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Court testimony reveals that Lindsay Clancy’s family expressed significant concern regarding her mental health during the months leading up to the tragic incident involving her three children.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, faces serious charges, including three counts of first-degree murder, following the deaths of her children Cora, Dawson, and Callan, who were all under the age of 6. The children were discovered strangled within the Clancy family’s Duxbury residence in 2023. On Monday morning, the prosecution wrapped up its case.

The jury, tasked with deciding the outcome of this tragic case, comprises 12 women and six men; of these, six serve as alternates.

During Tuesday’s proceedings, Lindsay Clancy’s mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, addressed the jury. She expressed her worries about Lindsay’s mental wellbeing during the 2022 holiday season, although she also affirmed that Lindsay was a devoted and loving mother.

POSTPARTUM MOM LINDSAY CLANCY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER BRINGS COURT TO A HALT WITH SUDDEN BREAKDOWN

Lindsay Clancy does not contest that she killed the children. She and her defense attorneys contend she was experiencing ongoing postpartum psychosis at the time of the deaths.

She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

“Lindsay was struggling. We were all very concerned,” Susan Clancy said. “She was very nurturing, very loving. She was a wonderful mother. Wonderful.”

Susan Clancy said she began seeing a decline in Lindsay’s mental health in November 2022.

“She reached out to me in November and told me that she felt unwell,” Susan Clancy said. “She felt…Mostly she had insomnia. She was losing her appetite. She was, very anxious and sad.”

“She was begging for help,” Susan Clancy said.

When asked if she ever saw Lindsay Clancy treat the children bad, her mother-in-law responded, “no.”

Paula Musgrove, Lindsay Clancy’s mother, also told jurors about the mental health problems. In an Oct. 20, 2022 text message, Lindsay Clancy asked her mother for help.

“Mom, will you please come up and stay with me for a bit? I’m really sick. Something is wrong. I had horrible insomnia all night, and I just don’t know how I am going to get through the day…It’s just really scary, and I don’t want to be alone,” the text read.

Musgrove said she wasn’t concerned about the children’s safety.

Both Reece Weaver and I are enthusiastic about the same exercise dress, and after an evening of dancing in it, I can confidently say it deserves a spot in my workout collection.

Reece Weaver, a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader turned Broadway star, soon to perform in “Chicago,” knows apparel needs to accommodate active movement. When she shared her collection from Halara with me, I was eager to explore it.

Halara, celebrated for its comfortable and reasonably priced athleisure pieces, features a curated selection by Reece herself. The highlight for me is the SoftlyZero Active Dress, which is attractively priced at about $45.

Recently, I joined Weaver for a dance class, complete with pom poms, and we spent the entire evening immersed in dancing, kicking, and spinning while wearing the same dress style.

The dress proved to be more than just a fashionable choice for laid-back workouts. With built-in shorts providing the coverage needed for choreography, and a stretchy fabric allowing for unrestricted movement, it required no constant readjustments.

The side pockets are another practical touch — especially when I wanted somewhere to stash a small essential before class.

This dress is the definition of “business in the front, party in the back.” The airy, backless crisscross design adds a little something extra. I love that it looks polished enough to wear beyond a workout, while still feeling like something I could actually exercise in.

Dancing alongside Reece herself made for a pretty convincing test drive. We spent the evening working through the kind of movements that can expose an uncomfortable or restrictive outfit pretty quickly. Instead, I found myself thinking about the dancing, not my dress.

That is exactly the kind of workout clothing I want: comfortable enough to move in, flattering enough that I feel good wearing it and affordable enough that buying another color does not feel like a major decision.

In a tragic incident at a Stellantis factory in Detroit, a worker met his end due to a malfunction involving a robotic arm. This unfortunate event unfolded as the facility was undergoing retooling.

The victim, Ronald Adams, aged 63, lost his life in April 2025 at the Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan. His death has been brought to light through a lawsuit recently filed. This factory is part of a larger conglomerate well-known for producing Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, and Ram vehicles.

Adams, who proudly served in the US Air Force, was diligently performing maintenance on a machine in the plant. At a certain moment, two of his colleagues decided to take a break, leaving him to handle the machinery alone. Tragically, this decision proved fatal.

Just a few minutes after their departure, one of these coworkers returned, only to be greeted by the heartbreaking sight of Adams— a devoted father and grandfather—trapped between a mechanical arm and a conveyor system.

Details from court filings, as reported by Detroit News, reveal how the colleagues promptly alerted emergency medical services and requested the assistance of an on-site electrician to lift the heavy arm off Adams, who was a skilled mechanic with a history of work at Northwest Airlines.

A worker said in a statement seen by the outlet that Adams was ‘hunched over with his right arm on conveyor,’ the robotic arm had his ‘right shoulder pinned,’ they said.

Three workers then worked with paramedic teams to move Adams from the conveyor belt to a stretcher. He was then rushed to hospital where he later died.  

A medical examiner later ruled that he died after suffering catastrophic crushing injuries and ‘traumatic asphyxia.’

According to a lawsuit filed by his widow Shamenia Stewart-Adams, also seen by the outlet, there were a lack of safety guards and safe work practices when Adams died.

The suit said that the lack of measures allowed the robotic arm to pin and crush Adams, who had worked in the plant for two decades. 

At the time of his death, Adams was working with a group to retool the plant as it prepared to start producing a new four-cylinder engine. 

He was working on a large industrial chamber washer that cleans out engine parts, with the robotic arm bringing components to and from the washer. 

According to the outlet, the lawsuit hinges on a safety mechanism for the washer that Adams’ estate claims was ‘electronically bypassed’ with a special key.

This alleged bypass allowed Adams to get to work even while the machinery around him, including the robotic arm, was not in the correct work-safe mode. 

Fives Cinetic Corp, who are named in the suit, supplied the washer to the plant and claimed in their response that the accident would not have happened if Stellantis had followed ‘safe work practices,’ the outlet reported. 

Court filings seen by the outlet also indicate that other factors may have played a part in his death. 

A worker reported an issue with the robotic system that killed Adams two days before the fatal incident, saying it would move while in ‘dry run’ mode. 

An attorney for Adams also told The Detroit News that there was no evidence to suggest that Adams was the one who used the key to disable the robot’s safety features before his death. 

Lawyers for Stellantis filed earlier this year to have the case dismissed, but Judge Catherine Heise denied the motion. 

Adams is one of three Stellantis workers in the US to have died in industrial incidents in the last two years. 

The first happened in Toledo, Ohio, in August of 2024 when Antonio Gaston, 53, was crushed after being snagged on a piece of equipment. 

Earlier this month James Brasher, 57, died after falling from the second-story loading bay of a former Mopar office and hitting his head on a dumpster, he died instantly.

The two men and Adams were all members of the United Auto Workers.  

Gaston’s widow has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the firm claiming the conveyor system that snagged him lacked crucial equipment to prevent such a thing from happening. 

An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ruled that he reached across a conveyor belt when he was caught. 

The watchdog issued a ‘serious violation’ with regards to machine guarding inside the Toledo plant and fined them $16,000, the outlet reported. The company contested the fine and settled for around $11,000. 

An OSHA investigation is underway into the death of Brasher and a probe continues into the death of Adams. 

The Daily Mail has contacted Stellantis for comment.

A spokesperson previously told The Detroit News: ‘We regularly evaluate and strengthen our internal standards and protocols to protect employees across our operations.

‘Sharing best practices throughout the organization helps reinforce our safety culture and supports consistent performance. 

‘Stellantis continues to enhance workplace safety and ensure all sites meet or exceed regulatory requirements.’

Hayden Panettiere’s journey through Hollywood spotlighted a darker narrative within the industry, as revealed by Lynsey Lonberg, cherished by Panettiere as her “second mom”. Lonberg shed light on the disturbing experiences the late actress encountered as a young star, including allegations of being offered pills.

“In her book [“This Is Me: A Reckoning”], she describes me as her second mother. She was truly like a daughter to me,” Lonberg shared with the Daily Mail, reflecting on their close relationship.

The former “Heroes” star, whose career began in infancy, faced relentless battles with her personal demons, Lonberg noted, emphasizing her friend’s repeated efforts to overcome them despite the challenges inherent in being an actress.

During conversations with Lonberg, Panettiere reportedly opened up about the environment on set, claiming, “She told me that on set, you could find any pills, liquor—anything you wanted was available,” Lonberg recounted to the publication.

As Lonberg put it, “This kid didn’t stand a chance. Without Hollywood’s influence, I truly believe her path would have been a very different one.”

Lonberg said Panettiere “did the best she could” for her daughter, Kaya, whom she welcomed with ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko in 2014.

“It was impossible for her [to] keep up what she was doing as an actress and try to take care of her daughter,” she shared.

“She was trying to overcome the problems she had with drugs,” Lonberg alleged.

Panettiere was found dead in an Airbnb in Greenville, South Carolina, on Sunday. She was 36.

According to an autopsy obtained by Page Six, the “Bring It On: All or Nothing” star had “no signs of trauma … that would have contributed to the death.”

A cause of death has not yet been revealed; however, a 911 call obtained by us revealed an “unidentified female” was in “cardiac arrest” following an alleged “overdose.”

Panettiere was often candid about her substance abuse struggles.

In her 2026 memoir, the “Scream VI” alum revealed she went to rehab after becoming dependent on alcohol following the traumatic birth of her daughter.

She also said she turned to prescription medication to deal with anxiety after Season 4 of “Nashville: began filming in 2015.

If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). 

In a dramatic twist to a high-stakes divorce case, the estranged spouse of a billionaire hedge fund magnate found herself blocked from testifying. The court uncovered that she had illicitly accessed her husband’s email accounts, influencing this decision.

Last week marked the beginning of legal proceedings for John and Laura Overdeck, both 56 years old, in New Jersey Family Court. This divorce case has captured attention as the largest contested one in the state’s history.

Hedge fund powerhouse John Overdeck, recognized by Forbes with a net worth of $8 billion, is slated to give testimony. His appearance follows a judge’s finding that Laura was involved in ‘multiple discovery abuses,’ as reported by the New York Post.

The court heard accusations that Laura intruded into John’s online privacy by capturing images of sensitive email exchanges—the messages involved were between him and his legal advisors—directly from his computer.

Despite a court directive ordering her to surrender the device containing these images, Laura delayed compliance for a staggering 13 months, according to Judge Bruce Buechler.

When she finally did, the photographs of the correspondence between John and his legal team had been deleted. Laura allegedly claimed to have deleted images because her phone was low on storage.

She also convinced post office staff to provide her with an extra key to John’s P.O. box so that she could ‘access the mail in that box,’ the judge said. She has not disclosed what items, if any, she took from the box.

In the wake of her actions, Buechler has issued what he called the ‘ultimate sanction’ and has dismissed her divorce complaint.

This means she is barred from presenting any affirmative evidence in the case, testifying in support of her claim or calling experts to the stand, the Post reported. 

Laura’s lawyers will instead need to grill John during cross examination to make their case.

Buechler, in his ruling, did note that the couple’s ‘assets need to be equitably distributed.’

In their opening statements, Laura’s lawyers claimed that John had ‘methodically and strategically’ tried for decades to secure his own wealth in case of a divorce. 

They claimed that he ‘schemed’ to leave her with as little as possible in the split, an amount they claimed was $633 million.

His lawyers said that John was now prepared to hand over $723 million in tax-free cash to Laura. 

The main sticking point between the two is over whether Laura is entitled to an even bigger sum tied to the value of John’s firm Two Sigma.

She is seeking 35 percent of the value of his stake in the firm, which according to her lawyer would be worth $6.2 billion. His lawyers claimed it equated to $4.9 billion.

His lawyers have said that the firm is not a marital asset while adding that it was founded two years before they wed in 2002. 

John’s lawyer Jonathan Wolfe said: ‘The company had done substantial work and managed hundreds of millions of dollars before the parties’ marriage.’

Her lawyer Therese Lyons countered that the company was just a ‘concept’ then and that it only started trading after they were wed. 

The company grew exponentially during their marriage, with John testifying last Wednesday that he had grown it from under $1 billion in 2001 to now $80 billion. 

Lyons claimed that as well as managing the firm with his partner he also ‘worked tirelessly’ to hide assets from his wife. 

She accused him of ‘planning his escape’ during their marriage, and accused him of a ‘scheme’ to strip billions out of their marital estate. 

Wolfe said that John earned $685 million during their marriage, all of which was held in a joint bank account. Prior to their marriage, John had already made billions, he added. 

Prior to co-founding Two Sigma with David Siegel, he had worked at DE Shaw & Co, an investment firm, and also helped Jeff Bezos launch Amazon. 

Wolfe said that John’s offer to his estranged wife was ‘more than enough to meet the needs of the parties’ marital lifestyle’. 

Laura is also now seeking hundreds of millions in treasury bonds that are held in a trust, as well as a court order handing her equal control of their family foundation. 

Failing that order, her lawyers have asked the court to have John give 50 percent of the value of their foundation to a charity of her choosing. 

According to a tax filing in 2024 seen by Bloomberg, their family foundation has assets in it totaling $920 million.

Laura holds a degree in astrophysics from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. 

She also founded and oversees a nonprofit called Bedtime Math that helps parents teach math to their kids. 

A leading Russian economist has been dismissed after publicly expressing concerns about Moscow’s faltering position in an economic “war of attrition” against the West. He forewarned of a potential social crisis, just as the European Union plans to intensify sanctions against Russia’s military and industrial sectors.

This situation transcends a simple reshuffling within the Kremlin. For the U.S. and its European partners, the critical question is whether sustained economic sanctions are beginning to limit Moscow’s capacity to maintain its military engagements or if Russia can endure the financial pressures while restoring its military resources.

Andrei Klepach, who served as the chief economist at the state development bank VEB.RF, was terminated following his statements highlighting Russia’s technological and economic decline and the increasing costs of its military actions in Ukraine. This information was disclosed by two sources familiar with the situation to Reuters on August 17.

The state-owned bank VEB confirmed Klepach’s departure but did not specify the reason. Klepach himself, who had been the chief economist since 2014 and previously spent ten years at Russia’s Economy Ministry, also acknowledged his firing.

“We are falling behind. We are losing both the technological and economic competition in the world,” Klepach said in a May speech to the Nikitsky Club, a forum of economists, academics and government officials. The remarks were delivered in May but did not draw attention in Russian media until last week.

“And we are losing it not only to China and the United States, in some ways we are losing it to Ukraine too,” he said, attributing Ukraine’s resilience in part to continued financial backing from the West.

“We will not win the competition in this war of attrition,” Klepach said. “We have the illusion that everything there [in Ukraine] will collapse. It has not collapsed and will not collapse. Our costs are mounting.”

Klepach acknowledged that Russia had proved resilient to Western sanctions but warned that Ukrainian attacks on energy and logistics infrastructure were creating additional economic pressure. Reuters noted that Russia’s central bank said in July that economic growth could fall as low as zero this year, while repeated Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and other facilities have caused supply disruptions and added to inflation risks.

“Economically we will not collapse, but our lag will continue to grow, with all the resulting consequences,” Klepach said, predicting that Russia could face a social crisis “precisely when nobody is particularly expecting it.”

A European intelligence source told News Media that Russia’s deeper economic problems should not be confused with immediate financial pressure on President Vladimir Putin. The source said higher oil prices had helped Moscow cover more of its budget deficit and could give the Kremlin additional time before economic constraints begin forcing difficult choices over the war. “It doesn’t solve the fundamental economic problems in Russia, but from a budgetary point of view, Putin is OK actually,” the source said. “He’s not under pressure.”

The source argued that this could delay expectations that deteriorating economic and budget conditions would eventually pressure Putin to end the war, potentially allowing Moscow to continue fighting “another spring” or “another season.” The assessment adds a counterpoint to Klepach’s warning: Russia may be losing ground economically over the longer term while still retaining enough near-term revenue to sustain its war effort.

The warning comes as the European Union prepares to intensify its economic pressure on Moscow.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told Germany’s Die Welt that she plans to propose what she called the “most far-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war.” Kallas said existing EU sanctions had deprived Russia’s war machine of more than $1.16 trillion, a figure presented by Kallas and reported by Reuters on Aug. 17.

EU diplomatic sources told Reuters that the bloc’s diplomatic service is expected to propose sanctions against approximately 1,600 additional Russian individuals and entities, with a particular focus on the country’s military-industrial complex.

The measures are expected to include asset freezes along with travel and transaction bans. Officials plan to present the list to EU governments in early September and aim for adoption in October.

Inside Russia, authorities also moved Monday against one of the country’s remaining prominent liberal opposition figures.

Lev Shlosberg, deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony, independent Russian outlet Mediazona reported. Shlosberg was accused of “discrediting Russia’s armed forces and spreading false information” about them.

Shlosberg, who described the war during his trial as a catastrophe for Russia, maintained his innocence and said the case against him was political. He also repeated his call for a ceasefire. The sentencing came a week after Russia’s Supreme Court barred Yabloko from participating in next month’s parliamentary election.

Meanwhile, attacks continued through the weekend and into Monday.

Russian strikes targeted port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Izmail district in the Odesa region overnight, according to Ukrainian authorities. A separate strike damaged a civilian Togo-flagged vessel and injured four people. Across the border, a Ukrainian drone attack killed a woman and struck an industrial facility in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region, the regional governor said.

Separately, ArcelorMittal said a Russian missile strike on its Kryvyi Rih steel plant over the weekend killed two employees and injured three employees and contractors, damaging major energy and blast-furnace facilities and partially halting production.