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President Trump¹ is expected to announce a plan to relax rules that restrict greenhouse gas emissions² from coal-fired power plants. The plan will give states more leeway to regulate air pollution.

Colorado prosecutors³ charged the 33-year-old man with murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters. Court documents say Christopher Watts⁴ admits strangling his wife, but claims his wife killed the two girls.

Four army Chinook helicopters had to land due to rough weather around St. Louis. Three of the choppers reached airports in Illinois. The fourth landed in a restaurant parking lot.

Demonstrators toppled confederate statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel⁵ Hill. Protesters called the statue, known as "Silent Sam", a symbol of racist⁶ heritage.

Jackie Queen, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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1 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 )；散发物（尤指气体）
参考例句：
Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。 Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

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 watts
（电力计量单位）瓦，瓦特( watt的名词复数 )
参考例句：
My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。 My lamp uses 40 watts. 我的灯40瓦。

5 chapel
n.小教堂，殡仪馆
参考例句：
The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。 She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

6 racist
n.种族主义者，种族主义分子
参考例句：
a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为 His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP “沉默的山姆”雕像被推倒