New York's Pennsylvania Station, Friday, July 7, 2017. New Jersey Transit says trains are operating on or close to schedule after one of its trains was involved in a "minor," slow-speed derailment at Penn Station, the nation's busiest train station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Commuters arrive in the New Jersey Transit portion of New York's Pennsylvania Station, Friday, July 7, 2017. New Jersey Transit says trains are operating on or close to schedule after one of its trains was involved in a "minor," slow-speed derailment at Penn Station, the nation's busiest train station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Commuters arrive in the New Jersey Transit portion of New York's Pennsylvania Station, Friday, July 7, 2017. New Jersey Transit says trains are operating on or close to schedule after one of its trains was involved in a "minor," slow-speed derailment at Penn Station, the nation's busiest train station. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016, file photo, rhinos graze in the bush on the edge of Kruger National Park in South Africa. A spokesman for South African National Parks told the AP on July 3, 2017, that a story claiming four rhinos killed five poachers at the park was a hoax. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
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Demonstrators turn waste bins on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, July 7, 2017. The leaders of the group of 20 meet July 7 and 8. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Demonstrators turn waste bins on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, July 7, 2017. The leaders of the group of 20 meet July 7 and 8. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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A helicopter makes water drops on a wildfire near the Peak 2 as it continues to burn in the White River National Forest between Breckenridge and Frisco, Colo., Thursday, July 6, 2017. Firefighters were working Thursday to keep the wildfire that's forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from spreading toward homes near Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort and the nearby historic town. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)
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A wildfire burns north of State Bridge on Thursday, July 6, 2017, near Vail, Colo. More than 30 fires are currently active around the western U.S. (Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP)
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Illustration on the relative efficiency of American energy sources by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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People in pedal-powered boats take advantage of a breeze creating cooling spray from fountains in Echo Park Lake near downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, July 6, 2017. A heat wave blanketing the U.S. Southwest has toppled temperature records, raised wildfire danger and sent residents to pools, beaches and even fountains for cool relief. Officials warned people to avoid strenuous activity during the day on Friday, when the worst heat was expected across Southern California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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People in a pedal-powered boat take advantage of a breeze creating cooling spray from fountains in Echo Park Lake near downtown Los Angeles Thursday, July 6, 2017. A heat wave blanketing the U.S. Southwest has toppled temperature records, raised wildfire danger and sent residents to pools, beaches and even fountains for cool relief. Officials warned people to avoid strenuous activity during the day on Friday, when the worst heat was expected across Southern California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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FILE - In this July 17, 2012, file photo, adult female walruses rest on an ice flow with young walruses in the Eastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska. If walrus is in your dinner plans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends you make sure it's well done. The federal health agency warned of the effects of undercooked game meat after two outbreaks of trichinosis over the last year in western Alaska. The outbreaks sickened 10 people and all have fully recovered. (S.A. Sonsthagen/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)
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The Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va.,Thursday, July 6, 2017. Operators of the coal-burning plant, a new plant that began producing power in 2011, report higher efficiency and lower emissions than other U.S. coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry, left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., talk with the operators inside the coal-burning Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va., Thursday, July 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry, right, talks with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. outside the coal-burning Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va., Thursday, July 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
