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Thiago Silva of Brazil, top, jumps above Gonzalo Higuaín of Argentina to head the ball during their friendly soccer international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, June 9, 2017. (Julian Smith/AAP Image via AP)
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In this Thursday, June 8, 2017 photo, the Dragoon fire is visible from just off Interstate 10, seen from Benson, Ariz. Up to 30 homes in Cochise County were being evacuated as a precaution Thursday night due to erratic wind behavior that is aiding a lightning-caused wildfire in the area, authorities said. County Sheriff's officials said the evacuation for the Cochise Stronghold area was due to a wildfire that has grown to about 200 acres. Another wildfire continues to burn near the small community of Dragoon and has charred about 5.4 square miles and burned one home. (AP Photo/Astríd Galván)
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In this Thursday, June 8, 2017 photo farm buildings are surrounded by flood waters from the Little Popo Agie River near the small town of Hudson in Fremont County, Wyo. Snowmelt from mountains in central western Wyoming has caused flooding along many streams and several large rivers. (Dan Bendtsen/The Ranger via AP)
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FILE - In this May 11, 2015, file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Federal officials are requesting a 20-year extension involving the storage at an Idaho facility of reactor core debris from the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The U.S. Department of Energy in a document made public on Friday, June 9, is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to renew a license for the storage to 2039 at its square mile site in eastern Idaho that includes the Idaho National Laboratory. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
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Public transportation officials in Madrid have started a campaign against "manspreading." Signs will warn individuals to refrain from sitting in ways that extend into another customer's space. (Image: Madrid Municipal Transport Company)
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A helicopter flies with a water bucket to extinguish nearby fires in the coastal town of Knysna, South Africa, Friday June 9, 2017. Recent fires have resulted in fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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A helicopter fills its water bucket to extinguish nearby fires in the coastal town of Knysna, South Africa, Friday June 9, 2017. Recent fires have resulted in fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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A helicopter flies with a water bucket to extinguish nearby fires in the coastal town of Knysna, South Africa, Friday June 9, 2017. Recent fires have resulted in fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Fires smolder in a burnt out forest in Knysna, South Africa, Friday, June 9, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province with fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Fires smolder in a burnt out forest in Knysna, South Africa, Friday, June 9, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province with fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Fires smolder in burnt out landscape in Knysna, South Africa, Friday, June 9, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province with fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Illustration on Democrat discord over withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker answers the question of a reporter patched into his news conference by phone on Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Walker's communications director, Grace Jang, listens in the background. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Hawaii coffee farmer Andres Magana Ortiz speaks to reporters in Honolulu on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Magana Ortiz must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Hawaii coffee farmer Andres Magana Ortiz speaks to reporters in Honolulu on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Magana Ortiz must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Hawaii coffee farmer Andres Magana Ortiz speaks to reporters in Honolulu on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Magana Ortiz must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Threes Brewing in Brooklyn, New York, will release "Gender Neutral" beer on June 22, 2017, leading up to NYC Pride. (Image: Threes Brewing promotional photo)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, Elese Washines, assistant professor at Heritage University and Higher education program manager for the Yakama Nation, performs a hooding ceremony honoring Russell Jim, longtime manager of the Yakama Nation's Environmental Restoration and Environmental Cleanup program, for his influence in Hanford cleanup efforts during a ceremony at Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash. (Shawn Gust/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)
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In this April 8, 2011, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, a polar bear walks across rubble ice in the Alaska portion of the southern Beaufort Sea. Rapid global warming has increased the speed of sea ice drifting off Alaska's northern coasts and polar bears are paying a price, according to a new federal study. (Mike Lockhart/USGS via AP)
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A "No Pipeline" sign is posted next to a property line marker only a few feet from the center line of the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Bolar, Va. Virginia's top environmental official says the state is going "above and beyond" in its efforts to evaluate what impact two proposed natural gas pipelines would have on water quality. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
