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FILE - In this April 11, 2017 file photo, U.S. Marine soldiers patrol during the U.S.-South Korea joint Exercise Operation Pacific Reach in Pohang, South Korea. The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: “Maximum pressure and engagement.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Former Marine Sgt. Hisashi Pompey, left, is asking for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's help as he reports to prison next week to serve a 3-year sentence for carrying an un-licensed handgun in the state six years ago. (WUSA 9)
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Carol Christensen, formerly Ferges, poses for a photo at El Dorado Beach in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Monday, April 3, 2017. Christensen, once a stunt double and acrobat, has become a fixture in South Lake Tahoe because of her mini-trampoline jumping and blowing of kisses to cars along Lake Tahoe Boulevard. (Claire Cudahy/Tahoe Daily Tribune via AP)
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In this Wednesday March 8, 2017, photo, scientists for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources at University of Utah and Westminster College visit an Island in the northwest corner of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, to install cameras designed to help them observe how low lake levels affect the pelican population. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Wednesday March 8, 2017, photo, atmospheric scientists Alex Jacques, left, and Luke Leclair of the University of Utah set up a solar-powered time-lapse camera above Lambourne Bay on the east side of Gunnison Island in the northwest corner of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, to install cameras designed to help them observe how low lake levels affect the pelican population. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - This Wednesday March 8, 2017, photo shows Gunnison Island in the northwest corner of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, where Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, in partner ship with Westminster College scientists, conduct research to determine the impact of low lake levels on the pelicans that nest there. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Wednesday March 8, 2017, photo, atmospheric scientists Alex Jacques, left, and research associate Luke Leclair of the University of Utah set up a solar-powered time-lapse camera above Lambourne Bay on the east side of Gunnison Island at the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Officials with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, in partnership with academic researchers, ventured onto the irregularly shaped mile-long island in March to install cameras in various locations, to not only observe American white pelicans without disturbing them, but to surveil for coyotes and foxes. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Wednesday March 8, 2017, photo, one of the scientists from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, University of Utah and Westminster College visits Gunnison Island at the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Officials with the Wildlife Resources, in partnership with academic researchers, ventured onto the irregularly shaped mile-long island in March to install cameras in various locations, to not only observe the pelicans without disturbing them, but to surveil for coyotes and foxes. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this April 6, 2017, file photo, crews work near the Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, Calif. With stormy weather approaching, California plans to resume releasing water down the damaged spillway at the nation's tallest dam. (Dan Reidel/The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP, File)
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In this image made from a video provided by WSB-TV authorities respond after reports of a shooting at the West Lake station Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Atlanta. Authorities say several people were shot at the Atlanta public transit station. (WSB-TV via AP)
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Bureau of Reclamation hydrologist Ed Kandl discusses water supplies and management plans along the Rio Grande this year during a meeting in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, April 13, 2017. Kandl said this marks the best year since 2008 in terms of water availability from above-average snowpack in the mountains that feed the Rio Chama and the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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The hybrid model of the Honda Clarity is shown during a media preview at the New York International Auto Show, at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The hybrid model of the Honda Clarity is shown during a media preview at the New York International Auto Show, at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A group of coal miners listen to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt during his visit to Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company's Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, left, shakes hands with coal miners during a visit to Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company's Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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A group of coal miners listen to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt during his visit to Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company's Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ** FILE **
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt holds up a hardhat he was given during a visit to Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company's Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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This July 14, 2011 provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, an experts on marine reptiles, Pat Druckenmiller works carefully to prepare the plesiosaur skull for its plaster jacket at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Mont. at a dig site for a fossil found in Montana nearly seven years ago that has led to the discovery this new species of prehistoric sea creature. The new species of elasmosaur is detailed in an article published Thursday, April 13, 2017, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The creature lived about 70 million years ago in the inland sea that flowed east of the Rocky Mountains from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. (Marcus Hockett /U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services via AP)
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This July 7, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services shows workers and paleontologists move dirt to keep the creek flowing, a constant challenge at a dig site for a fossil found in Montana nearly seven years ago that has led to the discovery this new species of prehistoric sea creature. The new species of elasmosaur is detailed in an article published Thursday, April 13, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The creature lived about 70 million years ago in the inland sea that flowed east of the Rocky Mountains from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. (Erin Clark / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services via AP)
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This undated image provided by Ken Olson shows a drawing of the plesiosaur (marine reptile). A fossil found by an elk hunter in Montana nearly seven years ago has led to the discovery this new species of prehistoric sea creature. The new species of elasmosaur is detailed in an article published Thursday, April 13, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The creature lived about 70 million years ago in the inland sea that flowed east of the Rocky Mountains from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. (Ken Olson via AP)
