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In this, Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Haitian-American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. Jean performs Friday in Miami's Little Haiti, a community worried that the Trump Administration won't renew post-earthquake immigration benefits for roughly 50,000 Haitians. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this, Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Haitian-American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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FILE – In this April 12, 2005, file photo, operator Kevin Holko monitors the control room during a scheduled refueling shutdown at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – This April 12, 2005, file photo, shows the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – In this April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of steam drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
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In this May 18, 2017 photo, visitors look at a model of Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas at an exhibition entitled "Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style" at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Mass. The new exhibition of more than 200 artworks from around the globe pays homage to the ocean liner era. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this file photo taken March 24 , 2017 in the Bialowieza Forest, in Poland, a bison stands near a place where fir trees have been logged. Some 230 writers and artists have written to Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydlo to stop the logging at Europe's last primeval forest that is protected as UNESCO world heritage site. (AP Photo/Adam Bohdan)
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A wild obese macaque named "Uncle Fat," who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A wild obese macaque named "Uncle Fat," who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A wild obese macaque, named "Uncle Fat" who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf, center, celebrates as he skates behind Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35), of Finland, and defenseman P.K. Subban (76) after the Ducks beat the Predators in overtime in Game 4 of the Western Conference final in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The Ducks won 3-2 to even the series 2-2. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Under the Paris pact, the U.S. promised to slash carbon emissions at least 26 percent by 2025, though the Chinese seemingly weren't concerned by the terms. (Associated Press)
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In this Feb. 10, 2010, file photo, power lines from Bonneville Dam are shown in North Bonneville, Wash. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file) **FILE**
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-A motivational sign is displayed in a classroom window at Forest Grove High School in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 4, 2017. Kimberley Shearer, coordinator for the new Sexual Incident Response Committee at the 6,000-student Forest Grove School District says officials have learned the difference between age-appropriate experimentation and dangerous sexual behavior. Officials may be able to scan social media, but the kids know what’s really going on. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-A hand-painted message is written on a classroom window at Forest Grove High School in Forest Grove, Ore., May 4, 2017. Experts who have treated young sexual offenders stress the value of early intervention, and research cites the importance of a culture that encourages students to report incidents without fear of retaliation and with the expectation that adults will do the right thing. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Sexual Incident Response Committee members meet at Forest Grove School District headquarters in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 4, 2017. The group meets regularly to discuss more serious sexual incident cases they are monitoring as part of the SIRC program for the school district. The group includes school and district administrators, local law enforcement, juvenile social workers, child protection officials and a psychologist. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Motivational banners hang in the common area of Forest Grove High School as students head to classes in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 4, 2017. Forest Grove and another Oregon school district were intent on identifying warning signs that students might be contemplating a campus shooting when they stumbled on a threat far more pervasive yet much less discussed _ sexual aggression among classmates. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Motivational banners hang in the common area of Forest Grove High School as students head to classes in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 4, 2017. Forest Grove and another Oregon school district were intent on identifying warning signs that students might be contemplating a campus shooting when they stumbled on a threat far more pervasive yet much less discussed _ sexual aggression among classmates. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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In this image made from video released by Amur Tiger Centre/WWF, a male Amur tiger is seen after being released into the wild in Bikin National Park in southeastern Russia, Monday, May 15, 2017. A Siberian tiger that terrorized Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok by prowling its suburbs has been relocated to a vast, wild Russian national park where officials hope he will thrive. The tiger, nicknamed Vladik, was captured last October on the edge of Vladivostok. He was helicoptered Monday to Bikin National Park, 500 kilometers (350 miles) further north. (Amur Tiger Centre/WWF via AP)
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In this image made from video released by Amur Tiger Centre/WWF, a male Amur tiger is seen before being released into the wild in Bikin National Park in southeastern Russia, Monday, May 15, 2017. A Siberian tiger that terrorized Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok by prowling its suburbs has been relocated to a vast, wild Russian national park where officials hope he will thrive. The tiger, nicknamed Vladik, was captured last October on the edge of Vladivostok. He was helicoptered Monday to Bikin National Park, 500 kilometers (350 miles) further north. (Amur Tiger Centre/WWF via AP)
