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The judge in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children, has declared a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict and remained deadlocked after a week of deliberations.Jurors in Plymouth state court spent more than 38 hours in deliberations over the charges against the 36-year-old mom, which came on the heels of a weeks-long trial that directed national attention to maternal mental health issues that can occur postpartum.The 12-person jury was made up of nine women and three men and, according to the notes given to the court, was…

The ascent of a launch vehicle is a battle against gravity to gain the immense velocity required to stay in orbit — while re-entry is a struggle against the atmosphere to shed that same energy in a systematic way.Initially, aerospace scientists believed that surviving atmospheric re-entry would be impossible because the massive kinetic energy of an orbiting space capsule would be converted into intense heat energy upon re-entry. The resulting temperatures would be so extreme that they would melt any known structural material. The breakthrough came with the blunt body theory, which proved that if the space capsule’s forebody is…

A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three young children.The mistrial, declared on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to retry the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, as cited by AP.The deliberations took a dramatic turn late in the week when the judge said he would declare a mistrial on Friday, but then changed…

In his speech, Farage said the country needed a government “that actually delivers on its promises” and “we’re the only people capable of doing it”.He argued the Tories “had 14 years in power and failed absolutely miserably”, while Labour’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham “says he needs 10 years”, a reference to the PM’s promise to set out a 10-year plan for the country later this year.If Reform wins the next general election, Farage pledged to sack ministers who fail to deliver on their promises in their first 100 days in the job “and replace them with somebody else with…

The opposition parties in the BMC demanded that the proposal be sent back to the administration for reconsideration Mumbai: The BMC removed 38 unauthorized stalls in the Andheri (West) area as part of its ongoing ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign.The action was carried out at Andheri (West) railway station, Vile Parle (West) railway station, Jogeshwari (West) railway station, Veera Desai Marg and Swami Vivekanand Marg. In the first phase of the campaign, encroachments are being removed from 200 footpaths across Mumbai. Large-scale action under the K-West Ward office has been underway since last week.The ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign has been undertaken to make…

New Delhi: Several roads near the airport, AIIMS, Connaught Place and Anand Vihar were inundated Friday, forcing many to wade through flooded stretches and traffic to crawl at several key points.The downpour once again exposed the capital’s drainage woes, with the airport corridor being among the worst affected stretches. Waterlogging was reported at Terminal 3 underpass, an important access route for airport-bound traffic, with visuals showing a bus stranded inside the inundated tunnel. Water quickly choked surrounding roads as vehicles were forced to slow down or take diversions.South Delhi also had its share of trouble. Roads around AIIMS, Mahipalpur and…

The addition, combined with replacement of ageing vehicles, is expected to expand BMTC’s fleet from around 7,000 buses to nearly 11,000 in 18 months Bengaluru: More than half of BMTC’s fleet could be electric within 18 months, with the state cabinet Thursday approving induction of 4,500 e-buses under the Centre’s PM E-DRIVE scheme.The addition, combined with replacement of ageing vehicles, is expected to expand BMTC’s fleet from around 7,000 buses to nearly 11,000 in 18 months. BMTC operates 1,700 e-buses under the gross cost contract (GCC) model.The Centre will provide the 4,500 buses, while the State will extend Rs 600…

Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao on Friday questioned what he described as selective action by chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s govt, asking why action was taken against minister Konda Surekha while no action had been initiated against revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy over prohibited land parcels.Addressing a BRS protest at the Koutala mandal centre in the Sirpur (T) constituency, Harish said the inclusion of land parcels in the 22A prohibited list had adversely affected poor people and farmers. He alleged that agricultural land, house sites and other properties had been included in the list, making it difficult for owners…

First TVK allies meeting on June 1 Chennai: TVK has planned to conduct its second meeting with leaders of coalition partners and allies on Sept 9. The meeting is expected to take forward the discussion on floating a political front formally and give it a name.TVK ministers N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, R Nirmalkumar and A Rajmohan called on state CPM secretary P Shanmugam, CPI secretary M Veerapandian and MDMK general secretary Vaiko to extend them an invitation to the meeting. They are set to meet VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan and Congress leaders too and invite them for the meeting.The first…

Rourkela: An elderly couple died after a wall of their mud house collapsed on them following heavy overnight rain in Sundargarh district’s Rourkela area in the early hours of Friday. The deceased were identified as Tenga Kispata (74) and his wife Mahi Kispata (72), residents of Ranto Madutola under Kalunga police outpost limits of Brahmani Tarang police station. Source link