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At least 16 people are known dead in Utah after Monday's flash floods. Rescue workers in Zion National Park are waiting for flood levels to drop before they search for 3 missing hikers.

Hundreds of migrants are stranded¹ in Serbia near the border with Hungary. Hungary sealed off the border on Tuesday and started detaining² migrants who are passing through.

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is setting up a 3rd vote for Thursday on a resolution that would reject the Iran nuclear deal. Democrats³ kept the bill from getting the votes it needs to advance.

Firefighters in northern California say they are gaining ground against a wildfire that has burned through more than 100 square miles. Early Wednesday, the fire was at least 30 percent contained.

Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

2 detaining
留住( detain的现在分词 )；耽搁；拘留；扣留
参考例句：
Besides, there's no point at all in detaining half-a-dozen sheep who just follow the crowd." 况且只不过五六个盲从的人，捉在这里更加没有意思。” 来自子夜部分 Kettling v. Forcibly detaining demonstrators in cordoned off areas to prevent protests from boiling over. 灌壶（动词）：为了防止抗议激化，强制把游行者扣留在隔离区。

3 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-09-20