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A woman holds a phone up to "Self-portrait" by Laura Knight during a media preview for the "Queer British Art 1861-1967" exhibition at Tate Britain in London, Monday,April 3, 2017. The show, which opens to the public on Wednesday, includes works that relate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans identities and marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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A man stands next to American artist Robert Harper Pennington's "Oscar Wild" painting and the door of Oscar Wilde's prison cell at Reading Jail, during a media preview for the "Queer British Art 1861-1967" exhibition at Tate Britain in London, Monday, April 3, 2017. The show, which opens to the public on Wednesday, includes works that relate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans identities and marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Afghan refugee children are lifted onto a truck at the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees repatriation center after the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened this month. (Associated Press)
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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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CORRECTS TO 10TH DISTRICT OFFICERS, NOT AREA 10 OFFICERS - Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with 10th District officers as he talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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CORRECTS TO 10TH DISTRICT OFFICERS, NOT AREA 10 OFFICERS - Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with 10th District officers as he talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Lobbyists and people wait outside the Senate Chamber as legislative leaders work on the state budget at the state Capitol on Sunday, April 2, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Illustration on Rhode Island's Medicaid system by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Pro-life advocates want a new reconciliation bill to defund abortion provider Planned Parenthood after the House failed to pass a health care bill last week. Republicans could use the reconciliation tool in order to head off a Democratic filibuster. (Associated Press)
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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with Area 10 officers as he talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson, right, leaves the room after talking with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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CORRECTS TO 10TH DISTRICT OFFICERS, NOT AREA 10 OFFICERS - Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with 10th District officers as he talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Chicago Police Department Area Central Detective Commander Brendan Deenihan talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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This image of a document provided by the State of Ohio Office of Vital Statistics shows Doris Mary Kappelhoff's birth certificate. Kappelhoff, known as actress Doris Day, was born April 3, 1922 and celebrates her 95th birthday Monday. (State of Ohio Office of Vital Statistics via AP)
