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Chicago Cubs¹ fans are celebrating their first championship in more than a century. Fans poured into the streets of Chicago after the Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in game 7 to win their first World Series since 1908.

Authorities in Greenville, Mississippi are searching for the suspected arsonist² who destroyed a historic black church. Fire destroyed about 80 percent of the building and someone painted "vote trump³" on it.

One passenger train crashed into another in Karachi, Pakistan, more than a dozen people were killed.

And in Mosul, Iraq, civilians⁴ are carrying white flags to the streets. Iraqi troops are trying to retake that city from Islamic State militants⁵.

Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 cubs
n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮 Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 arsonist
n.纵火犯
参考例句：
You're pretty sure you can identify a single arsonist?你确信你能鉴别出一个特定的纵火者？ The arsonist confessed that he set fire to six businesses.那纵火犯承认他给6家商场纵过火。

3 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。

4 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

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 2016-11-06