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Kimberley Milne jumped to her death in Scotland in July 2023, but prosecutors in a landmark case said Friday that she was driven to do it by her husband’s physical abuse.

Lee Milne, 40, was sentenced to eight years in prison following his conviction in Glasgow’s High Court for culpable homicide and engaging in abusive behavior. It was the first case in which Scottish prosecutors asked jurors to find an abusive spouse responsible for the death of a victim who takes their own life.

“Lee Milne physically and psychologically abused Kimberly,” prosecutor Laura Buchan said. “He deliberately and ruthlessly exploited Kimberly’s vulnerabilities, which makes him culpable for her decision to end her own life.”

Prosecutors presented evidence of the physical and emotional abuse and control that Lee Milne exerted during their 18-month married life leading up to the death on July 27, 2023, in Dundee, Scotland.

Milne had grabbed his wife by the neck, choked her, dragged her around, restrained her, punched her and knocked her unconscious. He belittled her and tried to distance her from family. He limited her access to money and transportation and locked her in their apartment without food.

“Domestic abuse is rarely about one incident,” Judge Lorna Drummond said. “It’s not only about violent acts, it includes more subtle, but nonetheless as harmful, exertions of power and control in a relationship. And it builds over time, each act, whether physical, psychological or financial, adds to the next. Increasing pressure and fear, eroding confidence and independence.”

The family said in a statement read in court that they were devastated by the death of the “much-loved” daughter, sister and aunt.

It’s stylish, roomy, has more horsepower than high-end sports cars and can travel nearly 350 miles before a charge.

The all-new Rivian R2, which was teased two years ago, may defy the current state of the industry, which has seen sales of EVs slump and automakers cancel upcoming models.

Rivian’s founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe, is well aware of the EV angst in the market. This R2, he said, could be the vehicle that brings more Americans to the brand and the world of electrification. It has “broad appeal,” he told ABC News earlier this month.

With the average price of a new vehicle hovering around $50,000, Scaringe said the R2 meets consumer expectations. It also joins the company’s R1S and R1T lineup, with another model, the R3 crossover, in the works.

The first R2 to arrive this spring is the $57,990 Performance with Launch Package trim, which has envious specs: 656 horsepower and a 0-60 mph sprint of 3.6 seconds. The R2 Premium model ($53,990) arrives in late 2026 (450 horsepower, EPA-estimated range of up to 330 miles). The least costly version, the R2 Standard is priced at $45,000 and will be available in late 2027.

The SUV, built at the company’s Normal, Illinois, plant, can connect to Tesla’s Supercharger network, helping to ease charging anxiety. Scaringe said R2 sales could total 20,000 to 25,000 in the first year, with the goal to “scale up to 150,000 units” as production capacity expands with the 2028 arrival of Rivian’s Georgia manufacturing site. Rivian recently announced it’s partnering with Uber to launch 50,000 robotaxis in the U.S., an investment of $1.25 billion. The California startup already builds custom electric delivery vans for Amazon and has a joint venture with Volkswagen to provide software and vehicle electrical architecture.

Stocks closed significantly lower on Friday as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran showed little sign of an imminent resolution that would end one of the worst global oil shocks in decades.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 790 points, or 1.7%, while the S&P 500 fell 1.6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 2.1%.

The session on Friday marked the end of a woeful week for the major stock indexes. The Dow declined 1% this week, while the S&P 500 fell 2%. The Nasdaq decreased 3%.

Late Thursday, President Donald Trump postponed U.S. attacks on power plants in Iran in an apparent effort to avoid escalation of the Middle East conflict.

In a post on social media on Thursday, Trump said he was “pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction” until April 6.

In the event of such an attack, Iran has said it would carry out strikes against energy infrastructure in neighboring countries, according to Iran’s Fars News Agency state media.

Wall Street appeared to find little solace in the reprieve from large-scale tit-for-tat attacks on infrastructure.

Iran continues to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil delivery. The strait facilitates the transport of about one-fifth of the global supply of crude oil and natural gas.

Global oil prices stood at about $113 a barrel on Friday, marking a staggering 61% rise since war with Iran began a month ago.

Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), earlier this week said the current oil crisis had surpassed the combined effect of worldwide energy shocks in the 1970s.

The global economy faces a “major, major threat,” Birol said at an event in Canberra, Australia, noting that no country would be “immune to the effects of this crisis if it continues to go in this direction.”

U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Thursday, suggesting concern about economic instability and inflation stemming from the Iran war.

The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually, stands at about 4.45%, marking a nearly half-percentage point jump from a month earlier.

As early as Wednesday, Artemis II will make history, taking astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The four-person crew will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, for a 10-day journey.

The trip will pave the way for future Artemis missions that could eventually see astronauts set foot on the moon and the building of a permanent lunar base.

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming Artemis II mission, including how long it will take, who the astronauts are and how to watch.

How long will the mission take?

Artemis II will take the four astronauts on a 685,000 mile, 10-day journey around the moon, also known as a lunar fly-by.

April 1 is the first launch opportunity date with a window between 6:24 p.m. ET and 8:24 p.m. ET and potential backup dates between April 2 and April 6.

The weather forecast on Wednesday shows an 80% chance of favorable weather conditions, according to NASA. Primary weather concerns include cloud coverage and potential for high winds on the ground.

Border agents in the United Kingdom have seized about five tons of cocaine at a single port in just under a month, the country’s Home Office said on social media.

The drugs are estimated to be worth over £400 million, or about $538 million, the agency said.

The drugs were seized at London Gateway, a deep-sea container port about 30 miles from London. It is the second-largest port in England and handles large container ships.

The Home Office said “criminal gangs attempted to evade detection” by hiding drugs in other cargo, including inside a banana shipment and on a vat of South American wine. Photos show the drugs inside cargo containers and inside shipments, as well as spread out on a building floor.

The Home Office did not say if any arrests have been made as part of the seizures.

It’s not the first major bust at a London port in recent weeks. Three men were charged after allegedly attempting to smuggle nearly $100 million worth of cocaine through England’s Southampton Docks in March. The three men, who were all arrested and will next appear in court on April 17, hid the drugs in a banana shipment.

In February 2024, another Southampton Docks banana shipment was found to be holding more than 12,500 pounds of cocaine. At the time, it was the country’s largest recorded single seizure of illicit drugs.

Authorities around the world have found drugs smuggled inside banana shipments. Greek police seized nearly 600 pounds of cocaine inside a banana shipment in August 2025. In July, Russia said it seized 1,800 pounds of cocaine hidden under bananas, and in May, authorities in Norway found over 320 pounds of cocaine inside a banana shipment after workers at a fruit distributor in Norway found a packet of the illicit drugs.