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One of Lindsay Clancy's supporters says the Massachusetts mom shouldn't be on trial for murdering her 3 children ... she says the mental healthcare system failed Lindsay.

Renee Kimball joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday ... and we asked her what justice looks like for her.

She says Lindsay deserves to get the help she begged for and to be able to move on with her life and help others who are going through postpartum psychosis.

Renee organized Thursday's rally at the Massachusetts courthouse where Lindsay is on trial, and tells us her group's support for Lindsay is not meant to justify the deaths of her children.

The case of a New York City grandma who's been missing for two weeks in Las Vegas -- while a stranger used her phone to ask for bitcoin -- took a sad and bizarre turn on Thursday ... when she was found dead near the airport.

Here's the deal ... Alisa Goods was visiting a friend in Sin City, and she left their home on August 8 to go shopping at CVS and vanished. Days after she disappeared, someone began messaging from her phone, asking her family for bitcoin.

Sadly, police say they discovered the 63-year-old's body on Thursday near Harry Reid International Airport -- a development that raises so many questions.

Here's Donald Trump's aide, Natalie Harp, going full Forest Gump ... sprinting after her boss as she tries to keep up with Trump at his golf course in Scotland, while he zips around in a cart.

Natalie's catching national attention this week amid controversy surrounding her intimate letters to Trump ... including one where she apologized for embarrassing him by chasing after him on foot at Trump Turnberry.

Well, we've now got the pics from that infamous day on the links ... it happened in May 2023 when Trump was out of office ... and photos show Natalie sprinting after a caravan of golf carts, led by Trump.

11:41 AM PT -- The chase is over and the suspect has been apprehended after he banged a u-turn to try to shake the cops, but ended up colliding with a cruiser.

From there, the man took off on foot ... but authorties caught up to him, tackling him to the ground. They piled on top of him and cuffed him.

The Los Angeles Police Department is locked in a car chase with a burglary suspect through the San Fernando Valley ... TMZ is streaming live.

An LAPD spokesperson confirmed to KTLA that officers began following the suspect a little after 10 a.m. in North Hollywood.

A federal prosecutor in California was found dead inside an office this week -- and police are now investigating.

The San Diego PD tells TMZ ... Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Haden's body was discovered Wednesday inside an office at a federal building in San Diego, which is home to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California.

Cops say officers received a report of a man who possibly disappeared Wednesday evening, and then they responded to the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building, where they found Haden's body.

Police said they do not suspect foul play ... but the medical examiner will determine the exact cause and manner of death.

The professor who accused former Cambridge academic Jason Arday of plagiarism before he quit his job and was found dead is now in hot water -- he’s been suspended from his job at a Belgian university.

Nathan Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher for Ghent University, revealed the news Thursday on X ... adding he believes he will be fired.

In a separate tweet, he said he was under investigation by the university "for discriminating against Arday."

Donald Trump's frenemy and former fixer has been doing quite a bit of sucking up, especially now that he needs a presidential pardon.

In a new clip from his interview with Trump, Michael Cohen was acting all buddy-buddy with the prez, saying ... "Boss, you remember when I was by your side? I literally used to analyze the polls."

This is the latest on Cohen's road to reconciliation with Trump ... after testifying against him in the 2024 hush money trial where he was convicted on 34 felonies.

Karmelo Anthony allegedly sent his then-girlfriend a photo of a knife and talked about stabbing someone shortly before he killed Austin Metcalf ... according to evidence jurors never heard.

The alleged messages surfaced Thursday during a hearing on Karmelo's push for a new trial, according to multiple reports from Dallas-area outlets.

Prosecutors say Karmelo's girlfriend told a school administrator she was scared of him ... and Karmelo allegedly later texted her a knife photo and wrote, "I'm lowkey on the verge."

Here's video of ICE agents callously dropping slurs directed at immigrants ... and they refuse to apologize for their hateful words.

Appalling body cam footage shows agents using the words "tonk" and "wet," -- derogatory terms for immigrants -- without batting an eye, sometimes even laughing about it.

You can hear in the footage ... they're casually dropping these slurs, as if they're totally normal words, while patrolling the streets.

Tonk is such a vile slur, it's never gone mainstream -- we won't explain it's meaning or backstory here, but you can go look it up.

And the Department of Homeland Security isn't taking any accountability.

Nolan Wells' mom Christine Wonsley is still digging for answers ... and now she's going straight after the marine towing companies his friends called on the day he disappeared.

TMZ obtained two new subpoenas filed Thursday on behalf of Nolan's estate -- one for Sea Tow Services International and another for Ward Marine Services, which operates as Sea Tow South Mississippi.

For Sea Tow, she wants basically everything connected to the July 4 incident from 2 PM to 8 PM ... including calls, recordings, dispatch records and documents showing who handled the response.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are presenting a united front ... speaking from the Rose Garden amid intense scrutiny surrounding one of the prez's aides.

The First Couple hosted a press conference on IndyCar and the Fox Corporation's partnership ahead of the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. ... a public show of support amid recent headlines and speculation regarding Natalie Harp.

As we've reported ... Natalie -- an executive assistant known as President Trump's "human printer" because she literally carries around a printer for him -- has gone viral after letters she wrote to Trump raised some eyebrows.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are headed back across the pond temporarily ... but they're leaving at least one important family member behind.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Meghan's mom -- Doria Ragland -- isn't making the move with the couple despite her close relationship with her daughter and her son-in-law.

We're told Doria maintains a home near Los Angeles, and she has a life she's not ready to leave behind. Our sources say she will see the family ... though it's unclear where.

The "Chucky" look-alike running around Philadelphia terrorizing citizens has finally been identified ... and a manhunt is underway to capture the lunatic.

Police in Philly say the dude seen wearing all black while donning a Chucky-like mask is 22-year-old Zymire Hughes -- and an arrest warrant is out for him.

Cops suspect he's fled Pennsylvania because his story has gone national ... and he's got ties to California and Nevada. Police are working with U.S. Marshals to nab him.

As TMZ reported ... the nut has been harassing citizens in the city of Brotherly Love -- and even allegedly asked one woman, "Are you ready to die?"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's temporary move back to the UK won't impact their businesses ... because we've learned infrastructure is in place to keep things moving while they're overseas.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... it'll be business as usual for Harry and Meghan's production company, Archewell Productions, and her lifestyle brand, As Ever.

We're told their staffers remain in California and will continue working during the couple's temporary relocation to England.

A Colorado man has been charged with murdering his wife after claiming she died by suicide when she was found dead in their bathroom.

Patrick Theodore Barnett was arrested by the Lakewood Police Department in Colorado days after his wife, Lindsey Barnett, was found dead in their bathtub with her throat slit, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

In addition to the first-degree murder charge, he was also charged with tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with physical evidence, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced. All three charges are felonies.

According to the affidavit, Patrick called 911 and told dispatchers Lindsey had "cut herself and her throat."

He claimed he found her after spending the night in the basement because they had a fight the previous night. He also reportedly told police his wife was suffering from postpartum depression.