A judge in Iowa has blocked the country's most restrictive abortion law from taking effect.
爱荷华州法官阻止实施美国最严格堕胎法。
He acted today after the Republican governor and opponents of the law agreed to a process to expedite the case filed to challenge it.
此前人们提出诉讼,质疑该法,共和党州长和反对者同意加速对该案的审理。
The law would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That is about six weeks into a pregnancy.
一旦检测到胎儿心跳,该法将禁止多数情况下的堕胎,差不多为怀孕六周。
There is new legal turmoil in Puerto Rico over deaths caused by Hurricane Maria.
关于飓风“玛利亚”造成的死亡,波多黎各如今卷入法律旋涡。
The U.S. territory's Institute of Statistics sued its health department on Thursday, demanding full data.
周四,美属波多黎各统计研究所状告其卫生部,要求出示全部数据。
A Harvard study out this week estimated that more than 4,600 people died in the three months after the storm.
本周,哈佛大学一项研究报告预测,在飓风过去的三个月内,超4600人遇难。
The official toll remains at 64.
而官方数字维持在64人。
The threat of a strike by Las Vegas hotel and casino workers receded today.
今天,拉斯维加斯宾馆和赌场员工威胁罢工一事今天缓和。
Existing contracts expired at midnight, but negotiators announced a new agreement with Caesars Entertainment.
合同将于午夜到期,但谈判者宣布与凯撒娱乐公司签订新协议。
It covers one-fourth of the 50,000 workers at nine casinos along the Strip.
合同覆盖Strip大街九家赌场的四分之一员工,其总员工数为五万人。
And a new champion spelled his way to victory last night at the Scripps National Spelling Bee;
昨晚斯克利普斯全国拼字比赛产生冠军;
14-year-old Karthik Menami, Nemmani, I'm sorry, beat out more than 500 competitors.
14岁的卡提克·内玛尼击败了500多名选手。
In the end, he faced off against a competitor from his home county in Texas, 12-year-old Naysa Modi.
他在决赛中击败了同样来自德州的选手,12岁的那桑·莫迪。
She was tripped up by an unwieldy German word, and Nemmani seized his moment.
她被一个非常困难的德语单词击败,内玛尼抓住了机会。
K-O-I-N-O-N-I-A. koinonia, That is correct. It seemed like most of the words you got, you knew right away. What about that last word, koinonia?
K-O-I-N-O-N-I-A,koinonia,没错,大多数单词你都是马上出答案,那最后一个单词呢koinonia?
When did you have that idea, this is it? When I heard it. Congratulations, Karthik.
你是怎么知道就是这个单词的?我一听就知道,祝贺卡提克。
The victor's winnings include a trophy, 40,000 dollars and a set of encyclopedias.
冠军包括奖杯,4万美金以及一套百科全书。