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The US is sanctioning a dozen individuals and five organizations tied in North Korea’s nuclear and weapons proliferation efforts. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says the international community sends Pyongyang a firm message that North Korea must abandon its dangerous program.

Crews are working to clear the site of 16-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that forced the evacuation of dozens of Western New York homes after ethanol leaked from two tankers¹. Emergency response officials say no one was injured and they’ve now contained the leak from the two derailed cars.

Hundreds of the Abortion² Right advocates rallied outside the Supreme³ Court on Wednesday as the justices were taking up the biggest case on the issue in nearly a quarter centaury. The abortion debate returns to the Supreme Court in the midst of the heated presidential campaign in less than three weeks after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.

And Republican Presidential Candidate Ben Carson says “he sees no path forward to the party’s nomination” after a poor finish across the Super Tuesday Primaries. Carson said in a statement that he will not attend Thursday’s GOP debate in Michigan.

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1 tankers
运送大量液体或气体的轮船[卡车]( tanker的名词复数 )；油轮；罐车；油槽车
参考例句：
They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。 The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。

2 abortion
n.流产，堕胎
参考例句：
She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。 A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

3 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-3-7