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FILE - In this Friday, May 5, 2017, file photo, Seattle Mariners' Robinson Cano rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Texas Rangers in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Seattle. All-Star second baseman Cano is expected to come off the disabled list when Seattle begins an interleague series at NL East-leading Washington. Cano has been sidelined with a strained quadriceps. The Mariners, last in the AL West, have dropped three straight and seven of 10. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Romell Broom, whose botched execution in September 2009 was called off after two hours when executioners failed to find a usable vein. The Ohio Supreme Court scheduled the lethal procedure for Broom for June 17, 2020. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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Bill Cosby, right, leaves after attending jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby leaves after attending jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 near Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby, right, leaves after attending jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby, right, leaves after attending jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby leaves after attending jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) celebrates a basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half in Game 4 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals, Monday, May 22, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrates a basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half in Game 4 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals, Monday, May 22, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kansas state Sen. Ty Masterson R-Andover, center, outlines a proposal from conservative Republican legislators to fix the state budget for a single year without raising taxes, during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The plan is an alternative to plans to fix the budget for two years by raising taxes. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Illustration on population loss in Europe by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Richard Collins III. Authorities appealed for patience Monday, May 22, 2017, from two college communities reacting in shock, fear and anger after Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student, was arrested in what police called the unprovoked stabbing of a black Bowie State University student. Police and the FBI are investigating the killing of Collins as a possible hate crime, because the suspect, Urbanski, became a member of a racist Facebook group several months ago. (U.S. Army via AP)
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FILE--In this April 26, 2017, fie photo, Caroline Elam holds up a mock prescription order calling for passage of SB562, a single-payer health care bill, during a march to the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. State experts say a California bill that would provide government-funded health coverage for everyone in the state would cost $400 billion and require significant tax increases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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FILE--In this April 26, 2017, file photo, supporters of single-payer health care march to the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. State experts say a California bill that would provide government-funded health coverage for everyone in the state would cost $400 billion and require significant tax increases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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Three demonstrators sit in a crowded hallway in the Pennsylvania Capitol before they are arrested by police as part of the so-called "March on Harrisburg" on Monday, May 22, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. The demonstrators say they want forward movement on a gift ban bill that's been sitting in the Republican-controlled House State Government Committee since it was introduced in January. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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A word "SHAME" is is spray-painted on the Confederate monument located downtown on East Main Street in Norfolk, Va., on Monday, May 22, 2017. The Norfolk City Council decided in 2015 to keep the monument, despite pressure from a local civil rights group. (Lee Tolliver /The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivers his state budget address at the Capitol in Madison, Wis. Walker is continuing to put pressure on fellow Republicans in the Legislature not to raise taxes. Walker on Friday, May 19 promised to veto the entire budget if it results in a net property tax increase to homeowners. And on Monday he fired off a series of tweets defending his budget as the GOP-controlled Legislature continues working on making changes to it. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
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In this May 4, 2017, photo Joanna Smith, of Houston, walks her twin first-graders home from school. One of her children is transgender and Smith fears the child's school would be compelled by the state to "out" her child's biological gender should a "bathroom bill" become law. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)
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In this May 3, 2017, photo, Benjamin Elder, of Friendswood, Texas, plays with a "fidget spinner" as he is interviewed. Ben's mother, Ann, said her son, an 11-year-old transgender boy who was born a female would be singled out for discrimination should state lawmakers pass "a bathroom bill." (AP Photo/John L. Mone)
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In this May 3, 2017, photo, Ann Elder, of Friendswood, Texas, looks on at her son, Benjamin, as he is interviewed inside their home. Benjamin is an 11-year-old transgender boy. A bill that is likely to pass the Texas Legislature this month could force schools to reveal the identities of some transgender students. Elder said she would homeschool him to avoid "having him humiliated every day in front of his classmates." (AP Photo/John L. Mone)
