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This hinges on the postpartum psychosis defence – her legal team argued that Clancy hallucinated a voice that told her to kill the children.Expert witnesses told the court how severe this illness can be, and family members testified about Clancy’s state of mind.Under Massachusetts law, there is no burden on Clancy to prove her mental illness and that she lacked criminal responsibility.Rather, it is on the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that she was criminally responsible when she killed her children, criminal defence lawyer Elyse Hershon told the BBC.They can do this by either proving beyond reasonable doubt that…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The recent humanoid games alongside Beijing’s robotics conference at times resembled an expensive comedy reel — an array of robots stumbling, misidentifying obstacles, and executing tasks with toddler-like grace. But the striking spectacle served a purpose — drawing the world’s eyeballs further to the progress being made in robots, adding to a building hype. That buzz helped Unitree, the Chinese producer of humanoids that went viral earlier in the year on social media with their backflipping kung-fu bots, go public last month with…

The proximity to the waning moon offers a good opportunity for spotting them. To the naked eye, they will appear as a small group of bright points next to the moon, as if they were diamonds. Binoculars will allow you to make out many more. The encounter will happen again on September 30, when the two objects will once more be separated by just one degree.A Modest Meteor Shower: September 9 and 10September also has its own meteor shower. The Epsilon Perseids will peak September 9 and 10, producing up to eight meteors per hour.A meteor shower, captured in Spain.…

The chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said.Healey resigned from Keir Starmer’s government in June, protesting against what he argued was the then prime minister’s failure to adequately fund defence.But in his new post in No 11 Downing Street, Healey has made clear that he will wait until next year’s spending review before presenting a plan to meet Labour’s pledge of devoting 3.5% of GDP to defence by 2035.In a new report, entitled Thin End of the Wedge, economists at…

An outbreak of diphtheria in parts of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State has killed 15 people among 117 suspected cases reported, health authorities have said. The Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) for Jos North, Baks Bulus, disclosed this on Tuesday during an interaction with journalists in Jos. Mr Bulus said the deaths were recorded within three days of the outbreak, warning that the number of cases could increase if urgent measures were not taken to contain the disease. “So far, according to the data we have gathered from the communities, 117 people are suspected to have…

Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology improves, scientists are decoding the intricate patterns that make different species’ vocalisations distinctive. Madeleine Finlay hears from Emma Bryce, a journalist who has spent months investigating human efforts to understand whale song. She explains how this knowledge could help us better protect whales from human-made harms. Credits: 1. Valeria Vergara/Raincoast Conservation Foundation 2. Footage courtesy of Raincoast Conservation Foundation – Obtained for research under SARA permit XMMS 4 2026 3.…

This summer, 35% of deals involving a transfer fee have been from one Premier League club to another, which is an increase from last year, when the figure was 30%. That then increases to 44% in instances where Premier League clubs have bought players from lower down the English football pyramid.On top of that, the Premier League net spend remains over £1bn for this window – by far the most in Europe – despite many of the biggest sales this summer coming from the English league too. Bundesliga and Ligue 1 clubs have received more in transfer fees than they…

A day after endorsing a bipartisan move for a federal film and TV tax incentive, Donald Trump is doubling down on the initiative. With jobs, jobs, jobs and production, production, production at the heart of the so-called Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, the former Emmy nominee is getting a lot of love from some of Tinseltown’s biggest guilds and most powerful unions. “The Teamsters thank President Donald Trump and this administration for prioritizing passage of a federal film tax credit,” union boss and 2024 GOP convention speaker Sean O’Brien tweeted today. “The Teamsters proudly represent tens of thousands…

Governor Dauda Lawal participated in the 2026 CEO Forum, focusing on linking capital to opportunities and aligning business strategies to promote investment and inclusive economic development in Zamfara State. The governor delivered the Special Policy Address on Tuesday at the event organized by the Global Compact Network Nigeria. This year’s event, held in Lagos, focused on the theme “Financing a Dignified Future: Aligning Business Action, Policy and Capital.” The forum is an exclusive CEO Roundtable and Leadership Dialogue that brings together chief executives, senior government officials, industry leaders from sectors such as oil and gas, energy, manufacturing, construction, and infrastructure,…

Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from Seth Moulton, a congressman who tried to unseat him by arguing to voters his opponent was too old to be effective at his job.Massachusetts is heavily Democratic, making the senator favored to win a third full term in the November general election, where he faces the Republican nominee John Deaton.The 80-year-old incumbent, according to the Associated Press, easily defeated his 47-year-old rival, at a moment when Democratic voters agonize over the age of some lawmakers, a concern that was amplified by Joe Biden’s disastrous…