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A Central Florida grandmother has been sentenced to five years in prison, nearly two-and-a-half years after her infant granddaughter died in a hot car while in her care. Tracey Nix was previously found guilty of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle, causing great bodily harm after she left 7-month-old Uriel Schock in an SUV on Nov. 1, 2022, having returned home from taking the infant to lunch with friends. A jury had found her not guilty of aggravated manslaughter, which carried between 12 and 30 years in prison.Nix, a former school principal, had gone inside at around 2 p.m, talked…

UK police have charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and a multiple counts of assault over a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a statement says.Brand, 50, the former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry and once one of the United Kingdom’s most high-profile comedians and broadcasters, had repositioned himself in recent years as an internet social commentator.Police said Brand, who lives in Oxfordshire, southern England, was charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, and that the charges relate to four separate women.”The…

Indonesian furniture exports, of which 53 per cent ship to the United States, would be badly impacted, local media reported citing Abdul Sobur, head of the Furniture and Craft Association. “This is significant and can certainly reduce the competitiveness of Indonesian furniture products in the US market,” he said. The foreign ministry said the tariffs would have a “significant impact” on its exports to the United States, including electronics, textiles, footwear and palm oil. It said it was taking “strategic steps” to mitigate the fallout from the new tariffs. The United States is one of Indonesia’s top trading partners, and…

China has struck back at President Trump.On Friday evening in Beijing, in a rapid-fire series of policy announcements including 34 percent across-the-board tariffs, China showed that it has no intention of backing down in the trade war that Mr. Trump began this week with his own steep tariffs on imports from around the world.China’s Finance Ministry said it will match Mr. Trump’s plan for 34 percent tariffs on goods from China with its own 34 percent tariff on imports from the United States.Separately, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it was adding 11 American companies to its list of “unreliable entities,”…

The Golden State Warriors’ regular season will end on a Sunday afternoon at Chase Center in one of Draymond Green’s favorite matchups. Against the LA Clippers. It will likely have postseason implications, so Green will no doubt be intense.But it’s not one of his favorites for the matchup against Ivica Zubac, the bruising center he’ll have to face. Or Kawhi Leonard. Or James Harden. No, Green loves the matchup because of opposing head coach Ty Lue.“When I’m playing against his teams,” Green said, “I feel like it’s a chess match with me and him.”It’s a window into why Green is…

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Here is what to know about how the mayor’s decision could affect the mayoral primary.Which Democrats are still running for mayor?Nine Democrats are challenging Mr. Adams, though none are as close to unseating the mayor as Mr. Cuomo, whose ample name recognition and high-powered fund-raising have fueled his rise to the top of the primary field in nearly every survey of the race. Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens and a social-media-savvy democratic socialist who is building a base of new and younger voters, is the next highest-polling candidate. He is still well behind Mr. Cuomo.Other Democrats running in…

Countries and industries were scrambling Friday to respond as President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs hikes upend global trade and world markets.China responded to the 34% tariffs imposed by the U.S. on imports from China by announcing it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10.Taiwan’s president promised to provide support to industries most vulnerable to the 32% tariffs Trump ordered in his “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs announcement.Vietnam said its deputy prime minister would visit the U.S. for talks on trade. Some, like the head of the EU’s European Commission, have vowed to fight back…

LONDON: Equities and oil prices extended a global rout for markets on Friday (Apr 4) after China hit back over President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz with its own mammoth levy on United States goods, inflaming global trade war fears. The dollar was steadier against main rivals having fallen sharply on Thursday on fears of a recession in the US. “Sentiment is so fragile right now,” Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at online trading platform IG, told AFP. “Investors are firmly in the ‘get me to cash now’ phase, on fears that other nations will follow China’s lead, and of course…

Modi says he wants a ‘positive and constructive relationship’ with Bangladesh, where pro-India Hasina was ousted last year.India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus for the first time since a revolution eight months ago ousted the country’s former prime minister and longtime Indian ally. The two South Asian leaders spoke on the sidelines of a regional summit in Thailand on Friday. Yunus, who is tasked with leading Bangladesh’s caretaker government until elections in 2026, was described by his press secretary as having a “constructive, productive, and fruitful” meeting with Modi. Yunus took on his…