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 A manhunt is underway in Northern Illinois after a police officer was shot and killed in a village around fifty miles northwest of Chicago. NPR's SK reports police say they are searching for three suspects. Authorities have locked down schools, blocked roads and are using helicopters and dogs ,set a search for three armed suspects, two white men and a black man continues in areas around * Illinois. The spokesman for the sheriff's office says it was a little before eight in the morning when one of the village's police officers radioed in that he had made contact with the man whom he described as suspicious and was in a foot pursuit. Communication with the officer was lost. Backup units responded and found the officer injured with a gunshot wound. He subsequently died. SK, NPR news, Chicago. In a K country, clerks continue to refuse to issue marriage licenses³ as to same-sex couples citing religious reason. This morning R county clerk asked Davis as DM and DA who have tried to get the license² four times to leave. They refused. We are not issuing license today.  * why？“I wold ask you all to go ahead in this ... ” Why are not issuing marriage licenses today?Because I'm not. Why?  She and her deputy * are now have been ordered to appear in federal court Thursday and she could be held in contempt. Yesterday the Supreme⁴ Court declared to intervene in her case leaving her no legal ground to continue to deny the licenses. California plans to end longtime solitary⁵ confinement⁶ because of gang affiliation⁷ it its prisons. Prisoners had filed suits to stop the practice three years ago. Some said they had been held in solitary for five to ten years with no chance to change their prison conditions. The agreement also limits the amount of time prisoners will have to spend in the harshest conditions. And prison officials say they will create a new highly secure unit for repeat rule-breakers. The deal could be a model for other states. In a sudden reversal, Hungary has shut down train service for refugees and migrants heading west to Germany, leaving hundreds stranded⁸ without shelter in Budapest. JK has been with them and has more. Syrians and Iraqis protest the abrupt⁹ turnaround by the Hungarian government which had set up train service to get migrants out of Hungary. They are trying to reach Germany which is expecting a record number of asylum-seekers this year.  JK reporting.

Wall Street is trading a negative territory this hour. The DOW is down 437 points at 16097. That's down about 2.6 percent. NASDAQ is down 124 points at 4653. That's down 2.6 percent. The S&P 500 is trading down by 2.7 percent now losing 53 points at 1920. That all on bad manufacturing data that came out of China. During what he calls a holy year of mercy that began December 8th, Pope Francis has authorized¹⁰ all Catholic priests to formally forgive women who have had abortions¹². AP has more. Under church law, abortion¹¹ is considered such a grave sin that incurs¹³ automatic excommunication. Usually only a bishop¹⁴ missionary¹⁵ or chief confessor of * has the authority to forgive abortion. In his announcement,  the pope spoke¹ of the existential and moral * faced by women who have terminated pregnancies¹⁶.  He had met so many women who he said bearing their hearts the scar of this agonizing¹⁷ and painful decision. During the Jubilee¹⁸ year, he added all priests can absolve¹⁹ of sin women who with contrived²⁰ heart seek forgiveness for having had an abortion. Vatican spokesmen father F said this is by means an attempt to minimize the gravity of what he called the sin, but to widen the possibility for showing mercy.

Strong demand for a cheap SUV's P Fiat²¹ C overall sales up to two percent last month. The company says its G brand sells rose more than 18 percent. False reporting a 5 percent * sales gain led by its new F4115 pickup²² truck. And general motor sales are flat. L 2 is typically one of the biggest sales weekend of the year as car dealers²³ hold model year and clearance²⁴ sales. Get on Wall Street. The DOW was down 440 points now at 16078.The NASDAQ is down 126. The S&P 500 down 54. P prices also lower down 7.9 percent.

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

3 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

6 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

7 affiliation   

n.联系，联合

参考例句：

• There is no affiliation between our organization and theirs,even though our names are similar.尽管两个组织的名称相似，但我们之间并没有关系。
• The kidnappers had no affiliation with any militant group.这些绑架者与任何军事组织都没有紧密联系。

8 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。

9 abrupt   

adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的

参考例句：

• The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
• His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

10 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

11 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

12 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

13 incurs   

遭受，招致，引起( incur的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She falls in love and incurs the wrath of her father. 她恋爱了，这引起了父亲的愤怒。
• A judge incurs no civil liability for judicial acts, even if guilty of fraud and corruption. 法官不得因其司法行为而承担民事责任，即使犯有诈欺与贪污罪。 来自口语例句

14 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

15 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

16 pregnancies   

怀孕，妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象，战时人口正该补充。
• She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。

17 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
• his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死

18 jubilee   

n.周年纪念；欢乐

参考例句：

• They had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。
• Every Jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。

19 absolve   

v.赦免，解除（责任等）

参考例句：

• I absolve you,on the ground of invincible ignorance.鉴于你不可救药的无知，我原谅你。
• They agree to absolve you from your obligation.他们同意免除你的责任。

20 contrived   

adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的

参考例句：

• There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
• The plot seems contrived.情节看起来不真实。

21 fiat   

n.命令，法令，批准；vt.批准，颁布

参考例句：

• The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
• He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。

22 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

23 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

24 clearance   

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

参考例句：

• There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
• The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。