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This May 24, 2015, photo shows a black bird in the Old Mill area of Bend, Ore. Joggers on the river’s trails and bridges are being dive-bombed by angry black birds, who wildlife officials say aggressively protect their nests each spring. The swooping birds flap around and have hit people on the head. No injuries have been reported from the attacks, but the encounters are startling. (Andy Tullis/The Bulletin via AP)
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The Brian Head Fire continues to grow and has burned more than 27,700 acres, Friday, June 23, 2017 in Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire menacing a southern Utah ski town for nearly a week flared again, doubling in size for the second night in a row and torching more homes after residents fled the flames, officials said Friday. The blaze was one of several burning in the U.S. West as extreme heat challenges firefighters. (Stuart Johnson/The Deseret News via AP)
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The Brian Head Fire continues to grow and has burned more than 27,700 acres, Friday, June 23, 2017 in Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire menacing a southern Utah ski town for nearly a week flared again, doubling in size for the second night in a row and torching more homes after residents fled the flames, officials said Friday. The blaze was one of several burning in the U.S. West as extreme heat challenges firefighters. (Stuart Johnson/The Deseret News via AP)
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The Brian Head Fire continues to grow and has burned more than 27,700 acres, Friday, June 23, 2017 in Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire menacing a southern Utah ski town for nearly a week flared again, doubling in size for the second night in a row and torching more homes after residents fled the flames, officials said Friday. The blaze was one of several burning in the U.S. West as extreme heat challenges firefighters. (Stuart Johnson/The Deseret News via AP)
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A person fights through a heavy downpour near Tuscaloosa, Ala., Friday, June 23, 2017. Rain bands spinning off of Tropical Depression Cindy spread drenching rains across the Southeast and into the Midwest on Friday, triggering scattered flash flood warnings in several states including West Virginia, whose residents are still recovering from deadly floods one year ago.(Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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A person fights through a heavy downpour near Tuscaloosa, Ala., Friday, June 23, 2017. Rain bands spinning off of Tropical Depression Cindy spread drenching rains across the Southeast and into the Midwest on Friday, triggering scattered flash flood warnings in several states including West Virginia, whose residents are still recovering from deadly floods one year ago.(Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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A thunderstorm bringing heavy rains moves over the Black Warrior River Friday, June 23, 2017 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Rain bands spinning off of Tropical Depression Cindy spread drenching rains across the Southeast and into the Midwest on Friday, triggering scattered flash flood warnings in several states including West Virginia, whose residents are still recovering from deadly floods one year ago. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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William C. Bradford, a former law professor who was recently appointed by President Trump to run the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy, has apologized for "offensive" tweets he sent as recently as December. (William C. Bradford via The Washington Post)
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Clouds of smoke from a wildfire approach Panguitch, northeast of Brian Head, Utah, Thursday, June 22, 2017. A wildfire near Brian Head, Utah, that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate has doubled in size in high winds and drove out residents of 400 additional homes, authorities said Thursday. (KUTV via AP)
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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with former US actor and founder of the R20 climate action group Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Geoffroy van der Hasselt, Pool via AP)
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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with former US actor and founder of the R20 climate action group Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Geoffroy van der Hasselt, Pool via AP)
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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with former US actor and founder of the R20 climate action group Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Geoffroy van der Hasselt, Pool via AP)
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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with former US actor and founder of the R20 climate action group Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Geoffroy van der Hasselt, Pool via AP)
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Britt Singletary walks down Brandon James Drive to his car parked outside the Wells Ferry Landing subdivision in Biloxi, Miss., on Friday, June 23, 2017. Rivers across South Mississippi are above flood stage after several days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Cindy. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)
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In this June 21, 2017 photo, Samantha "Sam" LaRochelle, shows a pendant that had belonged to her grandfather and a thumbprint in gold of her late mother, at her home in Lopatcong Township, N.J. The irreplaceable necklace had been removed from her neck during an emergency visit to St. Luke's Hospital in Phillipsburg on June 17, 2017. Staff at Covanta Energy Corp. in Oxford Township dug through a 15-ton pile of hospital waste to find it. (Kurt Bresswein/The Express-Times via AP)
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In this June 21, 2017 photo, Samantha "Sam" LaRochelle, left, stands with her wife, Audrey LaRochelle, at their home in Lopatcong Township, N.J., wearing the irreplaceable necklace that had been removed from her neck during an emergency visit to St. Luke's Hospital, in Phillipsburg on June 17, 2017. Staff at Covanta Energy Corp. in Oxford Township dug through a 15-ton pile of hospital waste to find it. (Kurt Bresswein/The Express-Times via AP)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Mayors Conference, Thursday, June 23, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla. The U.S. Mayors of cities with populations of 30,000 or more will discuss plans to reduce the nation's carbon footprint and protect immigrant families. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu responds to questions at the U.S. Mayors Conference, Thursday, June 23, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla. Mayors of cities with populations of 30,000 or more will discuss plans to reduce the nation's carbon footprint and protect immigrant families. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett talks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Mayors Conference, Thursday, June 23, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla. Mayors of cities with populations of 30,000 or more will discuss plans to reduce the nation's carbon footprint and protect immigrant families. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with former US actor and founder of the R20 climate action group Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Geoffroy van der Hasselt, Pool via AP)
