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Missouri
map rejected
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump for Missouri’s November election. Missouri’s chief election official says he has directed local authorities to instead use districts passed in 2022, following a legal battle that lasted nearly a year.
The decision could change candidate choices for over a million voters. Missouri’s top court had ordered the use of the 2022 districts, but Secretary of State Denny Hoskins initially followed a federal judge’s order to use the Trump-backed map.
The court’s decision ends uncertainty over the districts, which had been redrawn to help Republicans gain an additional seat.
Clancy’s lawyer
seeks acquittal
BOSTON (AP) -- Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children. Her trial ended in a mistrial.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues prosecutors failed to prove Clancy was criminally responsible and that the case should not be tried twice. Eleven of 12 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. Clancy’s defense said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed her children in 2023.
Prosecutors said she knew what she was doing. If the judge grants the motion, Clancy would not face another trial.
Confusion for
immigrants
MIAMI (AP) -- A deadline for the Trump administration to decide whether about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador can remain protected from deportation has passed without any public announcement. It’s raising hopes among many for another six-month extension, but it’s also sowing confusion.
The Department of Homeland Security has been quiet about its plans, saying Thursday that it would make an announcement “at an appropriate time” and that Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador remains in effect for now. The silence has advocates, employers, families and others scrambling to figure out what may happen next.
Strike hits
home in Gaza
(AP) -- An Israeli strike in northern Gaza has killed at least four people, including two children. The bodies were taken Thursday to Shifa Hospital, where officials identified those killed as a husband and wife along with their two daughters, aged 8 and 12.
A neighbor said the family was sleeping when the strike hit their home. The Israeli military in a statement said the strike in Beit Lahiya killed a militant who had taken part in attacks against its forces. It did not give details.