Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs as the world economy endures whiplash

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office on Monday automakers “need a little bit of time” to relocate production to the U.S. The Republican president’s statement hints at yet another round of reversals on tariffs. Trump’s onslaught of import taxes has panicked financial markets and raised deep concerns from Wall Street economists about a possible recession. The chief economist for the Northern Trust global financial firm warns damage to consumer, business and market confidence may be irreversible.

Funeral home owner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year pleads guilty

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado funeral home owner accused of leaving a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year has pleaded guilty to corpse abuse and theft. Miles Harford’s guilty plea in court Monday in Denver follows a decade of gruesome funeral home cases in Colorado. That has included other funeral home owners accused of storing nearly 200 bodies in a decrepit building and giving families fake cremated remains. Harford faced several charges, including forgery, theft and four counts of abuse of a corpse. The sentencing is scheduled for June 9.

Former Colo. deputy gets 3 years in prison for fatally shooting man who called for help

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of killing a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help has been sentenced to three years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed. The judge who sentenced Andrew Buen on Monday said the 2022 shooting of Christian Glass after a standoff was about power. Buen was convicted in February of criminally negligent homicide. Prosecutors alleged that Buen needlessly escalated a standoff with Glass, who showed signs of a mental health crisis and refused orders to get out of his SUV. Buen apologized to the Glass family in court and agreed he escalated the situation.

Driver acquitted in bikers’ deaths in NH pleads guilty to impaired driving in Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to impaired driving in Connecticut a month before the deadly crash. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy on Monday entered an Alford plea, which means he didn’t admit guilt but acknowledged there was enough evidence to be convicted. Zhukovskyy was charged with driving under the influence in East Windsor, Connecticut, in May 2019. The arrest should have resulted in his Massachusetts license being revoked, but it wasn’t because of a backlog of out-of-state notifications. A month later, he was involved in the deadly crash in Randolph, New Hampshire.