WATCH: Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, said she was threatened by Russian officials.
Alexei Navalny's mother says she has been shown his body but Russian authorities are pressuring her to allow a “secret” burial.
In a video address, Lyudmila Navalnaya said she was brought to a morgue, where she signed a death certificate.
A medical report submitted to the former opposition leader's media secretary, Ms Navalnaya, stated that he died of natural causes.
Navalny's widow said he was killed by Russian officials.
Lyudmila Navalnaya said the law required authorities to hand over her son's body, but she was being “blackmailed” when they refused to do so. He alleged that the authorities were dictating conditions for his son's burial, including the place, time and manner of burial.
She said: “They want to take me to a new grave on the outskirts of the cemetery and say, 'Here lies your son'.”
Ms Navalnaya traveled to the northern Russian city of Salekhard following news of her son's death in a nearby penal colony six days earlier.
In a speech on Thursday, Lyudmila Navalnaya said she was being threatened by the authorities.
“They look me in the eye and tell me that if I don't agree to a secret cremation, they will do something with my son's body.”
She said investigators told her: “Time is not on your side, the body is decomposing.”
Lyudmila Navalnaya was speaking in a video posted on her late son's YouTube channel and ended the address by demanding that his body be handed over to her.
There was no immediate response from Russian officials.
Separately, US President Joe Biden met Mr Navalny's widow Yulia and his daughter Tasha Navalnaya in San Francisco on Thursday.
“The President commended Alexei Navalny for his extraordinary courage and legacy of fighting against corruption and for a free and democratic Russia,” the White House said in a statement.
Navalny died on February 16 in a prison colony. Jail officials said he fell ill following the “walk”.
The Kremlin has denied the allegations, saying Western reaction to the death was “hysterical”.
Political scientist Tatiana Stanovaya said the decision to display Ms Navalnaya's son's body was a sign the authorities wanted to force Navalny's mother to “make a deal”.
“The body was returned, but under the condition that the funeral should not become a political event,” he wrote in a post on his Telegram channel.
Airlifted to Germany, he recuperated there before returning to Russia in January 2021, where he remains in prison.
Attempts to commemorate his death have been met with a harsh response from Russian authorities, with makeshift memorials removed and hundreds arrested.
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Quarterback Justin Fields said on the St. Brown Bros podcast this week that he doesn't want to be traded away from the Bears, but acknowledged that the team's choice about keeping him or trading him while drafting another quarterback with the first overall pick is out of his hands.
Oddsmakers have predicted the Bears are going to trade him for some time, but the favored destination changed this week. The Falcons moved ahead of the Steelers to become -130 favorites to be the team Fields plays for in 2024. The Steelers moved to +350 with the Patriots at +700 and the Bears at +750.
Fields grew up in the Atlanta area and was asked during that podcast appearance about the prospect of returning home to play with a team that is clearly in the quarterback market.
“Atlanta would be tough. The only con of going back home is just people hitting my phone crazy, wanting tickets to the game,” Fields said. “I think they got a lot of playmakers on the team. Of course, Bijan [Robinson]. They got my boy Kyle [Pitts] there. Of course, Drake [London]. They probably need one more receiver, but they definitely got some guys over there. And their defense was good this year, too.”
Fields said he can't see himself playing anywhere other than Chicago, but emphasized that he really just wants to stop hearing chatter about his future and wants to know where he'll be playing when his fourth NFL season. gets underway.
Currently, you need a Galaxy S24 phone to use Samsung's latest AI features, but that will change next month. At the end of March, Samsung Galaxy will extend AI features to the S23 series — including the S23 FE — as well as the latest foldables and tablets are part of the One UI 6.1 update. It's all free for nowBut after 2025 you will have to pay.
The Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 are slated to receive the update, as well as the Galaxy Tab S9, S9 Plus and S9 Ultra. If Samsung wants to push Galaxy AI to 100 million phones this year, that's a solid start. The One UI 6.1 update includes some of the most popular AI features in the S24 series, including live translation capabilities, creative photo and video editing, and Google's Circle to Search feature. This set of features includes a combination of on-device and off-device processing, similar to the S24 series.
Samsung Galaxy series with One UI 6.1 updateImage: Samsung
While the Galaxy AI is a bit of a mess right now, it's undoubtedly a good thing that an older phone is learning new tricks. But my overall impression is that these features rarely come in handy, and they're mostly harmless when they go sideways. A UI 6.1 will also include some useful non-AI updates, such as lock screen widgets and a new, integrated Quick Share.
That's exactly what Justin Fields wants to know from the Chicago Bears as soon as possible.
The quarterback recently went undrafted with the team that took him 11th overall in 2021. “St. Brown Brothers” Podcast He will make his first public comments this week since the end of the 2023 season.
When Fields was asked about why he gave up on the Bears on Instagram, he initially responded with a joke.
“Why do people take social media so seriously?” Fields told the brothers. “I'm trying to take a little break. I've stopped following the Bears and the NFL. I'm not trying to keep football on my schedule. … I'm going on vacation and I don't want to watch football.
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields recently unfollowed the Bears on social media. (AP Photo/Melissa Thames)
Thanks to its trade with the Carolina Panthers last offseason, Chicago has the top pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Although the 24-year-old is starting to play well after returning from a sprained thumb, many pundits expect him to move on from Chicago Fields.
Bears didn't use the top pick in last year's draft, but with a second chance to pick first, not exploring the quarterback position isn't an option for Chicago. USC's Caleb Williams and North Carolina's Drake Maye lead the house in this year's QB prospect crop.
Not only that, the team retained head coach Matt Eberfluss, but reshuffled its offensive coaching staff. If nothing else, the front office gives Eberflus another year to prove the offense's struggles aren't a result of his coaching, but of having the wrong structure around him.
So there's been a whirlwind of conversations about what to do with Fields — stand by him or deal him elsewhere. If the Bears go with the trade option, which team would make the most sense and what would Chicago offer in return?
Eventually, as the conversation continued with the St. Brown brothers, Fields admitted he was tired of not knowing what his future held. The Bears hold all the cards, Fields is stuck in the middle, and there's nothing he can do to change that until Chicago makes a decision.
So he used the platform he was on to let the Bears know he was happy in Chicago, but if they didn't like him, he would appreciate him saying so.
“If it was up to me, I'd rather stay in Chicago. I love the city. The city is burning. The fans are great,” he said. “… The biggest thing is I want to finish it. Let me know if I trade [or] Let me know if I stay.
Live TV streaming platform FuboTV has launched a civil lawsuit against Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging that the media companies have engaged in anti-competitive practices for years and continue to do so through their integrated sports streaming app. It plans to begin later this year, according to court documents.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York, names ESPN and Hulu as defendants.
In the suit, FuboTV, which has been in business since 2015, alleges that the companies engaged in campaigning that resulted in stifling competition in the US sports-based streaming market to the detriment of FuboTV and its customers and the companies' recent joint ventures. Efforts to stifle competition will continue. Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced this month that they are collaborating to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming app that will allow customers to pay for all sports broadcast on 14 integrated linear channels.
“Instead of competition, Defendants have chosen to collude — providing their own cartel, and no one else, with the ability to market and sell a live-sports-focused package,” the FuboTV lawsuit alleges. “They have ensured that their combined entity will not face effective competition. They are now harming, and threatening to harm, America's competition and consumers.”
FuboTV forced companies to accept bundling requirements to broadcast certain content and imposed license fees above the market rate – leading to higher prices for consumers. The companies' conduct, FuboTV said in the lawsuit, was a way to hinder Fubo's business and growth.
In forming the joint venture, Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery would cause a “crippling” of streaming competitors and encourage them not to offer premium content to Fubo and others, FuboTV alleged.
Fubo is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent the joint venture from operating and to order the three companies to withdraw the joint venture.
“For decades, Defendants have used their iron grip on sports content to extract billions of dollars in super-competitive profits from distributors and consumers,” the complaint states. “Defendants have earned many of these profits by “bundling” their commercially important sports content — along with other, less desirable content — by forcing sports fans to buy channels they do not want or need to receive Defendants' sports content.”
The joint venture between the three companies shook up the sports television landscape when it was announced. Between them, Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery own the rights to NBA and NHL national broadcasts, as well as a good number of NFL, MLB and NCAA tournament games among other sports. FuboTV accuses the companies of violating antitrust laws by linking to a streaming app.
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“The (joint venture) would substantially lessen and soften competition by facilitating horizontal cooperation between defendants who jointly control access to commercially important sports content in the United States,” the lawsuit said. “With the JV, the defendants have pooled their interests and will have the opportunity and incentive to collude when they compulsorily license game content to third-party distributors.
Walter Johnson, professor of history and African and African American studies, resigned as faculty adviser to the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and Harvard Faculty and Staff on Palestine for an antisemitic image.
History professor Alison Frank Johnson, Johnson's wife, confirmed the decision to resign from both groups when reached by phone Tuesday evening.
“There were ongoing conversations about Professor Johnson stepping down. His term expired in the spring and he informed us that he would not be renewing,” the PSC wrote in a statement. “This is a personal decision and he is supportive of our goals as an organization. We are grateful for his time and support and wish him well.
FSJP did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Following the initial backlash, the PSC uploaded a new version of the post, writing that the “previous version of this post” was “not reflective” of their company values.
“Our mutual goals of liberation will always include the Jewish community—and we regret inadvertently adding an image that played on anti-Semitic tropes,” they wrote.
Harvard Interim President Alan M. Garber '76 strongly condemned the anti-Semitic image in a university-wide email Tuesday. Identity is the opposite of what this moment demands of us.”
Johnson was listed as the first signatory of the FSJP's founding statement. The list of FSJP members was at one point removed from the website after controversy erupted over the anti-Semitic image.
FSJP apologized in an Instagram post on Monday for resharing a post with an anti-Semitic image on their account.
“We apologize for the hurt caused by these images and in no way condone them,” the organization wrote. “Harvard FSJP stands against all forms of hatred and bigotry, including antisemitism.”
The PSC and the Anti-African and African-American Organization — the two groups that initially posted the anti-Semitic image — apologized in a joint statement Tuesday for the “tremendous harm” caused by the post.
“To be very clear: the original anti-Semitic film completely violated our internal standards and betrayed our core values of justice and liberation,” the groups wrote. “Adding an offensive caricature is an unprovoked, painful error — a combination of ignorance and inadequate oversight.”
“Although the image in question was immediately removed, it should never have been published to begin with,” they added.
In this 2015 file photo, an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.
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Early indications are that a US MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes A surface-to-air missile was shot down by the Houthis early Monday near Hodeidah in Yemen, a US official said on Tuesday.
Earlier, officials said it was not clear whether the drone was shot down or simply crashed. A spokesman for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said in a statement released to X on Monday that the MQ-9 was shot down “by an appropriate missile.”
The investigation into Monday's incident is ongoing.
The Houthis shot down an MQ-9 — an unmanned drone typically used for intelligence gathering — off the coast of Yemen in November.
The Houthis appear to have shot down the US drone amid regular attacks by the rebel group on merchant shipping in the Red Sea and escalating attacks by the US on their capabilities in Yemen. to publish.
On Monday alone, the Houthis launched a barrage of missiles and drones at merchant ships and U.S. and coalition warships over several hours. In two instances, they attacked US-owned merchant ships, a US official said.
Between 12:30pm and 1:50pm on Monday, two anti-ship missiles were fired at the US-owned, Greek-flagged grain carrier M/V Sea Champion in the Gulf of Aden. Although the attack caused minor damage, no injuries were reported, the official said. The US-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged M/V Navis Fortuna, a bulk carrier, was hit by a one-way attack drone on Monday evening, resulting in minor damage but no injuries. Navis Fortuna continues its journey, the official said.
A spokesman for the Houthis said on Monday evening that the group had targeted two US ships with “an appropriate number of naval missiles”, which it said was in support of the Palestinian people and in response to “US-British aggression against Yemen”.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called for an attack on the Sea Champion on Tuesday, saying it was carrying “corn and other food supplies to the Yemeni people in Aden.”
“This was a reckless attack on a ship delivering humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people, and I think it's another sign of the Houthis' continued disregard not only for international shipping, but for goods that benefit the surrounding civilians. The world, in many cases, is far from the region, but ultimately, For their own people,” Miller said.
Two more anti-ship ballistic missiles were fired on Monday evening at the M/V Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, UK-owned bulk carrier, one of which struck and damaged the vessel. Rubimer issued a distress call and a coalition warship and merchant ship responded to assist.
The US took action on Monday, including destroying a surface-to-air missile. At 8:15 p.m. Monday, the United States destroyed a one-way strike drone in western Yemen that it was preparing to launch against ships in the Red Sea.
Over the course of several hours that evening — from about 8 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. — 10 more one-way attack drones were shot down by U.S. and coalition aircraft and warships over the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the official said.
USS Laboon, a US Navy destroyer, also shot down an anti-ship missile heading in its direction.
On Saturday, the US conducted five self-defense strikes against three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, an unmanned surface vessel and an unmanned underwater vessel in Yemen.
It was the first time the Houthis had used an unmanned underwater vehicle since their offensive began in October. Centcom reportedFollowing Hamas's invasion of Israel and Israel's campaign in Gaza.
There is also America carried outManystrikes Working with the UK over the past several weeks, it has targeted munitions, launch systems, command and control nodes, storage sites and aircraft surveillance.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were developing a scary, secretive new song.
On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, scribbled down thoughts of “a dark desert highway” and “a beautiful place” with a luxurious surface and ominous tones. And something on ice, maybe caviar or Taittinger – or pink champagne?
The song “Hotel California” became one of rock's most immortal singles. Nearly half a century later, those handwritten lyrics have become the focus of an unusual criminal investigation that opens Wednesday.
Rare books dealer Glenn Horowitz, former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and memorabilia dealer Edward Kosinski are accused of trying to sell their own manuscripts of “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits.
From left, Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski appear in a criminal court in New York on July 12, 2022 in New York for a conspiracy involving handwritten notes from the popular Eagles album “Hotel California.” (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
All three have pleaded not guilty and their attorneys said they did not commit any crimes in documents obtained by a writer they worked with the Eagles. But the Manhattan district attorney's office says the defendants conspired to hide disputed ownership of the documents, even though they knew Henley said the pages were stolen.
Disputes over valuable collections abound, but such criminal investigations are rare. Many disputes are settled privately, in lawsuits, or through agreements to return goods.
“If you can avoid litigation by handing over something, most people will hand it over,” said Travis McDade, a University of Illinois law professor who studies rare document disputes.
Of course, the case of the Eagles manuscripts is unique in other ways as well.
The prosecution's star witness is indeed this: Henley is expected to testify between Eagles tour stops. A non-jury trial could provide a glimpse into the band's creative process and life on the fast track to '70s stardom.
At issue are more than 80 pages of draft lyrics from the blockbuster 1976 “Hotel California” album, including the chart-topping, Grammy-winning title cut. It's one of classic rock's most recognizable riffs, one of the most popular singles and the most quoted — arguably overrated — line: “You can look anytime you want, but you can't leave.”
Henley has told The song is about the “dark underbelly of the American dream”.
It's still been streamed more than 220 million times and received 136,000 radio spins in the U.S. alone last year, according to entertainment data company Luminate. “Hotel California” album It has sold 26 million copies nationwide Over the years, it has been bested only by the Eagles' greatest hits disc and Michael Jackson's “Thriller.”
Pages also include lyrics to songs including “Life in the Fast Lane” and “New Kid in Town.” Eagles manager Irving Assoff called the documents “irreplaceable pieces of music history.”
Horowitz, Inciardi and Kosinki were charged with conspiracy to possess stolen property and various other crimes.
They were not actually accused of stealing the documents. No one else, but prosecutors still need to establish whether the documents were stolen. The defense says that is not true.
The Eagles are closely associated with writer Ed Saunders, who co-founded the 1960s counterculture rock band The Foxes. He worked on an acclaimed Eagles biography in the late 70s and early 80s that was never published.
Sanders has not been charged in the case. A phone message asking him for feedback.
He sold the pages to Horowitz, who in turn sold them to Inciardi and Kosinski.
Horowitz has handled huge rare book and archival deals, and he's been embroiled in some copyright fights before. One of the documents linked to “Gone with the Wind” author Margaret Mitchell. It was resolved.
Inciardi worked Notable exhibitions for the Cleveland-based Rock Hall of Fame. Kosinski has been president of Gotta Have It! Collections known for auctioning personal belongings of celebrities – Madonna's personal A failed case to try to stop selling her latex briefs.
According to court filings by Kosinski's attorneys, Henley told a grand jury that he never provided the biographer with the lyrics. But defense attorneys have signaled they plan to question Henley's memory of the period.
“We believe that Mr. Henley voluntarily provided the lyrics to Mr. Sanders,” attorney Scott Edelman said in court last week.
Sanders told Horowitz in 2005 that while working on the Eagles book, he sent documents he wanted from Henley's home in Malibu, California, according to the indictment.
Kosinski's business later offered some pages at auction in 2012. Henley's attorneys knocked. Horowitz, Inciardi and Sanders, in various combinations, began batting around alternate versions of the manuscripts' evidence, the indictment states.
Edward Kosinski, left, leaves a criminal courthouse on July 12, 2022 in New York after being charged with conspiracy involving handwritten notes for the Eagles' album “Hotel California.” (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
In one story, Sanders rejected pages in a backstage dressing room. In others, he acquired them from a stagehand or while collecting “lots of things relating to eagles from various people”. In another, he received them from Frey — an account Horowitz suggested in 2017 that “will go away once and for all.” Frey said. Died the previous year.
Horowitz emailed Inciardi in 2012 about getting Sanders' “description” to bidders, saying “he needs gentle handling and reassurance.”
According to the indictment, Sanders gave or signed some differing explanations, and it is unclear what he may have communicated verbally. But he at least dismissed the dressing-room story.
Kosinki sent Henley's lawyer an explanation approved by Sanders. Kosinski assured Sotheby's auction house that the musician had “no right” to the documents and asked to keep the auctioneers in the dark about Henley's complaints, the indictment says.
Sotheby's listed the lyrics to “Hotel California” in a 2016 auction, but withdrew them after learning the ownership was questionable. Sotheby's has not been charged in the case and declined to comment.
Henley personally purchased some draft lyrics from Gotta Have It! For $8,500 in 2012, he also began filing police reports, according to court filings.
Defense attorneys say Henley found Starstruck Lawyers to take his cause instead of pursuing a civil suit.
The DA's office worked closely with Henley's legal team, and an investigator longed for backstage passes to an Eagles show — until a lawyer said the idea was “completely inappropriate,” Kosinki's attorneys said in court documents.
Prosecutors have dismissed questions about their motivations as “more of a conspiracy theory than a legal defense.”
Last year, they wrote in court papers that “it is the defendants, not the lawyers, who are on trial.”
The proposed resolution says Israel's planned major ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where some 1.5 million Palestinians have sought refuge, “should not continue under the current circumstances.” And further displacement of civilians “including the possibility of moving to neighboring countries,” the reference to Egypt warns, would have serious implications for regional peace and security.
The Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday morning on a pro-Arab draft resolution circulated by Algeria, which represents the 22 Arab states in the most powerful UN body.
In addition to the cease-fire, the final Algerian draft obtained by the AP calls for the immediate release of all hostages and reiterates the council's demands that Israel and Hamas “comply with respect” to international law, particularly the protection of civilians. Forced displacement of Palestinian citizens.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement Sunday that the U.S. has been working for months on a hostage deal that would bring at least six weeks of peace “from which we can take time and steps to build. A more lasting peace.”
US President Joe Biden has made repeated calls in the past week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of Egypt and Qatar to push the deal forward. Qatar said on Saturday that the talks were “not progressing as expected”.
“While there are gaps, key elements are on the table,” Thomas-Greenfield said, adding that it is the best opportunity to reunite hostages with their families and implement a long-term pause in the fighting that would allow Palestinian civilians to receive life-saving aid. much needed.
By contrast, a pro-Arab resolution would not achieve those outcomes, “in fact, it might work against them,” he said. “For that reason, the United States does not support action on this draft resolution. If the draft comes to a vote, it will not be adopted.
US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood told several reporters on Monday that the Algerian draft was “not a good mechanism for trying to do the three things that we want to see – which is the release of the hostages, more aid and a longer pause to this conflict”. .”
With the U.S. draft, “that's another possible option we're looking at and we'll discuss it with friends,” Wood said. “I don't think you can expect anything to happen tomorrow.”
Arab states, backed by many of the 193 UN member states, have been calling for a ceasefire for months as Israel's military offensive has intensified in retaliation for Hamas attacks, with the death toll of Palestinians now exceeding 29,000, according to Gaza Health. The ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, says the majority are women and children.
Tunisia's UN ambassador Tarek Lateb, head of the Arab bloc this month, told UN reporters last Wednesday that the roughly 1.5 million Palestinians who have sought refuge in Gaza's southern city of Rafah face a “catastrophic situation” if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes ahead with a possible evacuation. Civilian and military attack on Egyptian border.
Netanyahu ordered the military to come up with a plan to oust Rafa, but Israel has not announced a plan or timeline.
The Algeria-drafted resolution expresses “deep concern at the dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Gaza and reiterates the council's call for unimpeded humanitarian access across the territory, where UN officials say a quarter of the 2.3 million population faces starvation.
Five people traveling in the two-wheeler were attacked and a woman was injured and admitted to the hospital.
WDFD is asking people to avoid the area.
Fish and Wildlife removed one cougar at the scene and a hound handler was dispatched to find a second cougar involved.
First responders told KIRO 7 a 60-year-old woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries to her face, neck and jaw. According to Sgt. Carlo Pace with the Fish and Wildlife Police, woman must be right.
“I hope she's going to recover. She's going to be fine. I'm hearing it's not life-threatening,” said Sgt. Pace.
Pace said Sergeant and other cyclists were able to take the Cougar down with a mountain bike and hold it off until officers arrived.
He said the cougar was shot and killed by an officer.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife says cougar attacks are rare in our area, but if you ever encounter a cougar, don't run, keep your eyes on them, act bigger, make noise, and fight back if you're attacked. He believes it was the actions of other cyclists that saved the woman's life.
“But if it wasn't for the response of her friends, it would have been a lot worse because these animals are dangerous,” Sgt. Pace said.
The search for the second Cougar isn't quite over. Pace said sergeant officers will be patrolling the area and asking the public to avoid the area until they believe the animal is long gone.
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