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Philadelphia 76ers' Robert Covington reacts after being charged with a foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 105-99. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Philadelphia 76ers' Dario Saric, left, goes up for a shot against Boston Celtics' Amir Johnson during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 115-99. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Emergency personnel work at the scene early Sunday, March 19, 2017, of a fatal shooting Saturday in Baton Rouge, La. A sheriff's deputy died after being shot near a barber shop during the course of an investigation, authorities said Sunday. (Michael Dunlap/The Advocate via AP)
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Emergency personnel work at the scene early Sunday, March 19, 2017, of a fatal shooting Saturday in Baton Rouge, La. A sheriff's deputy died after being shot near a barber shop during the course of an investigation, authorities said Sunday. (Michael Dunlap/The Advocate via AP)
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Emergency personnel work at the scene early Sunday, March 19, 2017, of a fatal shooting Saturday in Baton Rouge, La. A sheriff's deputy died after being shot near a barber shop during the course of an investigation, authorities said Sunday. (Michael Dunlap/The Advocate via AP)
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Louisiana State Trooper Senior Bryan Lee, left, addresses media about the fatal shooting of an East Baton Rouge Sheriff Deputy as East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sheriff Deputy spokesperson Casey Hick, second from left, Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, second from right, and Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie listen Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. The deputy was killed while doing investigative work at a strip mall on Saturday. (Michael Dunlap/The Advocate via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Mentor Police Department in Mentor, Ohio, shows Gina Miller, who pleaded guilty to an aggravated theft charge for what authorities say she claimed to be a psychic reader, bilking a dozen people of $1.4 million to protect them from dark forces. Miller could face eight years in prison when she’s sentenced in April 2017 in Painesville, Ohio. (Mentor Police Department via AP)
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Stephen McAllister, representing the state of Kansas, gives oral arguments before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
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Janet Crepps, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, argues before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, on behalf of Kansas City-area physicians Herbert Hodes and Traci Nauser for an independent recognition of the right of Kansas women to terminate a pregnancy and to affirm the district court's injunction putting the law on hold pending trial. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen asks questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion.(Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)
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In this photo taken March 3, 2017, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court could make it easier for landowners to get paid when government rules make their property less valuable. Justices hear arguments Monday in a dispute over a Wisconsin family’s effort to sell a riverfront plot they say has been stripped of value by conservation rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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This March 3, 2017, photo shows Jim and Kristin Ellenson's 2012 Cadillac SRX in their driveway in Corvallis, Ore. The couple bought the vehicle used from Jones 5 Auto Sales in November 2015. But the Gazette-Times reported that within a week of bringing it home they realized they had a big problem: The Corvallis car dealership had shut down amid a criminal investigation, owner Shannon Jones had dropped out of sight, and dozens of people were coming forward claiming they had been ripped off. (Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP)
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This March 3, 2017, photo shows Jim and Kristin Ellenson's 2012 Cadillac SRX in their driveway in Corvallis, Ore. The couple bought the vehicle used from Jones 5 Auto Sales in November 2015. But the Gazette-Times reported that within a week of bringing it home they realized they had a big problem: The Corvallis car dealership had shut down amid a criminal investigation, owner Shannon Jones had dropped out of sight, and dozens of people were coming forward claiming they had been ripped off. (Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP)
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Duke's Lexie Brown (4) and Hampton's K'lynn Willis (10) chase a loose ball during the first half of a first-round game in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament in Durham, N.C., Saturday, March 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Gonzaga forward Zach Collins (32) sticks his hand through the hoop to block a shot by Northwestern center Dererk Pardon (5) in an NCAA college basketball tournament in Salt Lake City, Saturday, March 18, 2017. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Northwestern coach Chris Collins, center, yells after Gonzaga forward Zach Collins put his hand through the hoop to block a shot in an NCAA college basketball tournament in Salt Lake City, Saturday, March 18, 2017. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2017 file photo, Dr. Larry Nassar listens to testimony of a witness during a preliminary hearing in Lansing, Mich. Records show a Michigan State University doctor resigned in January after learning the school was considering her termination because she didn't disclose that USA Gymnastics was investigating Dr. Larry Nassar. Nassar is accused of assaulting a girl from the age of 6 until the girl was 12 at his home in Holt, Mich. He has pleaded not guilty. (Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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FILE - In this May 2014 file photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. A court in Poland recently issued an arrest warrant for Michael Karkoc, opening the way for his possible extradition on war crimes charges. Karkoc’s son, Andriy Karkoc, says his 98-year-old father is innocent, and he’s asking U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken to intervene. A spokesman for Klobuchar says the senator believes the matter should be addressed in the criminal justice system. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)
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FILE- In this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Marc Mukasey, far right, listens as his father, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, left, makes remarks during his ceremonial swearing-in at the Justice Department in Washington. Marc Mukasey is on the sort list to become the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. From left are, Michael Mukasey, Chief Justice John Roberts, Mukasey's wife Susan, President Bush, Mukasey's son-in-law Corey Barkoff, grandson William Barkoff, 5, daughter Jessica Barkoff, grandson Benjamin Barkoff, 3, and son Marc Mukasey. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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FILE- In this May 7, 2015 file photo, James McGovern, right, Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in Rome, N.Y. McGovern, who held a top spot in the Brooklyn office until leaving in 2016 for private practice, is on a list of candidates to become the next U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)