Defense rests in Clancy murder trial as Trump pauses beef tariffs amid East Coast storms

In the high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the defense rested its case after arguing that postpartum psychosis should preclude criminal liability, while prosecutors introduced rebuttal witnesses and prepared for closing arguments next week. President Trump announced a pause on ground-beef tariffs, allowing up to 300,000 metric tons of imports over 90 days at prices 25 percent below current market rates. Severe weather battered the East Coast: a waterspout-turned-tornado hit Atlantic Beach, Long Island, the first in five years, and flooding in Delaware’s capital and Jersey City forced rescues but caused no serious injuries.

The Pentagon terminated the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes along with the publisher and a reporter for alleged insubordination. Health officials warned of a salmonella/E. coli outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts from Minnesota grower Everything Sprouts, with 55 illnesses reported. Hong Kong courts convicted two former Tiananmen vigil organizers on national-security charges.

A military-linked plane crashed in Alaska’s remote Cape Newenham area, killing all eight aboard. Wall Street saw modest gains, and Nancy Kissinger passed away.