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In this 2014 photo provided by the Center for Conservation Biology, orca scat floats on the Salish Sea in Washington State. A new study to be published Thursday, June 29, 2017, says that the small population of endangered Puget Sound orcas are having pregnancy problems due to stress from not getting enough salmon to eat. (Center for Conservation Biology/via AP)
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Emergency personnel respond to new Richmond Hall on the Murray State University campus after an explosion occurred, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Officials say a blast at an unused Kentucky dormitory has caused extensive damage, with one employee hospitalized with injuries. Calloway County Emergency Management Director Bill Call told media outlets that the explosion at Murray State University was believed to have been caused by a natural gas leak. (Edward Marlowe/The Paducah Sun via AP)
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US President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt make US Paris climate agreement statement in the Rose Garden of the White House June 01, 2017. ( Official Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
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President Donald Trump places a prayer in-between the stone blocks of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Monday, May 22, 2017. (Official White House Photo by Dan Hansen)
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Illustration on locking down North Korea's nuclear weapons threat by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the current mixed feelings over our national heritage by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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North Korea Dilemma Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Climate-friendly Midwest Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this photo provided by Jill Baker, a forest fire burns through a rugged section of Arizona on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, near the town of Mayer, Ariz. The wildfire burning through a dense Arizona forest has forced thousands of people from their homes, closed a major road and created a huge plume of smoke over the same area devastated by a blaze that killed 19 firefighters four years ago. (Jill Baker via AP)
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A wildfire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Prescott Valley, Ariz. The fire about 100 miles north of Phoenix has forced the evacuation of Mayer and parts of Dewey-Humboldt along with several other communities. Some areas and subdivisions are under pre-evacuation notices. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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This undated photo provided by the Alutiiq Museum shows petroglyphs carved into a shoreline boulder adjacent to the remains of a prehistoric intertidal fish trap on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Archaeologists based on the island at the museum made the discovery during a survey of Afognak Native Corporation land. (Patrick Saltonstall/Alutiiq Museum via AP)
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An evacuee from the Goodwin fire enters a Red Cross shelter, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. Forest officials say over a dozen campground and other recreation areas have been closed because of the wildfire in northern Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A wildfireburns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire about 100 miles north of Phoenix has forced the evacuation of Mayer and parts of Dewey-Humboldt along with several other communities. Some areas and subdivisions are under pre-evacuation notices. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this Tuesday, June 27, 2017, photo, Amy Smith, front, moves branches as Darren Bressler cuts them down from a large tree that fell in Laramie, Wyo. Wind gusts of up to 90 mph knocked out power and downed trees in Laramie on Tuesday. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
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In this Tuesday, June 27, 2017, photo, people look at an uprooted tree at La Bonte Park in Laramie, Wyo.in Laramie, Wyo. Wind gusts of up to 90 mph knocked out power and downed trees in Laramie on Tuesday. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
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In this Tuesday, June 27, 2017, photo, Song Win Kempany, left, and her mother, Hephzibah Tate, right, survey a damaged tree in Laramie, Wyo. Wind gusts of up to 90 mph knocked out power and downed trees in Laramie on Tuesday. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
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FILE - In this Monday, June 19, 2017 file photo, Fremont County undersheriff Ryan Lee inspects a bridge that was destroyed by flooding outside of Riverton, Wyo. Rivers and streams in central and western Wyoming are receding after a melting record snowpack poured the equivalent of 30 inches or more of water down mountains over the last three weeks. The high water caused widespread flooding, interrupted travel on a route to Yellowstone National Park and cut off water to farm crops by damaging an irrigation canal. (Daniel Bendsten /The Ranger via AP, File)
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A fire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire has burned over 28 square miles (73 square kilometers). More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that's near the small town where 19 members of an elite firefighting unit were killed while battling a blaze four years ago. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A fire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire has burned over 28 square miles (73 square kilometers). More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that's near the small town where 19 members of an elite firefighting unit were killed while battling a blaze four years ago. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A fire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire has burned over 28 square miles (73 square kilometers). More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that's near the small town where 19 members of an elite firefighting unit were killed while battling a blaze four years ago. (AP Photo/Matt York)
