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A group of friends from Clearlake, Calif., walk Elk Mountain Road as they look for a favorable sledding hill at Penny Pines above Upper Lake in the Mendocino National Forest, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The new year is starting off with snow on San Francisco Bay Area peaks and cool and wet weather throughout the region. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
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This book cover image released by Atlantic Monthly Press shows, "The Beautiful Dead," by Belinda Bauer. (Atlantic Monthly Press via AP)
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China on the Trump Radar Screen Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this late Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, one of 15 critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles peers from its rehabilitation tub after being flown from New England to the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. The turtles were rescued from coastal waters of Cape Cod, Mass., suffering from cold stunning. They were initially treated by New England Aquarium personnel and then transported to the Keys by a group of volunteer general aviation pilots dubbed "Sea Turtle Lift Off." Most have been diagnosed with pneumonia and need treatment including the opportunity to warm up in the Keys. (Larry Benvenuti/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
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In this late Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, veterinarians Doug Mader and Helen Ingraham examine a critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle flown from New England to the hospital in Marathon, Fla., after being rescued from coastal waters of Cape Cod, Mass., suffering from cold stunning. Fifteen turtles were transported to the Keys by a group of volunteer general aviation pilots who call themselves "Sea Turtle Lift Off." Most of the turtles have been diagnosed with pneumonia. Their treatment is to consist of administering antibiotics, vitamins, food and providing habitats with warm water at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. (Larry Benvenuti/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
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In this late Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Turtle Hospital staff member Marika Weber begins to treat a critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle flown from New England to the hospital in Marathon, Fla., after being rescued from coastal waters of Cape Cod, Mass., suffering from cold stunning. The turtle is one of 15 transported to the Keys by a group of volunteer general aviation pilots who call themselves "Sea Turtle Lift Off." Most of the turtles have been diagnosed with pneumonia. Their treatment is to consist of administering antibiotics, vitamins, food and providing habitats with warm water at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. (Larry Benvenuti/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
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As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, Frank Steslow, foreground, president of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, points out the progress in construction during a tour of the museum in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers set up netting during construction at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, section of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science is shown during construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, Frank Steslow, president of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, points out the progress in construction during a tour of the museum in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers pour concrete at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science under construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers pour concrete at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science under construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers are seen during construction at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, the building housing the aquarium at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science is shown under construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In a Monday, Dec 26, 2016 photo, traffic is reduced to two lanes on Highway 75 for construction, in Omaha, Neb. Residents just south of Omaha are concerned that a highway project from Bellevue to Plattsmouth will create long-lasting issues. (Matt Dixon/The World-Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 file photo, 30 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, a motorist stops to take photos of a herd of big horn sheep grazing along U.S. Highway 93, in Boulder City, Nev. Wildlife officials say a recent count found more wild desert bighorn sheep lambs this year than last year in the River Mountains of southern Nevada. But the herd is still struggling with an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia that researchers say the animals have no natural way to fight. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, Monsanto crew members Gerard Manuel, left, and Rommel Angale, count corn sprouts in a field of test hybrids in a breeding nursery near Kihei, Hawaii. Hawaii residents concerned about pesticide use by major agriculture companies on the islands are planning a push to strengthen regulation over chemicals they fear harm their health. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 23, 2015, file photo, a man wearing a gas mask protests against Monsanto as a nearby ukulele player strummed a song at a Waikiki Beach rally in Honolulu. He was part of an international day of protests against the agriculture company. Hawaii residents concerned about pesticides are planning a push to strengthen regulation over chemicals they fear harm their health. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)
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A huge TV screen shows forecast of Beijing's air quality as the capital of China is blanked by heavy smog on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. China's Ministry of Environment says an unspecified number of companies have violated measures meant to reduce smog as the country deals with a phase of particularly noxious pollution. Beijing has been on "orange alert" the second highest pollution alert level since Friday. The alert was originally due to end on Sunday but authorities have extended it a further three days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
