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Senator¹ Bernie Sanders won Oregon's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. Kentucky's Democratic primary was a close battle with votes between Sanders and Hillary Clinton being counted late into the night.

2 people were killed near Phoenix², Arizona on Tuesday when the World War II era plane they were flying crashed and exploded. Authorities say a dust storm was moving to the area, but they are not sure if it was a factor in the crash.

Streets were flooded in Vero Beach, Florida after the city got a record of 9 inches of rain on Tuesday. Lightning storms also moved through central Florida.

And poice video from Anchorage, Alaska shows an officer and several citizens rescue a man from beneath a burning SUV. The man's arm got stuck during a rollover accident. The group rocked the vehicle and the man pulled his arm out nearly a minute before flames engulfed³ the vehicle.

Sandy Kozel, The Asscoaited Press with AP News Minute.

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1 senator
n.参议员，评议员
参考例句：
The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。 The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。

2 phoenix
n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生
参考例句：
The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。 The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 engulfed
v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。 The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-5-22