After roughly 23 hours of deliberations, jurors informed the judge Wednesday that they remained deadlocked and could not reach a unanimous verdict.

“Members of the jury, I’ve got your question, and the question, or probably more of a statement than a question, saying, ‘After much deliberation, we are still unable to come to a unanimous decision,’” Judge Sullivan told the panel in court.

Sullivan then delivered the Tuey-Rodriguez instruction, commonly referred to as the “dynamite charge,” a directive that urges jurors to keep working toward a verdict while reminding them they are best positioned to decide the case and that another jury would not necessarily be better suited to do so.

In Massachusetts, the instruction is typically the final step before a judge may declare a mistrial if a jury remains unable to agree.

“There is no reason to suppose that the case will ever be submitted to 12 persons more intelligent, more impartial or more competent to decide it. Or that more or clear evidence will be produced,” Sullivan said.

‘With this in mind, it’s your duty to decide the case if you can do it conscientiously. In order to make a decision more attainable, the law imposes the burden of proof on one party or the other in all cases. In the present case, a criminal case, the burden of proof is on the Commonwealth to establish every element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt.

‘If you are left in doubt of any element of the crime, the defendant is entitled to the benefit of the doubt and must be acquitted.’

Norah O’Donnell is set to return to CBS News’ morning lineup as a co-anchor, a source familiar with the decision said.

O’Donnell, who was recently named a correspondent for “60 Minutes,” will sit alongside Gayle King and Nate Burleson on the newly relaunched “CBS Mornings” beginning Tuesday, the source told The Post.

Jon Tower, the executive producer of “CBS Mornings,” informed employees of O’Donnell’s “homecoming” in a memo circulated Thursday.

“As we all know, for seven years, Norah helped lead CBS This Morning alongside Gayle, creating one of the most memorable partnerships in the history of morning news. They have a friendship and chemistry that extends beyond the studio,” Tower wrote in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

“They know each other, respect each other, and – maybe most importantly – genuinely enjoy each other. To put it simply, I can’t think of a team I’d rather watch navigate the news than Gayle, Nate and Norah.”

“Please join me in welcoming Norah home.”

O’Donnell previously co-hosted the program – then called “CBS This Morning – with King and Charlie Rose, who was ousted over sexual harassment allegations in 2017.

The journalist was then promoted to anchor of “CBS Evening News” in 2019 and held the gig for five years. O’Donnell was ousted from the role amid slumping ratings under then-CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon, who sought to reimagine the program with co-anchors Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson.

That version of the show brought in even worse ratings and was soon revamped under CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, who replaced the co-anchors with Tony Dokoupil, King and Burleson’s co-host on “CBS Mornings.”

Dokoupil’s morning chair has remained open since he left the program in January, and Weiss and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski have tried out a rotation of substitutes with little success.

The last-place morning show saw its ratings fall to historic lows, hovering between 1.6 million and 1.7 million total viewers on average.

Weiss and Cibrowski are hoping O’Donnell can bring back some stability to the show as she’s set to reunite with King when the program kicks off its new season in September.

As first reported by The Post, O’Donnell had long been rumored as a leading contender for the job and had sparked speculation since February. More recently, O’Donnell appeared in promotional videos for the show, raising eyebrows among the rank-and-file.

King was blindsided and upset over O’Donnell’s potential return, given the sometimes tense relationship between the two stars, sources recently told The Post.

CBS News is expected to roll out more changes to the show, including a format that takes cues from MS NOW’s “Morning Joe.”

Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled streets across Spain, denouncing the government’s response to a large-scale migrant crossing into the country in July.

Officials estimated that 50,000 people rallied in Madrid alone, with many directing their anger at Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as tensions over the migrant crisis in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta continued to escalate.

Unrest stretched on for hours after the main demonstrations dispersed, with the sound of gunfire and explosions reported through the night on Wednesday.

Among the crowds were placards carrying messages such as, “A united Ceuta will never be defeated,” “Sánchez to prison,” and “Invaders — go home!”

Spain is still dealing with the fallout after over 70,000 foreign migrants surged across its border from neighboring Morocco in late July.

Thousands of those migrants remain in Spanish territory even now.

“What happened to us was not a migratory crisis,” Ceuta’s regional leader, Juan Jesús Vivas, said Wednesday. “What happened was the violation of Spain’s territorial integrity.”

The protests came days after Ceuta residents tore down and burned makeshift migrant shelters found in their city.

Demonstrators carrying Spanish flags moved toward beachside migrant camps last week, destroying shelters and setting fires as police attempted to keep protesters and migrants apart, according to Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE and news agency EFE.

Meanwhile, Sanchez has blamed Russia and Israel for amplifying the migrant crisis via social media, saying the July surge across the border was due to a misinterpretation of a Spanish Supreme Court ruling.

Sánchez told radio station SER that research by the European Union’s diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, indicated Russian and Israeli networks had participated in spreading disinformation alongside far-right networks, Reuters reported Aug. 31.

“Without facts, without materials backed up by numbers, dates, names, there is simply nothing to talk about,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Sánchez of “lying shamelessly,” and said in a post on X that the Spanish leader was attempting to divert attention from domestic policy failures.

The man suspected of carrying out a deadly mass shooting inside a Minneapolis apartment building has been identified in newly surfaced images.

Police said 35-year-old Carlton Johnson II allegedly opened fire Wednesday evening at the Loring Towers apartment complex, leaving two people dead and six others injured.

Johnson described himself on social media as a content creator and was also listed as working as a machine operator, according to his online profiles.

Posts and photos shared on his Facebook page suggest he was the father of two young daughters.

Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson said one victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second died after being taken to the hospital.

He also told reporters that one officer was shot in the leg and another was shot twice in the abdomen. 

Johnson died in the building during the standoff, it is unclear at this time if he took his own life or was shot dead by officers. 

Images of Johnson have emerged after it was revealed that he was facing eviction proceedings from the building after making a series of threats to neighbors. 

Court documents obtained by the Daily Mail said that he was issued an order to be evicted in June but was fighting back against it. 

His erratic behavior apparently started back in January, when property managers claim he disturbed the peace by getting into a loud argument and repeatedly knocked on a neighbor’s door.

Then on March 23, Johnson assaulted a resident on the premises of the affordable housing complex and by June he started openly carrying a gun.

The final straw apparently came on June 11, when Johnson was seen walking around the complex with his firearm and entered the management office, where he allegedly waved the gun in front of multiple management personnel, the complaint reads.

That same day, Johnson allegedly told other residents that he obtained a new gun and ‘would kill someone.’

Two days later, Johnson was also seen flashing his gun to others on the sidewalk.

But after receiving the eviction order, Johnson told property managers he would comply with the lease agreement moving forward, and the landlord allowed him to stay so long as he agreed to no longer display his gun or any other weapon. 

Johnson was due to appear in court for an eviction proceeding on September 11. 

A motive for the shooting remained unclear, though Minneapolis police said they were ‘familiar’ with the suspect. 

Shoreline Plaza resident Chris Miller told the Minneapolis Star Tribune the suspect told him earlier in the week how he planned to shoot his ex-girlfriend and two building property managers.

He further claimed he emailed building management, warning them of Johnson’s remarks just days before the tragedy.

Miller went on to explain how he first met Johnson when Miller moved into the building a couple of months ago, and that on a couple of occasions, he showed Miller his handgun and his concealed carry permit.

Miller also noted that the gunman lived alone and had at least a couple of kids who did not live with him, but was mad about a recent breakup.

‘He was very, very angry, drunk and mad,’ said Miller.

Derrick Thompson, who had just moved out of the complex, also told the outlet how he would regularly see Johnson outside drinking.

He said the suspect was involved in a child custody dispute, and his car was recently repossessed.

‘He was fighting people every day, every damn day,’ Thompson lamented. ‘He lost everything.’

Then just moments before the shooting, another resident claims, Johnson said he was going to kill the mother of his child.

The unidentified woman told Fox 6 she was taking her young daughter to get some food when she encountered the gunman on the ninth floor.

‘I was already in the building when he grabbed me and said, “I’m going to kill my baby mama and you’re going to witness it,” and I’m like, “Let me go and quit playing with me,”‘ she recounted.

Johnson then decided to let go of her, saying: ‘You know what, I’m [going to] let you go for the simple fact that you don’t deserve this. You always pray for me. You always keep me uplifted.’

Still, the woman said, he vowed to kill the mother of his child ‘and I said “quit playing.”‘

‘Next thing you know, I come back, we can’t get in the building. He did it.’

In total, seven patients were rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center, one of whom was later pronounced dead, spokesman Jonathan Comito said. 

At the news conference on Wednesday night,  Peterson said he was ‘sickened’ by the tragedy.

‘It’s truly sickening that in my career, 31 years here, that is the third incident like this that has happened,’ he said.

‘But our officers have shown that they are willing and they do respond towards gunfire when others are running from it, and it’s absolutely heroic.’

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also commended the police officers, saying if it was not for their ‘heroic work, the death toll would be higher.’

Hate crimes across New York City climbed sharply over the past year, driven largely by a rise in antisemitic incidents targeting Jewish New Yorkers, even as the NYPD reported that the city experienced its safest summer on record, according to newly released crime data.

The figures, made public just weeks before the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, show confirmed hate crimes increased 15.8% year over year, rising to 425 in 2026 from 367 in 2025.

Anti-Jewish hate crimes rose 8% and made up more than half of all confirmed hate crime cases recorded during the first eight months of the year, despite Jewish residents representing roughly 10% of New York City’s population.

The troubling trend has included violent attacks, among them the July stabbing of a Jewish man outside an Upper West Side synagogue, underscoring a continued rise in bias-related crimes even as broader public safety numbers improved.

Between June 1 and August 31, New York City recorded the fewest shooting incidents, shooting victims and murders ever documented for that summer period, the NYPD said.

There were 195 shootings reported over the summer, 32 less than the record low of 227 set last year.

There were 249 shooting victims, 44 fewer than the previous record low of 293 set in 2018, and 66 murders, 12 fewer than the previous record low of 78 set in 2017