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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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1 indicted
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。 He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

2 conspiracy
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
参考例句：
The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。 He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

5 lottery
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
参考例句：
He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。 They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

6 quacking
v.（鸭子）发出嘎嘎声( quack的现在分词 )
参考例句：
For the rest it was just a noise, a quack-quack-quacking. 除此之外，便是一片噪声，一片嘎嘎嘎的叫嚣。来自英汉文学 The eyeless creature with the quacking voice would never be vaporized. 那没眼睛的鸭子嗓也不会给蒸发。来自英汉文学

7 lure
n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引
参考例句：
Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。 He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

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