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No verdict
in Clancy trial
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial said for a second time that they can’t reach a decision on whether she is criminal responsibility for killing her three young children.
The judge on Wednesday told them to keep trying. Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children in 2023. Her attorney argues postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors say she knew what she was doing. The jury has been deliberating for five days.
If they can’t agree, the judge could declare a mistrial. Prosecutors would then decide whether to retry Clancy, drop charges, or negotiate a plea deal.
Lawmakers
question Army
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the U.S. Army to explain why it told a unit based in Europe to stop specializing in drone warfare. The Army’s order comes as battlefields rapidly evolve and military tactics increasingly rely on uncrewed systems to fight.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade was building its own drones and practicing the kind of warfare that Ukraine pioneered against Russia. The lawmakers told the Army in a letter this week that they have deep concerns. They said ending the unit’s focus on drones would limit the military’s abilities to learn from allies such as Ukraine.
Tropical storm
drenches Texas
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) -- Tropical Storm Edouard has weakened into a depression but is still dumping nearly 2 feet of rain in some places and flooding parts of Texas. Schools and municipal offices were closed Wednesday, and residents were told to stay home.
The National Hurricane Center says the storm made landfall Tuesday near the Texas-Louisiana border with winds of 60 mph. More than 70,000 utility customers were without power. In the Pacific Ocean, there are two hurricanes and a tropical storm churning. Lowell and Karina are powerful Category 4 hurricanes, and Tropical Storm Marie was expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday.
Funerals held
for missing
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said five Australians were confirmed safe overnight, reducing the number of missing Australians to 38.
Meanwhile, some families of people still missing in Nuwakot, one of the worst-affected districts, held symbolic funerals for their loved ones, hoping to set their souls free.
Search efforts continue after last week’s floods, which killed at least 1,118 people and left more than 3,900 missing. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said 324 foreign nationals have been rescued, while about 590 from 39 countries remain unaccounted for.