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A Baltimore officer was acquitted¹ Monday of an assault and other charges in the arrest of Friddie Gray. The judge in the non-jury trial concluded Edward Nero did not play a large role in Gray's arrest. Gray died from injuries suffered in the back of a police van.

A pair of bombings carried out by Islamic State militants² killed at least 45 people in Yemen on Monday. Security officials say the bombers³ targeted young men seeking to join the army at a recruitment center and outside the home of an army commander.

President Barack Obama lifted the US embargo⁴ on selling arms to Vietnam during a visit to the country on Monday. Obama will spend the next 2 days speaking directly to the Vietnamese people and meeting with civil society groups and young entrepreneurs.

A rite⁵ of passage as members of the Naval⁶ Academy's class of 2019 climbed to 21-foot monument to mark the end of their freshman⁷ year. Students formed a human pyramid around the greased pole in order to replace the plebe cup on top with the midshipmen's cover.

Krysta Fauria, Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )；使（自己）作出某种表现
参考例句：
The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。 Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

2 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。

3 bombers
n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟
参考例句：
Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。来自《简明英汉词典》 The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 embargo
n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）
参考例句：
This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。 During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。

5 rite
n.典礼，惯例，习俗
参考例句：
This festival descends from a religious rite.这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty.大多数传统社会都为青春期的孩子举行成人礼。

6 naval
adj.海军的，军舰的，船的
参考例句：
He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。 The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

7 freshman
n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)
参考例句：
Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。 He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-5-27