IPEX PVC pipe cleared from the riverbank is dumped at MountainTrue headquarters Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Alexander, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

Workers from MountainTrue paddle IPEX PVC pipe they collected from the riverbank Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Alexander, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

A sign is displayed in support of Jane Doe during a sit-in protest at Cornell University, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Matt Burkhartt)

Students and attendees sit during a sit-in protest at Cornell University, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Matt Burkhartt)

Students and attendees sit during a sit-in protest at Cornell University, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Matt Burkhartt)

Student Isabel Breslin works on her laptop during a sit-in protest at Cornell University, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Matt Burkhartt)

FILE - A sign on a closed Waffle House on Highway US 19 in anticipation of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

FILE - Luke Churchill, left, stands with his wife Mary and their children, Katie, Liam and Raighan, as they wait in the rain outside an open Waffle House restaurant in Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence traveled through the area on Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)