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The special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district went into Wednesday morning too close to call. But democrat¹ Conor Lamb declared victory. He holds a very narrow lead over republican Rick Saccone with some absentee ballots² left uncounted.

Stephen Hawkins has died at the age of 76. He was the best-known theoretical physicist³ of his time despite being afflicted⁴ with ALS which left him debilitated⁵ for decades.

Thousands of students across the US are expected to walk out of classes Wednesday to demonstrate against gun violence. The protests come one month after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

And the third big northeast snow storm of the past two weeks has left some towns buried beneath two feet of snow. Meteorologists say strong winds, and blowing snow made the storm a blizzard⁶ in Boston and other parts of New England.

Matt Small, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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1 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
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They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。来自《简明英汉词典》 The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 physicist
n.物理学家，研究物理学的人
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He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。 The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。

4 afflicted
使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )
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About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。 A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。

5 debilitated
adj.疲惫不堪的，操劳过度的v.使（人或人的身体）非常虚弱( debilitate的过去式和过去分词 )
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Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry. 长时间的罢工削弱了这个行业的活力。 This is especially important when dealing with the geriatric or debilitated patient. 这对老年和虚弱病人尤其重要。来自互联网

6 blizzard
n.暴风雪
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The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。 You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 物理学家霍金去世