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Debris sits outside of a house where a fatal fire occurred overnight in Baltimore, Friday, March 3, 2017, where officials say two people died and four people were critically injured. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Firefighters try to put out a fire in Ocean Grove, N.J. on Friday, March 3, 2017. The fast-moving fire gutted four homes and damaged three other structures in a historic New Jersey shore community. Flames broke out just after 5 a.m. Friday in a vacant hotel in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township, where homes are close together. (James Connolly/The Asbury Park Press via AP)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, a view of the town of Ayvacik in Turkey's Black Sea region where a tract of land atop a hill overlooking a lake awaits zoning for a planned Arab village. At least four projects to lure visitors from the Gulf region and Arab nations are underway along Turkey's more traditional and conservative Black Sea coastline, where _ unlike Turkey's more popular Mediterranean and Aegean coasts _ residents and visitors opt for full body covering swimsuits and where bars selling alcohol are few and far between. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, a view of the town of Ayvacik in Turkey's Black Sea region. At least four projects to lure visitors from the Gulf region and Arab nations are underway along Turkey's more traditional and conservative Black Sea coastline, where _ unlike Turkey's more popular Mediterranean and Aegean coasts _ residents and visitors opt for full body covering swimsuits and where bars selling alcohol are few and far between. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, Hasan Celik, head of the tourism organization, in Turkey's Black Sea region town of Ayvacik, stands near an area where a Saudi investor purchased land. At least four projects to lure visitors from the Gulf region and Arab nations are underway along Turkey's more traditional and conservative Black Sea coastline, where _ unlike Turkey's more popular Mediterranean and Aegean coasts _ residents and visitors opt for full body covering swimsuits and where bars selling alcohol are few and far between. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, a view of a lakeside area of Turkey's Black Sea region town of Ayvacik. At least four projects to lure visitors from the Gulf region and Arab nations are underway along Turkey's more traditional and conservative Black Sea coastline, where _ unlike Turkey's more popular Mediterranean and Aegean coasts _ residents and visitors opt for full body covering swimsuits and where bars selling alcohol are few and far between. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)
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Shell Oil has come under fire after a blogger unearthed a 1991 video, "Climate of Concern," in which the company warned of possible consequences of climate change. (Associated Press)
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This Nov, 16, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a Jaguar photographed by a motion-detection cameras in the Dos Cabezas Mountains in southern Arizona. Wildlife officials say they have evidence of a rare jaguar sighting in the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a photo Thursday, March 2, from a trail camera that was taken in November and recently retrieved. (BLM/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
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People who want to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland rally outside the statehouse and governor's residence in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Opponents of the process known as fracking, a method to extract gas or oil from underground shale rock, cite health and environmental concerns. A House committee is scheduled to vote on a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, cars are partially submerged and covered in mud from receding floodwaters in San Jose, Calif. California billionaire Kieu Hoang donated $5 million to flood relief efforts on March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Pink insulation remains trapped in the branches of the trees on the east side of Highway 165, north of Poseyville, Ind., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (Denny Simmons/Evansville Courier & Press via AP)
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Louisville coach Rick Pitino, left, argues a call with an official during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Keyshawn Woods (1) shoots over Louisville's Jaylen Johnson (10) and Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Louisville's Quentin Snider (4) drives past Wake Forest's John Collins (20) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest students, players and fans celebrates after an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest students and players celebrate after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Konstantinos Mitoglou (44) celebrates after a basket against Louisville during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's John Collins (20) and Bryant Crawford (13) celebrate during a timeout in the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Mitchell Wilbekin (10) reacts to making a 3-point basket against Louisville during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, environmental activist Maruja Inquilla, left, walks with Auroro Belisario Pacompia at a municipal waste treatment plant whose waters flow into Lake Titicaca, in Juliaca, in the Puno region of Peru. Inquillla is alerting neighboring villagers of the dangers lurking in their food and water. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
