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At least 77 people are now known dead in the northern California wildfire, with more than 1,000 unaccounted for. A vigil was held in a church in Chico for the fire victims on Sunday.

Hundreds in Tijuana, Mexico protested the Central American caravan¹ that reached the border city. The demonstrators say the migrants who want to go to the US are messy, ungrateful and dangerous.

President Trump² announced he'll have 2 rallies for Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith the day before next week's Mississippi Senate runoff. California Senator Kamala Harris appeared with Democratic candidate Mike Espy³ on Saturday.

Democratic Gil Cisneros won a tight battle for a Republican-held Southern California US House seat. It's the fourth seat to flip⁴ to the Democrats⁵ that's all or part in Orange County, a one-time Republican stronghold.

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1 caravan
n.大蓬车；活动房屋
参考例句：
The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。 Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

2 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。

3 espy
v.（从远处等）突然看到
参考例句：
Where love fails,we espy all faults.一旦失恋，缺点易见。 Here,from a window,did Guinevere espy a knight standing in a woodman's cart.吉尼维尔是从这里透过窗户看到了站在樵夫车上的骑士。

4 flip
vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的
参考例句：
I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。 Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

5 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 民主党在奥兰治县赢得第4个席位