Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial told a Massachusetts judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict, but were instructed to keep deliberating. Clancy is accused of killing her three young children in 2023, while her defense argues she was not criminally responsible because of postpartum psychosis.
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An anonymous federal official alleges the Postal Service’s new mail ballot screening portal was rushed, insufficiently tested and could delay large batches of ballots if courts allow it to take effect. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has asked Postmaster General David Steiner for answers about the system and its legal status.
Russian missiles and drones killed at least 12 people in Kyiv and the surrounding region, Ukrainian officials said, as Kyiv urged allies to bolster air defences. Ukraine also reported strikes on Russian oil and port targets, while Russia said it had hit military and energy facilities.
New York City police shot and killed a 49-year-old Queens woman near Times Square after authorities said she stabbed two people in random attacks. A 32-year-old woman died, and a 68-year-old man was hospitalized in stable condition.
A Las Vegas jury convicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in the nearly 30-year-old case. Davis, who denied guilt and plans to appeal, could face life in prison at sentencing.
A 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been indicted on murder and conspiracy charges after authorities said she recorded a livestream of a deadly San Diego mosque attack and spread the attackers’ white supremacist writings. Prosecutors said North Carolina aiding-and-abetting law allows her to be charged as if she had carried out the killings herself.
The FTC and 22 states accused Amazon of secretly inflating online ad auction prices for more than 1 million brands and sellers. Amazon denied the allegations, saying regulators misunderstand how advertisers bid and that ad costs have fallen or remained flat by key measures.
Singer D4vd, legally David Anthony Burke, will be represented by a public defender in his Los Angeles murder case after his celebrity lawyers withdrew. He has pleaded not guilty in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in a Tesla.