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Wake Forest's Bryant Crawford, right, pulls teammate Brandon Childress (0) away from the Duke bench in the second half of an NCAA basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Duke won 85-83. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Duke's Luke Kennard (5) shoots over Wake Forest's Bryant Crawford (13) in the second half of an NCAA basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Duke won 85-83. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Duke's Frank Jackson (15) and Wake Forest's John Collins (20) chase a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Bryant Crawford (13) shoots against Duke's Luke Kennard (5) in the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood packs parts where he works at a USF plant in Riverside, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood said his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood packs parts where he works at a USF plant in Riverside, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood said his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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In an Aug. 2, 2012 photo, Asian carp species, from top, silver, bighead, and grass lay alongside each other prior to being prepared at Carters Fish Market in Springfield, Ill. Scientists say grass carp have invaded three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk. But they say there's still time to prevent them from becoming established. ( Jason Johnson /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant visits with residents on Green Loop Road in Lauderdale County, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, after a tornado ripped through the area over the weekend. (Paula Merritt /The Meridian Star via AP)
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Syracuse's Andrew White, center, grabs a rebound away from Wake Forest's Brandon Childress, left, and Wake Forest's John Collins, right, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Syracuse won 81-76. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)
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This photo shows a Twitter post from the National Park Service's Redwoods National Park account, noting that redwood groves are nature's No. 1 carbon sink, which capture greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming Legal experts say the Justice Department could prosecute tweets from federal agency accounts by unauthorized users under federal hacking laws. Some say that even employees authorized to use official agency Twitter accounts could face legal jeopardy posting messages they weren’t supposed to write. (National Park Service via AP)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, elk feed at the Wenaha Wildlife Area near Troy, Ore. A heavy snowfall this winter in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the West has caused travel delays and other problems for people, but wildlife are also suffering, from deer and elk whose food sources are buried under snow and ice to cougars that had to forage in an Oregon town. (Keith Kohl/ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, elk feed at the Wenaha Wildlife Area near Troy, Ore. A heavy snowfall this winter in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the West has caused travel delays and other problems for people, but wildlife are also suffering, from deer and elk whose food sources are buried under snow and ice to cougars that had to forage in an Oregon town. (Keith Kohl/ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)
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**MOVING OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, JAN 26**In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, elk feed at the Wenaha Wildlife Area near Troy, Ore. A heavy snowfall this winter in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the West has caused travel delays and other problems for people, but wildlife are also suffering, from deer and elk whose food sources are buried under snow and ice to cougars that had to forage in an Oregon town. (Keith Kohl/ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)
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Clean up workers gather oil-contaminated sand bags at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. The clean-up for the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped oversee, climbed to $92 million. The former head of President Donald Trump's transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts for the department. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2015 file photo, workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. The clean-up for the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped oversee, climbed to $92 million. The former head of President Donald Trump's transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts for the department. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Illustration on underground nuclear testing by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Containers of Roundup a weed killer is seen on a shelf at a hardware store in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. A battle over the main ingredient in Roundup, the popular weed killer sprayed by farmers and home gardeners worldwide, is coming to a head in California, where officials want to be the first to label the chemical, glyphosate, with warnings that it could cause cancer. Chemical giant Monsanto has sued the nation's leading agricultural producer, saying state officials illegally based their decision for warning labels on an international health organization. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Containers of Roundup, left, a weed killer is seen on a shelf with other products for sale at a hardware store in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. A battle over the main ingredient in Roundup, the popular weed killer sprayed by farmers and home gardeners worldwide, is coming to a head in California, where officials want to be the first to label the chemical, glyphosate, with warnings that it could cause cancer. Chemical giant Monsanto has sued the nation's leading agricultural producer, saying state officials illegally based their decision for warning labels on an international health organization. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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December 11, 2016: Wake Forest midfielder Ian Harkes (16) controls the ball during the 2nd overtime period of the NCAA men's soccer Championship game between the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Stanford Cardinal at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, TX. Stanford won 5-4 on a penalty kick shootout after two overtime periods ended with a 0-0 score...Trask Smith/CSM (Cal Sport Media via AP Images) **FILE**
