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This is AP News Minute.
The former head of a US Drug Distribution Company has been indicted1 on two counts of conspiracy2. Former Rochester Drug Co-operative CEO Laurence Doud III surrendered to authorities Tuesday in New York City. Federal prosecutors3 say these are the first criminal charges ever to be filed against a drug company executive stemming from the opioid crisis.
Amal Clooney called for the establishment of an international court to try ISIS members accused of sexual violence. Clooney, a human rights lawyer, told the UN Security Council Tuesday that crimes committed by ISIS against women and girls are "unlike anything we have witnesses in modern times."
A 24-year-old suburban4 Milwaukee man has come forward to claim a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the third largest in US lottery5 history. Manuel Franco says he screamed for about 5 or 10 minutes after realizing he won.
Firefighters in Florida used technology to rescue 8 ducklings from a storm drain. The rescuers used the cellphone video of the mother duck quacking6 to lure7 the babies to the end of the drain. The ducklings were pulled out one at a time and returned to their mother.
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控告,起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人 | |
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suburban
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n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事 | |
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quacking
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v.(鸭子)发出嘎嘎声( quack的现在分词 ) | |
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n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引 | |
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