Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations that each side’s attacks caused civilian deaths. Officials in the Moscow region say five people were killed there while authorities in Ukraine said a similar number, including two children, died at various sites across the country. The U.N. reports that Russian attacks have killed over 16,000 Ukrainian civilians. Russia has relentlessly pounded civilian areas of Ukraine, even though Moscow insists its forces target only military facilities. On Monday, Russian officials say a drone strike in the Black Sea resort of Arkhipo-Osipovka killed seven people, including three children. The Russian Defense Ministry claims its forces continue to strike Ukrainian ports and infrastructure. Neither side's claims could be independently verified.

The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband has made his initial appearance in state court. The procedural hearing for Vance Boelter comes less than two weeks after his sentencing in federal court. He pleaded guilty to the federal charges related to the killing of former House Speaker Hortman and her husband, Mark, as well as critically wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. If convicted of the state charges, Boelter could face mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Lindsay Clancy's murder trial is in the second week of testimony about the killings of her three children in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023. Court was back in session Monday after a week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where the children were strangled. Monday’s witnesses have so far included doctors who provided medical treatment to Clancy and two of her children, building on testimony some of their colleagues gave for the prosecution last week. Clancy’s defense says she was a loving mother who was overmastered by postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors contend that she acted intentionally and should be held criminally responsible.

Jurors have walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children. Friday's rare visit let the jury see firsthand the place where an outwardly ordinary family life unraveled into tragedy. First, the jury was driven past some businesses relevant to the narrative of the January 2023 killings. Then jurors were escorted in groups of six to view the inside of the house and also saw the yard. Clancy's lawyers don’t dispute that she strangled the children with exercise bands. But the defense says she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness.

First responders have given jurors firsthand accounts of what they found after Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and tried to take her own life. The murder trial has focused on Clancy’s mental state in January 2023. Her lawyers argue she suffered from postpregnancy psychosis, a rare mental illness, while prosecutors say she's criminal responsible. On Thursday, police and firefighters described her then-husband's horror as he realized his children are dead. If convicted, Clancy faces life in prison. If found not guilty, she would be committed to a mental health facility.

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