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After days of rain, Southern California will get a small reprieve before another storm moves in Thursday.

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Wednesday will bring a reprieve with sunny skies, but another storm is expected to enter Southern California on Thursday and continue through Friday.

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Americans want a tariff reprieve for more than coffee and bananas.

Only a handful of countries with tariff rates above 15% would see a temporary reprieve.

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The Shenzhen court also handed two other defendants death sentences with two-year reprieves -- a verdict that often results in life imprisonment.

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