If Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ends in a mistrial, her defense could hold an unusual advantage in a retrial, a retired Massachusetts Superior Court judge says, as jurors reported for a second time Wednesday that they remain deadlocked. Clancy, 36, …

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The U.S. military on Wednesday intercepted and sank a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that it said was supporting a “narco-terrorist” organization, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). SOUTHCOM said the operation targeted a vessel tied to Los Choneros, which …

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A 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire during a deadly shootout at a crowded Seattle food festival claims he was shooting back in self-defense as authorities continue searching for other gunmen tied to the bloodshed. The teen allegedly pulled a …

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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court ruling that granted a father final decision-making authority over whether his daughter attends her mother’s evangelical church amid a parental dispute over the child’s religious upbringing. The court’s ruling on Tuesday …

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Police are searching for a suspect after a 90-year-old woman was attacked while walking along a Brooklyn sidewalk earlier this week, with surveillance video obtained by a local news station appearing to capture the violent encounter. The assault happened around …

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Two police officers were shot Wednesday after gunfire rang out in downtown Minneapolis, officials said.  Minneapolis police officers were at the scene of the shooting, which involved “multiple victims,” the city said, including the two law enforcement officers. The officers …

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A year after a man was found stabbed to death inside a tent at Burning Man — the annual weeklong art and music festival in Nevada‘s Black Rock Desert — his killer remains at large, and investigators still cannot account for …

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A 2-year-old boy died Tuesday after police were called to a Frankfort, Illinois, home, where officers also found the child’s mother attempting to harm herself in a case that neighbors feared could be similar to Lindsay Clancy’s. Officers were dispatched …

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A Massachusetts judge overseeing the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy gave jurors a Tuey-Rodriguez charge Wednesday after they reported for a second time that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The instruction is given to a deadlocked jury …

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