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New York Rangers center Dominic Moore (28) celebrates his goal with his teammates in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rangers top off record-setting season with victory over Capitals

By Harvey Valentine - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan,. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. Racing the calendar, Senate leaders are pushing toward final congressional approval of a bipartisan compromise reshaping how Medicare pays physicians as Congress returns from a two-week spring recess ensnarled over domestic and foreign policy issues. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Activists: Vote now to confirm Lynch as U.S. attorney general

By JULIE WALKER - Associated Press

In this image released by the Lincoln Center Theater, Ken Watanabe appears during a performance of &quot;The King and I,&quot; in New York. (AP Photo/Lincoln Center Theater, Paul Kolnik)

Ken Watanabe on ‘The King and I’ and Yul Brynner’s shadow

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Michael Des Barres on aging and motivation said, "I think that you've got to be challenged. Without it, you wouldn't have motivation to get up in the morning. I'm a great believer in completing tasks." (Associated Press)

Michael Des Barres releases ‘Key to the Universe’ album as love letter to rock

By Keith Valcourt - Special to The Washington Times

FILE- In this April 2, 2015 courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, left and Asia Siddiqui, appear at federal court in New York on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack. According to prosecutors, the pair weren’t interested in taking on the subservient role of going overseas to marry the militant group fighters, but sought to &quot;make history&quot; on their own by building a bomb and attacking a domestic target. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg, File)

Terror cases allege women wanted to fight, not wed fighters

By TOM HAYS and JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, center left and Asia Siddiqui, center right, appear in federal court with their attorneys, Thursday, April 2, 2015, in New York. The two women were arrested Thursday on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg)

2 N.Y. women arrested; U.S. authorities committed to stopping ‘homegrown extremists’

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Boy Scout Pascal Tessier, 16, center left, and his brother Lucien Tessier, 20, who had earned the rank of Eagle Scout, pose for a portrait with their parents, Oliver Tessier, left, and Tracie Felker, at their home in Kensington, Md. On Thursday, April 2, 2015, the Boy Scouts’ New York chapter announced it hired Pascal Tessier as the nation’s first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader in public contrast to the national scouting organization’s ban on openly gay adult members. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

NY Boy Scouts hire gay Eagle Scout despite national policy

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Boy Scouts salute as they recite the pledge of allegiance during the “Save Our Scouts” prayer vigil and rally against allowing gays in the organization in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Dallas on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

N.Y. Boy Scouts hire gay Eagle Scout despite national policy

By Jennifer Peltz and David Crary - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks through the Cross Hall of the White House before delivering a statement about the Supreme Court's ruling on the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” June 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Immigration activists disillusioned with Obama, Democrats as amnesty afterglow fades

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This product image provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the new Lincoln Continental concept. Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford Motor Co. is debuting the new Continental in concept form at the New York Auto Show on Monday, March 30, 2015.The production version goes on sale next year. (AP Photo/Ford Motor Co.)

Lincoln Continental, the car of presidents, is returning

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

In this photo taken Oct. 27 2009 South African comedian Trevor Noah is photographed during an interview. Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa who has contributed to "The Daily Show" a handful of times during the past year, will become Jon Stewart's replacement as host, Comedy Central announced Monday March 30, 2015. Noah was chosen a little more than a month after Stewart unexpectedly announced he was leaving "The Daily Show" following 16 years as the show's principal voice. (AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu-The Star)

Trevor Noah set to replace Jon Stewart on ‘Daily Show’

By Frazier Moore - Associated Press

Actor Ethan Hawke made a documentary about the remarkable life of piano prodigy and instructor Seymour Bernstein (left) titled "Seymour: An Introduction." The film has won raves on the festival circuit. (Associated Press)

Seymour Bernstein, piano prodigy and teacher, featured in documentary by director Ethan Hawke

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner in New York in this May 12, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Rudy Giuliani’s fiery rhetoric clouds legacy of ‘America’s Mayor’

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, students in Teah Pray’s third-grade class at Lead-Deadwood Elementary School in Deadwood, S.D., recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Lead-Deadwood School District is the latest in South Dakota to have students at all grade levels recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. (AP Photo/Black Hills Pioneer, Jaci Conrad Pearson)

NY school sorry for reciting Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2015, photo the Uber app displays on a smart phone cars available for a pick up in downtown Manhattan. New York City’s storied yellow cabs are taking a back seat to Uber now that the ride-sharing app has more vehicles registered in the city than the total number of taxis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Yellow cabs now outnumbered by Uber cars on NYC streets

By Karen Matthews and Verena Dobnik - Associated Press

In this March 11, 2015 photo, 21-month-old Lena Renee Kready is flanked by her actor parents Jeff Kready, right, and Nikki Renee Daniels in the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. The two married Broadway actors juggle their eight-show-a-week schedules with being first-time parents. (AP Photo/Mark Kennedy)

Diapers and greasepaint: A Broadway couple raise a baby

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2014, file photo, Paul McCartney, left, and Ringo Starr appear at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. McCartney will induct his former Beatle mate, Ringo Starr, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. The 30th annual induction ceremony is scheduled for Cleveland's Public Hall on April 18. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Paul McCartney ushering Ringo Starr into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By David Bauder - Associated Press