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This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows cash seized by the U.S. Border Patrol who says it's seized more than $3 million that was being smuggled from the U.S. into Mexico. The cash was found Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, inside two cars in Escondido. It's the largest cash seizure ever made by the Border Patrol in San Diego County. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)
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This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Tyrone Noling. The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with the death row inmate who sought DNA testing on a cigarette butt found near the scene of the 1990 double murder that led to his sentence.At issue in the case was whether there is a constitutional appeals process for death row prisoners who have requests for DNA testing denied after a trial ends. The divided court ruled 4-3 Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, that part of a law denying that appeals process is unconstitutional. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016, file photo, released by the East Liverpool Police Department, a young child sits in a vehicle behind his grandmother, Rhonda Pasek and her boyfriend, James Acord, both of whom are unconscious from a drug overdose, in East Liverpool, Ohio. A judge has given relatives custody of the boy. The East Liverpool Review reports no one contested the granting of custody to the boy’s great aunt and uncle during a hearing Monday, Dec. 19 in Columbiana County. (East Liverpool Police Department via AP, File)
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The case of convicted church shooter Dylann Storm Roof is the kind that essentially requires the death penalty, say advocates of increasing the practice. (Associated Press)
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Debris still lies on the crime scene in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, two days after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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In this Aug. 9, 2016 photo, Forensic Chemist Emily Dye works at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va. The Special Testing Laboratory is one of eight forensic labs run by the DEA. Focused on research, it has a worn functionality that gives it an academic feel. Forty chemists work at the lab. Their job is to identify substances seized by law enforcement in the field before they kill too many people. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James is congratulated by teammate Tristan Thompson after making a three-point basket during overtimeof an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. The Cavaliers won 114-108. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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FILE- In this Nov. 1, 2016, file photo, Kauai Community Correctional Center Warden Neal Wagatsuma, left, uses a cellphone while walking out of U.S. District Court in Honolulu with Hawaii Deputy Attorney General Nelson Nabeta. After a week of deliberations, the jury on Tuesday, Dec. 20, voted unanimously in favor of defendants Neal Wagatsuma and the state of Hawaii in a lawsuit brought by a former jail social worker. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)
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Montreal Canadiens' Paul Byron (41) celebrates with teammates Jeff Petry (26), Brian Flynn (32) Shea Weber (6) and Torrey Mitchell (17) after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 in Montreal. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson dunks past Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson rebounds in front of Milwaukee Bucks' Jabari Parker during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving shoots between Milwaukee Bucks' Greg Monroe and Malcolm Brogdon during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James shoots over Milwaukee Bucks' Malcolm Brogdon during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James shoots over Milwaukee Bucks' Malcolm Brogdon during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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President Obama used authority in a section of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a 1953 law, to ban the drilling. (Associated Press)
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Notre Dame's Brianna Turner, right, blocks a shot by Michigan State's Taryn McCutcheon (4) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in East Lansing, Mich. Notre Dame won 79-61. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
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A civil defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)
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Officials investigate a home in the Lennox area of Los Angeles as they search for Lisa Marie Naegle, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Los Angeles police have arrested a man for investigation of murder and are searching his home for the body of a former reality TV show contestant who went missing over the weekend. (Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze via AP)
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Honolulu Police Deputy Chief Cary Okimoto stands before the media at a news conference announcing that he's acting chief, while Chief Louis Kealoha is on paid leave, amid a federal investigation into allegations of civil rights abuses and corruption, in Honolulu, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Kealoha surrendered his gun and badge Tuesday and went on paid leave from the department after receiving notification that he is the target of a federal investigation. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher).