Amanda Knox is defending a show she is performing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Scotland over the coming days. The American student convicted and later acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of her British roommate Meredith Kercher 19 years ago in Italy was a 20-year-old student in Perugia when Kercher was found stabbed to death in her bedroom in the apartment they shared with two Italian women. Knox was convicted and then acquitted over the murder. Knox said Thursday in an Instagram post that her comedy show “honors Meredith Kercher’s memory and calls out the violence that was done to her and to me.”
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Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman. At least two ships were hit in the strait in the past week, while several others reported near misses or warnings from entities claiming to represent Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked government forces, killing at least 30 in one of the biggest such assaults since a 2022 truce. Two Israeli soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon.
The jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy saw autopsy photos of the youngest of three children, who she has admitted strangling in January 2023. The photos prompted Clancy to breakdown in repeated sobs. The defense doesn’t dispute that Clancy killed the children but argues she was overwhelmed by postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that affects women’s hold on reality after childbirth. Prosecutors contend that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, acted intentionally and is criminally responsible. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole.
Houthi rebel attacks in central and eastern Yemen kill at least 30 government forces, Yemeni government officials say.
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler for killing a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank. The indictment accuses settler Yinon Levi of reckless manslaughter in the death of activist Awdah Hathaleen. Levi also faces charges of armed trespassing and malicious property damage. The charge of reckless manslaughter carries a lesser punishment than murder under Israeli law. According to Israeli rights group B’Tselem, this marks the first indictment of an Israeli for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023. In that time, settlers and soldiers have killed at least 1,100 Palestinians, the group says.
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One man was killed and another was injured in a late-night shooting on West Main Street, and LMPD is searching for suspects.
Months before Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, the family's former nanny said she saw her deal with significant weight loss, insomnia, and postpregnancy mental health issues. However, Elaine Rossi told the jury at Clancy's murder trial Wednesday that she never saw the Massachusetts mom as a danger to her kids. Clancy's defense doesn't dispute that she killed the children in January 2023, but argues she was overwhelmed by postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that affects women's hold on reality after childbirth. Prosecutors contend that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, acted intentionally and is criminally responsible. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole.
Nearly 30 years after his death, Tupac Shakur will be front and center as a man who prosecutors say orchestrated his killing goes to trial. Duane “Keffe D” Davis has pleaded not guilty to a single count of murder for his alleged role in the death of the iconic rapper. The long-unsolved case has gripped fans. For decades, the case was cold. Then, Davis' tell-all memoir revived the investigation, and he was arrested in late 2023. Jury selection is scheduled to start Monday. The trial is scheduled for about a month. Shakur's family hopes the trial will answer key questions about the artist's death and bring justice for Shakur.
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Court documents show that a 37-year-old Spokane man charged with intentionally setting a wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city was questioned by law enforcement about two different blazes last year, though he wasn’t charged in either. Aaron F. Farinacci was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire. He appeared in court Tuesday via video link from the jail, and the judge set his arraignment for Thursday. According to an affidavit, Farinacci denied that he set the Old Trails Fire. It is the biggest of three blazes in and around Spokane.
Federal officials say a man from El Salvador has died at a New Jersey immigration jail. The jail has been targeted for months by protesters over living conditions for people detained there. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday that Edwin Lopez-Cornejo had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested in June. The agency says he died Saturday. The government accused Lopez-Cornejo of entering the U.S. illegally. His official cause of death has not been released. His death has prompted immediate and fierce condemnation from officials and community members. President Donald Trump and his deputies have defended the center’s operations.