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A pastor in Birmingham, England, has been charged in the drowning of a man during a home baptism in a children’s pool. Forty-eight-year-old Cheryl Bartley is facing one count of gross negligence manslaughter in the case involving 61-year-old Robert Smith, who died on October 8, 2023, the Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday. “The Life Changing Ministries ceremony was being held in a kiddie pool and livestreamed on Facebook,” the outlet said, and the New York Post reported the stream cut out as Smith was being baptized. The outlet noted the man had Parkinson’s disease, which is a movement disorder that affects…

The government of Ecuador announced Thursday that it is raising tariffs on Colombian imports from 50 to 100 percent come May 1, marking the latest escalation in the ongoing trade dispute between the two neighboring nations. Over the past months, the administrations of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and far-left Colombian President Gustavo Petro have found themselves embroiled in a trade and diplomatic impasse after Noboa imposed a series of tariffs on Colombia, citing a lack of cooperation from the Colombian government in the fight against drug trafficking and illegal mining and a bilateral trade deficit against Ecuador. On Thursday, the Ecuadorian…

More than a dozen House Republicans have now thrown their support behind Rep. Maria Salazar’s (R-FL) “Dignity Act,” which would give amnesty to most of the nation’s 11 to 22 million illegal aliens while expanding legal immigration levels by funneling more foreign workers into American jobs. Salazar first introduced the amnesty scheme in 2022, amidst the largest wave of illegal immigration to the United States in recorded history under President Joe Biden. The bill, at first glance, would offer amnesty to the roughly 10.5 million illegal aliens who lived in the United States prior to 2021, so long as they…

President Donald Trump gave his blessing Friday afternoon for a party-line package focused narrowly on immigration enforcement — in a boost to Senate GOP leaders amid the Department of Homeland Security funding stalemate. Trump’s comments came after he met Friday with Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming. The two lawmakers went to the White House to pitch Senate GOP leadership’s plan to restrict the party’s filibuster-skirting effort to only funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. “Reconciliation is ON TRACK, and we are moving…

The bloc is facing an energy crisis due to the Strait of Hormuz disruption, with soaring diesel prices triggering protests The EU is sliding into a fuel crisis driven by a global supply shock caused by the US-Israeli attack on Iran. It has already triggered protests, early signs of shortages, and warnings of the wider economic impact.This has resulted from the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global energy shipments. Oil prices surged above $120 per barrel during the escalation, and while crude fell below the $100 mark after a two-week US-Iran ceasefire was announced on…

The US president reportedly did not know about the first lady’s plan to speak about the convicted sex offender US First Lady Melania Trump has made a surprise public statement about Jeffrey Epstein, denying that she had any meaningful relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender, and insisting that he did not introduce her to Donald Trump.In remarks released by the White House on April 9, Melania said she had “never been friends with Epstein,” described her contact with his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, as nothing more than “casual correspondence,” and urged Congress to hold public hearings centered on…

April 10 (UPI) — The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) apologized Friday, weeks after a Tourette syndrome activist had an outburst that included racial slurs at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards. Following a review, the academy said it “identified a number of structural weaknesses” in its planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements, but did “not find evidence of malicious intent” on the part of the event’s organizers. John Davidson, an executive producer on I Swear, a film based on his life with Tourette’s, involuntarily shouted a racial slur as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented…

President Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump is preparing to join the energy drink market with SOLLOS Yerba Mate Inc. Barron is among five directors of the start-up that is preparing to launch in May, the New York Post reported Friday. Two of those directors are his friends from high school.   “Trump is a director of the company, incorporated in Florida last December according to state corporation filings. It’s also registered in the business-friendly state of Delaware,” the outlet said, noting Rodolfo Castello, Valentino Gomez, Stephen Hall, and Spencer Bernstein are also directors of the company. According to the Mayo Clinic,…

A 27-year-old woman who was in Texas illegally will spend more than five years in prison for her role as the bookkeeper for a human smuggling group from a faction of Los Zetas responsible for moving more than 1,900 migrants through the border city of Laredo. This week, Giovana Lozano Hernandez went before a U.S. district judge in Laredo, who handed down a 70-month sentence. As she was in the country illegally, she will be deported after finishing her sentence. Lozano pleaded guilty to federal human smuggling charges in September 2025 as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The…

Disruptions to oil and gas supplies will leave lasting “scars” on the world economy, managing director Kristalina Georgieva has said The war in the Middle East has delivered a major global energy supply “shock” that will push up prices further and leave the world economy facing weaker growth, the IMF has warned. The US-Israeli attack on Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliatory strikes across the region, including on energy infrastructure, have stressed global markets, driving oil prices higher and raising fuel costs. The conflict has effectively choked flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route that accounts for a significant part…