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一 |     DECATUR, Ga. -- A suburban Atlanta woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2021 murder of a 4-month-old who died after she placed him to sleep on his abdomen in the child care center she operated out of her basement.A judge sentenced Amanda Hickey, 48, on Friday after families of children she was accused of abusing gave emotional testimony against her.”I know that there is nothing I can say in words to take away their pain, except take responsibility and express extreme sorrow for what I’ve done,” Hickey told DeKalb County Superior Court Chief Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “This is my legacy now.”Charlie Cronmiller was being cared for in Hickey's Little Lovey child care center when he died on Feb. 3, 2021. Hickey didn't check on him for more than two hours before finding him covered in vomit and not breathing. The infant was pronounced dead at a hospital.Hickey operated the child care center from the basement of her Dunwoody home. She initially told investigators that she put the baby down on his back, in line with state regulations, but that the child rolled over onto his abdomen. Security video, however, showed Hickey actually placed the infant facedown.Video showed her swinging other babies by their feet, slamming them into the ground, pulling their hair, pushing and tripping toddlers, and placing others in unsafe positions for sleep, prosecutors said. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 18 months.Hickey was licensed to care for six children, but prosecutors said 10 were inside her home the day Charlie died.She pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to seven counts of first-degree child cruelty, seven counts of reckless conduct, one count of second-degree child cruelty and three counts of battery. Hickey entered an Alford plea, which allows a person to maintain her innocence while acknowledging that it is in her best interest to plead guilty to charges of second-degree murder and second-degree child cruelty related to Cronmiller's death. “There is no remorse,” the baby's mother, Stephanie Cronmiller, told the court Friday. “The only thing she’s sorry about is that she got caught. I focus on forgiving myself because I chose her. How could I not think this was my fault?”Hickey was taken into custody immediately after the hearing. Jackson ordered that once Hickey is released from prison, she can’t have contact with the victims or any children younger than 13, and can’t gain financially from the case.。    NBA官方刚刚公布了2026/27赛季许多标志性的赛程安排。尽管完整赛程还要等到本周晚些时候才能公布，但对于杜兰特和火箭队来说，无疑会感觉自己被抛弃了。毕竟上赛季赢球超过50场的球队中，只有休斯顿和克利夫兰没有被安排在赛季第一天（10月20日）或者圣诞节进行比赛。         杜兰特加盟的第一个赛季，火箭队就自2019年以来首次重返节日赛程。职业生涯二十年里，由于他的存在，西雅图、俄克拉荷马城、金州、布鲁克林、菲尼克斯和休斯顿都有幸在圣诞大战中露面。

二 |          2025/26赛季，火箭队以52胜30负与骑士队并列联盟第八好的战绩，因此被排除于重要日程之外，毫无疑问是一种打脸。对于杜兰特来说，唯一的安慰是10月23日星期五在奥斯汀进行的一场将在亚马逊Prime全国转播的比赛，那是他效力了一个赛季的德克萨斯大学所在的城市。

三 |          可怜的杜兰特，将与前队友哈登以及威斯布鲁克（刚刚宣布退役）一起，成为现役前MVP中唯三没有被选中在开幕日或圣诞节比赛的球员。尽管他的总得分排名第二，仅次于詹姆斯，更拥有两枚总冠军戒指、两届总决赛MVP、两届奥运会金牌等等无数荣誉光环。         不用怀疑，杜兰特当然清楚自己被忽视了，没有受到应有的尊重。但他绝对不会就此发表评论，而是躲在角落里，尽可能淡化此事带来的影响。