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Philadelphia 76ers' Justin Anderson goes up to dunk during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, right, goes up to shoot against Philadelphia 76ers' Dario Saric during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Philadelphia 76ers' Justin Anderson goes up to dunk during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Archbishop Michael Byrnes poses for a photo in front of his residence in Hagatna, Guam, Friday, March 3, 2017. Byrnes, the current leader of Guam's Catholic Church, says financial settlements could be a good solution for the archdiocese, which is facing $115 million in civil lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse at the hands of priests. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)
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"Pistol" Pete Maravich's wife, Jackie Maravich, listens as their son Josh speaks while Maravich's No. 44 Atlanta Hawks jersey is retired during halftime of an NBA basketball game between the Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Philips Arena on Friday, March 3, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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A car is wedged between a PennDOT truck and a tractor-trailer Friday, March 3, 2017. Several Pennsylvania interstates are closed and numerous injuries have been reported as police respond to weather-related crashes and pileups. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says snow squalls moving across the state led to several multi-vehicle wrecks Friday. A pileup on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County has sent multiple people to the hospital. (Frank Andruscavage/Republican-Herald via AP)
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Rick Cook, right, and Dalton Brown move a sign while setting up for the High Times Cannabis Cup festival, Friday, March 3, 2017, near Moapa, Nev. A federal prosecutor has snuffed out plans by pot fans to celebrate Nevada's new recreational marijuana law by lighting up on an Indian reservation near Las Vegas. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden took a hard line in a letter to organizers of a cannabis festival this weekend, saying federal law applies and pot smokers could be prosecuted. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Newly sworn-in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and his wife Lola, right, greets an Interior Department employee on the Interior Department's 168th birthday, Friday, March 3, 2017, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Matthew Daly) ** FILE **
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This house in St. Louis is believed to be the home of Juan Thompson, who was arrested early Friday and charged with cyberstalking. (Associated Press)
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New York City Police officers attend the funeral service for slain Whittier police officer Keith Wayne Boyer at Calvary Chapel Downey on Friday March 3, 2017, in Downey, Calif. Boyer was killed Feb. 20 when he went to help a driver involved in a car crash and the driver opened fire. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Law enforcement officers stand in line to salute a police motorcade honoring slain Whittier police Officer Keith Wayne Boyer, as it arrives at the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Calif., Friday, March 3, 2017. Boyer was killed Feb. 20 when he went to help a driver involved in a car crash, and the driver opened fire. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Citizens wave flags at a procession to honor slain Whittier police Officer Keith Wayne Boyer, arriving at the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Calif., Friday, March 3, 2017. Boyer was killed Feb. 20 when he went to help a driver involved in a car crash, and the driver opened fire. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Del. Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore, explains his vote on Friday, March 3, 2017 for a bill to require businesses with 15 or more employees to provide paid sick leave in Maryland. Clippinger sponsored the legislation, which passed the House of Delegates 88-51. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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This undated photo provided by the Cuyahoga County prosecutors office shows David Spaulding. Court records reviewed by The Associated Press show that 60-year-old David Spaulding has been cited more than 250 times for panhandling since 2013. (Cuyahoga County prosecutors office via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma football player Joe Mixon speaks out for the first time since the release of a 2014 video showing him punching a woman in the face, at a press conference in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook believes Joe Mixon should be at this week's NFL's scouting combine. Mixon was absent during Friday's, March 3, 2017, running back workouts because a league policy bars players convicted of violent crimes from attending. Mixon and Westbrook were college teammates. (Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated photo provided by Tarrant County, Texas office shows Rosa Maria Ortega. A lawyer for Ortega, sentenced to eight years in prison for voter fraud in Texas, says she's been released as her appeal is pending. Attorney Clark Birdsall said 37-year-old Ortega was released Thursday , March 2, 2017, after posting $11,111.11 bond. Ortega was convicted in Fort Worth last month on two felony counts of illegal voting.(Tarrant County, Texas via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, file photo, missing teacher Tara Grinstead is displayed on a billboard in Ocilla, Ga. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricketson tells multiple news outlets that investigators returned to a pecan farm Wednesday, March 1, 2017, searching for Grinstead’s remains. Investigators dug through a wooded area Tuesday for Grinstead, who went missing from her Ocilla home in 2005. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-In this 2012 photo provided by a former member of the church, Jeffrey Cooper holds his infant daughter at her 2012 baby dedication at the Word of Faith Fellowship compound in Spindale, N.C. At second right is Frank Webster, an assistant North Carolina prosecutor who is married to church leader Jane Whaley's daughter, Robin, left. At right is Frank Webster's son, Brock. At second left is Jeffrey Coopers' wife, Natalie. Frank Webster and Chris Back _ church ministers who handle criminal cases as assistant DAs for three nearby counties _ provided legal advice, helped at strategy sessions and participated in a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing a former member, according to former congregants interviewed as part of an AP investigation of Word of Faith. (AP Photo)
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Two known MS-13 gang members, formerly of El Salvador, Miguel Alvarez-Flores, right, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera appear in court Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Houston. The pair, who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment, are suspects in the killing of one teenager and the kidnapping of another. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**
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Two known MS-13 gang members, formerly of El Salvador, Miguel Alvarez-Flores, left, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera appear in court Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Houston. The pair, who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment, are suspects in the killing of one teenager and the kidnapping of another. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
