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This is AP News Minute. 1. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel called a special city council meeting this morning to address the crisis in the city’s police department. He’s trying to restore trust and confidence in police after an officer was charged with murder for fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. 2. The House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to tighten¹ controls on travel to the US for anyone who’s been to Iraq or Syria in the past five years. Citizens of those countries would need a visa when coming to the US. 3. Dozens of people including at least 80 Boston college students got sick after eating at a chipotle restaurant over the weekend. Boston health officials say some of those who got sick have the norovirus. 4. And Russia’s defense² ministry³ released video that it says showed submarines in the Mediterranean⁴ launching new cruise missiles at militants⁵ in Syria. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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1 tighten
v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧
参考例句：
Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。 Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

2 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
参考例句：
The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。 Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

5 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-12-12