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Union Pacific railroads cars in Los Angeles, California are a target of robbers.
Litter
These packages were their way to buyers before they were damaged by criminals. The governor of California called the crimes “organized theft.”
He help to cleaned up the massive amount of litter from the tracks.
Litter is pieces of trash, or waste, left outdoors by humans.
It is one kind of pollution.
But litter can also mean something lovely.
A litter of kittens, for example, are the new born cats produced from a single pregnancy.
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.
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