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FILE- In this April 26, 2018, file photo, the Orient Dispatch, a bulk carrier ship, makes its way south on the Hudson River near Peekskill, N.Y. New York officials who are pushing for additional cleanup of the Hudson River followed through Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 on their promise of a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The federal lawsuit seeks to overturn the EPA's decision in April not to compel General Electric to restart dredging for polychlorinated biphenyls from the upper river. Agency officials had said more time and testing are needed to fully assess the $1.7 billion Superfund cleanup. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

State officials sue EPA, seeking more Hudson River cleanup

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In this May 8, 2019, photo, pigs eat feed at a pig farm in Panggezhuang village in northern China's Hebei province. As a deadly virus ravages pig herds across Asia, scientists are accelerating efforts to develop a vaccine to help guard the world's pork supply. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Urgency for vaccine grows as virus ravages China’s pigs

By SAM MCNEIL and CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press

New sex abuse lawsuits filed against Boy Scouts in New York

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at City Hall, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

In de Blasio’s New York, resisting arrest has unfortunate consequences — for the arresting officer

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Lawsuit accuses upstate New York jail of discrimination

By RYAN TARINELLI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012, file photo, Alicia Arden arrives on the red carpet at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Arden, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s first known accusers, says police didn’t take her complaint seriously in 1997 and blew the chance to bring the financier to justice long before he was charged with sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls and women. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Early Epstein accuser: Police could have stopped him in 1997

By KATIE CAMPIONE and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 1991, file photo Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of late British publisher Robert Maxwell, reads a statement in Spanish in which she expressed her family's gratitude to the Spanish authorities, aboard the "Lady Ghislaine" in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Ghislaine is one of the most prominent figures left from the orbit of Jeffrey Epstein after his suicide in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Dominique Mollard, File)

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein purported madam, now focus in sex abuse cases

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 1991, file photo Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of late British publisher Robert Maxwell, reads a statement in Spanish in which she expressed her family's gratitude to the Spanish authorities, aboard the &quot;Lady Ghislaine&quot; in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Ghislaine is one of the most prominent figures left from the orbit of Jeffrey Epstein after his suicide in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Dominique Mollard, File)

Epstein’s purported madam now a focus in sex abuse cases

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

New York Mets' Pete Alonso hits a solo home run off Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Jacob Barnes during the ninth inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Alonso breaks NL rookie HR record, Mets crown Royals 11-5

By KOLLIN MILLER - Associated Press

Cleveland Indians' starting pitcher Mike Clevinger winds up during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Clevinger fans 10, Indians tame Yankees 8-4 for 4-game split

By ADRY TORRES - Associated Press

Bonner has 30 points, 10 rebounds; Mercury beat Liberty

Associated Press

Madison Keys, of the United States, returns to Svetlana Kuznetsova, of Russia, in the women's final match during the Western &amp; Southern Open tennis tournament Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Madison Keys, Daniil Medvedev get 1st titles in Cincy

By JOE KAY - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, photo, Dr. Jasmine Saavedra, a pediatrician at Esperanza Health Centers whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the 1980s, examines Alondra Marquez, a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago. Doctors and public health experts warn of poor health outcomes and rising costs they say will come from sweeping changes that would deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, as well as food stamps and other forms of public assistance. Saavedra is convinced that if new Trump administration criteria were in effect for her parents three decades ago, she wouldn’t have become a pediatrician. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

Doctors say new rule will mean sicker immigrants

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Firefighters battle the Marsh Fire near the town of Brentwood in Contra Costa County, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

PHOTO GALLERY: A selection of pictures from the past week

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Wings hold off Liberty 83-77, win third straight

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This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. New York City’s medical examiner has ruled Epstein’s death a suicide. The medical examiner’s office said in a statement Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, that an autopsy and other evidence confirms the 66-year-old financier hanged himself in his cell at a federal jail. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Medical examiner rules Jeffrey Epstein death a suicide by hanging

By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018 file photo, Peter Fonda presents the Desert Palm achievement award at the 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, in Palm Springs, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like “Easy Rider,” has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

‘Easy Rider’ star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79

By LINDSEY BAHR and ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, file photo, Peter Fonda, poses atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Glendale, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like “Easy Rider,” has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Peter Fonda, ‘Easy Rider’ star and writer, has died at age 79

By Lindsey Bahr and Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy (13) celebrates with Cody Bellinger (35) after hitting a three-run home in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Bellinger, Muncy, Turner HRs power Dodgers past Braves 8-3

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

CORRECTS TO LOCATION HARLEM NOT BROOKLYN - FILE - In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 file photo, police stand outside an office for the Cayuga Centers in the the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Three of the four incidents involving physical harm to separated immigrant children, outlined in legal filings, involved charges of Cayuga Centers, the largest foster care placement for migrant children. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Claims: Migrant children molested in US-funded foster care

By GARANCE BURKE and JULIET LINDERMAN AND MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press