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Police and evacuated visitors stand outside London Zoo after a gorilla escaped in London, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. London police say an incident involving a gorilla that escaped from its enclosure at the London Zoon has been concluded. There are reports the animal was subdued Thursday with a tranquilizer gun and recaptured. There were no initial reports of injuries. (Lynne Chapman via AP)
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FILE - In this April 9, 2016 file photo, Kendall Jenner arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Burbank, Calif. Jenner appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, to testify against a man charged with stalking the actress after he was arrested outside her Hollywood Hills home in August. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - This Aug. 19, 2014 file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Sgt. Steven Owen. Owen was shot and killed Oct. 5, 2016, while answering a burglary report in Lancaster, Calif. Police motorcycles and cruisers are leading a procession to the memorial service for Owen Thursday morning, Oct. 13. Hundreds of law enforcement personnel are expected to attend along with Owen's family, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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This Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 photo shows the convoy transporting Asian elephants Maia and Guida to their new home, Latin America's first elephant sanctuary in Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil. The two, along with possibly dozens more elephants in the future, will get veterinary care as they live out their lives in forested areas, pasture lands with hills, large boulders, streams and springs in western Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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A British man from Cumbria dresses as Batman to scare away people dressed as "creepy clowns." The campaign has been put together by a group called "Cumbria Superheroes" to make children feel safe. (BBC screenshot)
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In this May 24, 2016 file photo, Conan O'Brien attends "A Night Out With" FYC Event in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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This image from video, provided by UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences, taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows University of Pittsburgh researcher Robert Gaunt preparing Nathan Copeland for research testing if brain implants could help the paralyzed man feel sensation in his own hand while using a mind-controlled robotic arm. (Timothy Betler/UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences via AP)
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Thais hold portraits of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital where the king is being treated in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Thais chanted prayers Wednesday as the country's stock market and currency tumbled and the prime minister canceled an overseas trip amid concerns about long-ailing King Adulyadej's health. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Thais cry outside Siriraj Hospital where King Bhumibol Adulyadej was treated in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Thailand's Royal Palace said King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died at age 88. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A Thai woman puts her hands together in prayer at Siriraj Hospital where Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej was being treated in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Thailand's Royal Palace said King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died at age 88. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering at the New Jersey State Museum during a Hispanic Heritage Month event Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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ADVANCE FOR OCT. 17, 2016, AND ON - In this Sept. 28, 2016, photo, Ojibwe storyteller Anne Dunn discusses her work at a cabin on Drewery Lake outside Bemidji, Minn. Dunn wrote her 75 best stories in a new collection. (John Enger/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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Argentinian soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona warms up prior to the 'United for Peace', charity soccer match at Rome' s Olympic stadium, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)
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FILE - This July 22, 2012, file photo shows U.S. singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performing onstage at "Les Vieilles Charrues" Festival in Carhaix, western France. Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature, announced Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
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In this Jan. 12, 2012, file photo, Bob Dylan performs in Los Angeles. Dylan was named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award to someone primarily seen as a musician. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Bob Dylan in 1965 (Associated Press/File)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, Joe Lopez, a communications director at Richard Nixon Foundation, watches a film that opens with Nixon’s resignation speech after the Watergate scandal at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Oct. 7, 2016 photo, Buddhist nun and musician Ani Choying Drolma, center, performs during a concert in Mumbai, India. She is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name, not because she’s a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl’s school and a hospital for kidney patients but because she is one of the country’s biggest pop stars. With more than 12 albums of melodious Nepali tunes and Tibetan hymns that highlight themes of peace and harmony, the songstress in saffron robes has won hearts across the Himalayan nation and abroad. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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This May 5, 2016 photo provided by the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows an elephant seal named Phyllis at Ano Nuevo Natural Preserve within Ano Nuevo State Park near Pescadero, Calif. UC Santa Cruz researchers say Phyllis has set a record by swimming farther west than any other tracked elephant seal. Officials said Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, that by the time Phyllis arrives back in California in January 2017, she will have completed a 7,400-mile foraging adventure. (NMFS permit No. 19108). (Rachel Holser/University of California, Santa Cruz via AP)
