At least 163 Nigerian captives, mostly women and children, have spoken of the suffering and fear they lived in for six months They were handed over by security forces in Kwara on Friday and were anticipating their return home to reunite with their families. The victims were abducted in an attack on Woro, a village in Kwara State, in February. Some of the freed women were informed their husbands were among those killed in the attack. Some captives told The Associated Press they had given up hope of returning home.

In a landmark ruling against Meta, a New Mexico judge likened the company’s social media platforms to factories. The psychological harm to children who use Facebook and Instagram, he said, can be seen as their pollution. Judge Bryan Biedscheid fined the company $567 million in his ruling Thursday, but he also ordered new safety measures including time limits for kids and AI chatbot restrictions. How easily those features can be implemented, and how effective they could be at protecting young users from mental health harms, are unresolved questions. But the judge’s order showed a possible path forward for other court fights around the country as Meta faces mounting legal challenges.

A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for mental health harm to kids from its platforms.

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.

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.

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.