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这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Emergency services and volunteers began clearing damage in Minneapolis on Saturday after violent unrest the previous night saw businesses left burnt out and ransacked¹. Protesters ignored a curfew in the city on Friday and took to the streets for the fourth consecutive² night, amid anger stoked by the death of George Floyd in police custody³.

周六，紧急服务机构和志愿者开始清理明尼阿波利斯市的骚乱现场，此前一夜的暴力骚乱导致商店被烧毁、洗劫一空。上周五，抗议者无视明尼阿波利斯市的宵禁，连续第四晚走上街头，因为乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)在被警方拘留期间死亡引起众怒。

In New York, hundreds of protesters gathered on staten island on Saturday to demand justice for Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck. They chanted slogans calling for authorities to act swiftly.

在纽约，数百名抗议者周六聚集在斯塔顿岛，要求为弗洛伊德伸张正义。一名白人警察用膝盖抵住弗洛伊德的脖子，导致他死亡。他们高呼口号，呼吁当局迅速采取行动。

Two NASA astronauhts on Saturday launched off for a history-making ride into orbit aboard a rocket ship designed and bulit by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. It is the first launch of astronauts into orbit by a private company.

周六，美国航空航天局（NASA）的两名宇航员乘坐埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)的公司SpaceX设计建造的火箭飞船升空，开启了历史性的太空之旅。这是首次由私人公司将宇航员送入太空。