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Travel woes¹ could linger for days after a power outage shut down Atlanta's airport for much of Sunday. More than a thousand flights were grounded. Many people were stranded² on planes and in dark terminals.

Calmer winds have given fire crews in California's Santa Barbara County a break, as they continue to battle an enormous wildfire. Wind gusts³ reaching 70 mph had added to the extreme fire danger in other parts of the state.

President Trump⁴ says he's not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller. However, the President did criticize Mueller's staff for obtaining thousands of e-mails from Trump's transition team. Mueller's spokesman says they were all obtained properly.

And US senator John Mccain has returned home to Arizona and is expected to miss the GOP tax bill vote. A doctor at the National Institutes of Health says, the Arizona republican was treated for a viral infection and is responding positively⁵ to brain cancer treatment.

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

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1 woes
困境( woe的名词复数 )；悲伤；我好苦哇；某人就要倒霉
参考例句：
Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。 She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。

2 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

3 gusts
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )；（怒、笑等的）爆发；（感情的）迸发；发作
参考例句：
Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。 Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

4 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。

5 positively
adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实
参考例句：
She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。 The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

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