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Tausha Rawls, right, and Melody Vaughn, two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services social workers, speak with reporters about their actions which saved the life of a Madison County child earlier this year, and earned them the first ever Governor's Award for Outstanding Service in Child Protection and Well-Being during a statewide meeting of MDCPS social workers in Jackson, Miss., Friday, June 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, right, hugs Tausha Rawls, left, one of two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services social workers honored for their actions which saved the life of a Madison County child earlier this year, with the first ever Governor's Award for Outstanding Service in Child Protection and Well-Being during a statewide meeting of MDCPS social workers in Jackson, Miss., Friday, June 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, right, reads the citation as he honors Tausha Rawls, left, and Melody Vaughn, two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services social workers for their actions which saved the life of a Madison County child earlier this year, with the first ever Governor's Award for Outstanding Service in Child Protection and Well-Being during a statewide meeting of MDCPS social workers in Jackson, Miss., Friday, June 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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This Thursday, June 22, 2017 booking made available by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows 38-year-old Shawkat Mzayek, who was arrested for threatening to blow up a Florida mosque. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Krystinah Rosales, 2, reaches for a picture of her mother, Genevive Dawes, that family members displayed at a news conference Friday, June 23, 2017, in Dallas. Dawes was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer in January. A grand jury has recommended an aggravated assault charge against the officer. (AP Photo/Jaime Dunaway)
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Family members of Genevive Dawes, who was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer in January, speak at a news conference Friday, June 23, 2017, in Dallas. A grand jury has recommended an aggravated assault charge against the officer. (AP Photo/Jaime Dunaway)
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Krystinah Rosales, 2, and Cerenity Rosales, 1, are held by family members at a news conference Friday, June 23, 2017, in Dallas. Their mother, Genevive Dawes, was killed by a Dallas police officer in January. A grand jury has recommended an aggravated assault charge against the officer. (AP Photo/Jaime Dunaway)
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Rubie Saucedo, back left, comforts Mary Dawes, front right, while attorney Dary Washington, front left, speaks during a news conference Friday, June 23, 2017, in Dallas. Dawes' daughter, Genevive, was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer in January. A grand jury has recommended an aggravated assault charge against the officer. (AP Photo/Jaime Dunaway)
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Mary Dawes, center, becomes emotional while lawyer Daryl Washington, left, speaks at a news conference Friday, June 23, 2017, in Dallas. Dawes' daughter, Genevive, who was pregnant at the time, was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer in January. A grand jury has recommended an aggravated assault charge against the officer. (AP Photo/Jaime Dunaway)
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Renee Tartaglione leaves the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Friday, June 23, 2017. Tartaglione, a member of a politically connected Philadelphia family, has been convicted of defrauding a nonprofit mental health clinic out of about $1 million for her personal benefit. A U.S. District Court jury convicted Tartaglione Friday on all counts of conspiracy, theft, fraud and tax evasion. (David Maialetti /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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FILE - In this March 24, 1966, file photo, John "Sonny" Franzese waits to be booked at the Elizabeth Street police station in New York, after his arrest on a 43-count gambling indictment. Franzese, a reputed Colombo crime family underboss reported to be the oldest inmate in the federal prison system was released Friday, June 23, 2017, at the age of 100. Newsday reported that Franzese left the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Mass., in a wheelchair just before noon Friday. He was serving a 50-year sentence for bank robbery.. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)
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In this March 24, 1966, file photo, John "Sonny" Franzese, center, is escorted to the Elizabeth Street police station in New York, after his arrest on a 43-count gambling indictment. Franzese, a reputed Colombo crime family underboss reported to be the oldest inmate in the federal prison system was released Friday, June 23, 2017, at the age of 100. Newsday reported that Franzese left the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Mass., in a wheelchair just before noon Friday. He was serving a 50-year sentence for bank robbery. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)
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William C. Bradford, a former law professor who was recently appointed by President Trump to run the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy, has apologized for "offensive" tweets he sent as recently as December. (William C. Bradford via The Washington Post)
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Ray Tensing reacts as Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz declares a mistrial in the retrial of Tensing Friday, June 23, 2017, in Cincinnati. Tensing, a former University of Cincinnati police officer, was charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Jurors deliberated more than 30 hours over five days. (Cara Owsley /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Audrey DuBose, right, mother of Sam DuBose, looks at the jury as Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz declares a mistrial in the retrial of Ray Tensing Friday, June 23, 2017, in Cincinnati. Tensing, a former University of Cincinnati police officer, was charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Jurors deliberated more than 30 hours over five days. (Cara Owsley /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Judge Leslie Ghiz reads what is known as the "Allen charge," which instructs jurors to re-examine their opinion after the jury said they are deadlocked during former University of Cincinnati police officer Raymond Tensing's trial on Friday, June 23, 2017 in Cincinnati. Tensing is charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a 2015 traffic stop. (Cara Owsley /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Former University of Cincinnati police officer Raymond Tensing, left, and his attorney Stew Mathews listen as Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz declares a mistrial on Friday, June 23, 2017 in Cincinnati. Tensing was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a 2015 traffic stop. (Cara Owsley /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Former University of Cincinnati police officer Raymond Tensing reacts as Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz declares a mistrial on Friday, June 23, 2017 in Cincinnati. Tensing was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a 2015 traffic stop. (Cara Owsley /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2011, file photo, Texas women's head track and field coach Beverly Kearney smiles during practice in Austin, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court has refused to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas by former women's track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after the school learned of a romantic relationship with one of her athletes a decade earlier. (Ralph Barrera/American-Statesman via AP, File)
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos shows the medal of Doctor Honoris Causa to during a ceremony at the Sorbonne university in Paris, France, Friday , June 23, 2017. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is on a three-day visit to France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
