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CDC head quits amid controversy
疾控中人主任于爭議中辭職
The Trump Administration’s appointee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Brenda Fitzgerald,
特朗普政府任命的疾控中心(CDC)主任Brenda Fitzgerald，
resigned on Jan. 31 following a report that she had bought stock in a tobacco company shortly after joining the CDC,
于1月31日辭職，此前有報道稱她在加入CDC后不久就在煙草公司購入了股票，
which oversees government efforts to curb smoking.
而負責監督政府遏制吸煙行為的就是CDC。
Ireland to vote on abortion laws
愛爾蘭將對墮胎法展開投票
Ireland will hold a vote this summer on liberalizing its strict abortion laws.
愛爾蘭將在今年夏天就放寬其嚴格的墮胎法進行投票。
Voters in a constitutional referendum will decide whether to relax restrictions,
公投的選民將決定是否放寬該限制，
potentially allowing women to end pregnancies at up to 12 weeks.
投票或將把婦女終止妊娠的期限延長至12周。
Feds drop charges against Menendez
聯邦調查局撤銷對梅嫩德斯的指控
The Justice Department said it will not retry Senator Robert Menendez on charges of bribery, fraud and conspiracy,
司法部表示，不會以賄賂，欺詐和陰謀罪名重審參議員羅伯特·梅嫩德斯，
after a first trial ended in a hung jury last year.
去年第一次對他進行審判時陪審團未能做出決定。
The New Jersey Democrat denied charges of accepting gifts and donations in exchange for political influence.
新澤西民主黨否認收受禮物和捐贈交換政治影響力的指控。
New dinosaur found in Egypt
埃及發現新恐龍
A species of dinosaur discovered in an Egyptian desert has shed new light on beasts that roamed Africa in the Cretaceous period.
在埃及沙漠中發現的一種恐龍，為白堊紀漫步于非洲的野獸提供了新的認識。
The 80 million-year-old herbivore was 33 ft. long and weighed up to 5.5 tons.
這個8000萬年前的草食動物身長33英尺（約10米），體重達5.5噸。
