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Emelia Ascheampong, right, a resident of the building where more than 10 people died in a fire on Thursday, is hugged by a friend on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York. Ascheampong, her husband Nana, and four children, survived the fire by using a fire escape. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Officials: Child Started NYC Fire

by Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and David Jeans Associated PressDecember 29, 2017

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 7, 2015, file photo, a Marine veteran holds a sign to show support for cannabis for post traumatic stress disorder sufferers, outside the State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. Twenty-eight states plus the District of Columbia have enabled the use of marijuana to treat PTSD, and the number has doubled just in the last two years amid increasingly visible advocacy from veterans' groups. (Michael Zamora/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Vets Seen as Key to Pot for PTSD

by Jennifer Peltz Associated PressNovember 26, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Iranian at UN: Trump ‘Ignorant’

by Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and Edith m. Lederer Associated PressSeptember 20, 2017

West Virginia National Guard Staff Sgt. Sean Ruth, right, mourns the loss of his father, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Ruth, who died in the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, while at the September 11th Pentagon Memorial on the 16th anniversary at the Pentagon, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. He was visiting with his family including his daughter Ayslynn Ruth, 4. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

New President, Nation Mark 16th Anniversary of Sept. 11

by Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and Karen Matthews Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

New York City police secure the scene where two men were shot as they left prayers at a mosque in the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Police identified the victims as Imam Maulama Akonjee, the 55-year-old leader of the mosque, who died at the hospital, and a 64-year-old man. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)

Police Search For Suspect in Killing of Imam, Friend in NYC

by Jennifer Peltz Associated PressAugust 14, 2016

A heavily armed police officer stands in the street near the parade route of the New York City Pride Parade Sunday, June 26, 2016, in New York City. A year after New York City's storied gay pride parade celebrated a high point with the legalization of gay marriage nationwide, the atmosphere this year couldn't be more different. Parades in New York and other major cities Sunday will feature increased security, anti-violence messages and tributes to those killed in this month's massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Security Tight at Gay Pride Parades

by Verena Dobnik Associated Press, and Jennifer Peltz Associated PressJune 26, 2016

FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2009 file photo, Foster Goodrich hugs his father Donald Goodrich prior to a dove release at a Sept. 11 Memorial Service held in Bennington, Vt. Donald Goodrich, who lost his son in the attacks, would like to see the 28 classified pages on the September 11 terrorist attacks released by the government: though he accepts that the government may have a plausible, security-related argument for withholding them. (AP Photo/Jason R. Henske, File)

Sept. 11 Families Seek Answers in Secret Pages From Inquiry

by Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and Tom Hays Associated PressMay 4, 2016