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A billboard welcomes Pope Francis, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 27, 2017. On Friday, Francis is scheduled to begin a two-day pilgrimage to Egypt aimed at lifting the spirits of Christians in the Middle East, whose numbers have rapidly dwindled in recent decades due to war, displacement and emigration. The visit will include a meeting with Egypt's president and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar as well as a Mass in a stadium on the outskirts of Cairo. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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FILE - In this July 23, 2014, file photo, a fence surrounds the state prison in Florence, Ariz., where the execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood took place. A trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in which news organizations are seeking the source of lethal drugs used in Arizona's executions and the qualifications of those carrying out the death penalty. The lawsuit by The Associated Press and other news organizations was filed after the 2014 death of condemned prisoner Joseph Rudulph Wood, who was given 15 doses of a two-drug combination before he died. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - This Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, Gail Blackmore, right, and James Oler arrive at the courthouse in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Two former bishops of an isolated religious commune in British Columbia were convicted Monday, July 24, of practicing polygamy after a decades-long legal fight launched by the provincial government. The court found James Oler married five women in so-called "celestial" marriages involving residents in the tiny religious community of Bountiful. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Rev. John T. Sweeney, of Greensburg, Pa., second from right, arrives for an appearance before District Judge Cheryl J. Peck-Yakopec, in Leechburg, Pa., Monday, July 24, 2017. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Sweeney was arrested today and charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, for a sexual assault committed against a 10-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Rev. John T. Sweeney, of Greensburg, Pa., center, arrives for an appearance before District Judge Cheryl J. Peck-Yakopec, in Leechburg, Pa., Monday, July 24, 2017. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Sweeney was arrested today and charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, for a sexual assault committed against a 10-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Rev. John T. Sweeney, of Greensburg, Pa. arrives for an appearance before District Judge Cheryl J. Peck-Yakopec, in Leechburg, Pa., Monday, July 24, 2017. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Sweeney was arrested and charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, for a sexual assault committed against a 10-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Rev. John T. Sweeney, of Greensburg, Pa., right, arrives for an appearance before District Judge Cheryl J. Peck-Yakopec, in Leechburg, Pa., Monday, July 24, 2017. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Sweeney was arrested today and charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, for a sexual assault committed against a 10-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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A Syrian displaced family that fled the battle between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State militants from Raqqa arrive at a refugee camp in northeast Syria. The U.S. military is supporting local Syrian forces in a campaign to drive the Islamic State from Raqqa. (Associated Press)
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Rev. John T. Sweeney, of Greensburg, Pa., right, arrives for an appearance before District Judge Cheryl J. Peck-Yakopec, in Leechburg, Pa., Monday, July 24, 2017. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Sweeney was arrested today and charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, for a sexual assault committed against a 10-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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President Trump hosted families described as "victims of Obamacare" at the White House on Monday and warned senators that Americans were demanding action on health care. (Associated Press)
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FIILE - In this March 16, 2017 file photo, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, listens as Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc talks about efforts to overhaul Louisiana's criminal justice system, in Baton Rouge, La. A new Louisiana law that provides a medical-furlough program for inmates could save the state millions in annual medical costs, if a proposed overhaul of the national health care system doesn’t end Medicaid expansion in the state. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)
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In this July 19, 2017 photo, community advocate Tito Rodriguez, of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, leaves after visiting with folks at Our Place in Gloucester, Mass. Gloucester, like many other communities, is seeing more addicts overdosing on more potent varieties of the drug than it did when its amnesty program rocketed to national notoriety. The rising toll is prompting city officials to try new approaches. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, Gloucester Police Chief John McCarthy opens a box containing NARCAN used to reverse an opioid overdose as he discusses a new Angel Program outreach plan that will be instituted with community advocates at the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, at the police station in Gloucester, Mass. Gloucester, like many other communities, is seeing more addicts overdosing on more potent varieties of the drug than it did when its amnesty program rocketed to national notoriety. The rising toll is prompting city officials to try new approaches. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, Gloucester Police Chief John McCarthy discusses a new Angel Program outreach plan that will be instituted with community advocates at the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, at the police station in Gloucester, Mass. Gloucester, like many other communities, is seeing more addicts overdosing on more potent varieties of the drug than it did when its amnesty program rocketed to national notoriety. The rising toll is prompting city officials to try new approaches. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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In this July 19, 2017 photo, Gloucester Police Chief John McCarthy, left, and Lt. Dave Quinn, center, discuss a new Angel Program outreach plan with community advocate Tito Rodriguez, right, of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, at the police station in Gloucester, Mass. Nearly 300 police departments across the nation have adopted the Gloucester police department’s ANGEL program, which encourages addicts to turn in their drugs to police to get fast-tracked for treatment. But McCarthy says Gloucester is seeing more fatal overdoses than when the program began in June 2015, prompting police and addiction counselors to seek new approaches. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this July 19, 2017 photo, Mary, left, smiles and reaches out to community advocate Tito Rodriguez, of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, as they discuss her need for residential substance abuse treatment, during his visit to the Grace Center in Gloucester, Mass. As an outreach worker, Rodriguez' job is to keep up with the hundreds of addicts that have gone through the program and to seek out new participants. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. lead Congressional Democrats to a news conference to unveil their new agenda, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Berryville, Va. House and Senate Democrats are offering a retooled message and populist agenda, promising to working Americans "someone has your back." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., joined by Congressional Democrats speaks in Berryville, Va., Monday, July 24, 2017, to unveil the Democrats new agenda. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif, speaks in Berryville, Va., Monday, July 24, 2017, to unveil the Democrats new agenda. From letf are, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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CORRECTS LAST NAME TO CLARKE FROM CARTER - In this July 5, 2017, photo, Markysha Clarke poses for a portrait in Decatur, Ga., with her Taurus PT111 handgun. Clarke, a 40-year-old marketing specialist for a bank. Clarke is among the ranks of the nation's black women who own a firearm. She started taking classes but each time, "the nervous jitters" would creep in. Then about a month ago, she decided to buy a firearm for protection. She worries about remaining safe should she ever be stopped by a police officer. "As a black person in America, this is a major problem," she said. "You hope and pray you're following all the rules and that officer stopping you is following all the rules and doesn't have an agenda." (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
