Jury starts seven day of deliberations after foreperson told judge juror won’t follow instruction about reasonable doubt The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial started a seventh day of deliberations on Friday, a day after the jury’s foreperson told the judge a single juror would not follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. The … Read more
Officers clipped to bridge had tried to talk man, who was holding a knife, into coming down safely, officials say New York City police shot and killed a man on Friday morning after he climbed on to the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge and approached officers with a knife extended, New York police department officials … Read more
Jury returns to tell judge for a third time it cannot reach a verdict in case of Massachusetts woman who killed her children This dramatic turn of events, as the judge was about to declare a mistrial and call the jury back in, comes after Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked for an emergency … Read more
The latest third-round updates from Flushing Meadows You can mail Niall and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky First up on Ashe: it’s Jessica Pegula v Leylah Fernandez. It’s quite fun picturing Monfils working on the accounts, getting deep in a hole before stylishly producing the goods after a four-hour tussle. Are there any other … Read more
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with her bodyguard and created a hostile work environment for her subordinates, according to a Thursday report from the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The report cites one incident in which Chavez-DeRemer allegedly ordered a member of her security detail … Read more
Christa Pike’s planned execution is emblematic of America’s broken death penalty system On 30 September, the state of Tennessee plans to put Christa Pike to death. She would be the third person brought to the death chamber in the Volunteer state this year, one of which was stopped after it was botched. She would join … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: DHS General Counsel James Percival is turning a complaint from 128 former judges back on its signers, calling on the Florida Bar to scrutinize those among them who are Bar members after it declined to investigate him. The Bar said it does not investigate or prosecute sitting officers appointed under the U.S. Constitution while … Read more
Senator releases letters from armed forces after reports of location data being used to track US troops in Middle East US military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by the US senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters. The development … Read more
Number of new jobs being added has been fluctuating, with private companies adding 38,000 jobs in August The US economy added 162,000 jobs in August, an uptick after a sluggish summer for the labor market. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, still down from its most recent peak of 4.5% last November, according to … Read more
Vice-president’s claim US-Iran conflict is not war draws ridicule from Democrat Ro Khanna. Plus, iconic feminist Gloria Steinem dies aged 92 Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The US vice-president, JD Vance, has responded to claims that an American strike was responsible for killing four people, including a … Read more
