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Russian authorities have transferred the body of opposition leader Alexei A. Navalny to his mother, his spokeswoman said Saturday, ending a grim battle over custody of his remains, but it is unclear whether he will receive a funeral in which he can attended by the public. .”Alexei’s body has been handed over to his mother,” Mr Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Jarmis said in a statement. was posted on social media. “The funeral hasn’t come yet. We don’t know if the authorities will intervene in its implementation in the way the family wants and as Alexei deserves.”Mr Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, was…

A fight at an Oklahoma public school involving a 16-year-old non-binary student who died the next day began after the student “threw water” on girls who were teasing the teenager, according to a dashcam video released by the Owasso Police Department late on Friday.The video of the 16-year-old student, Nex Benedict, talking to an Owasso officer provided the full account so far of what happened in the girls’ bathroom on Feb. 7. attention to Nex’s death as an example of the dangers faced by gender non-conforming students.The interview, which lasted about 20 minutes and took place at a local hospital,…

Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate run for decades by Warren E. Buffett, posted its highest annual profit last year. But its chief executive found reason to blame government regulation for hurting the results of some of its biggest businesses.In his letter to investors that traditionally accompanies the annual report, Mr. Buffett paid tribute to Charlie Munger, his longtime lieutenant and Berkshire’s vice chairman until his death in November at age 99.The company — whose divisions include insurance, BNSF railroad, a sprawling electric business, Brooks running shoes, Dairy Queen and See’s candy — disclosed net income of $97.1 billion last year, a…

Your mobile network is down. Maybe it’s AT&T, which went down for many users on Thursday. Or maybe it’s another service a week, a month, or a year from now.But you really have to make a call. How do you do it?The short answer: You need a Wi-Fi connection. If you have this, there are a few ways to overcome it.Wi-Fi callingFirst, make sure Wi-Fi calling is enabled in your phone’s settings. iPhone users can turn on Wi-Fi calling by going to Settings and then turning on Wi-Fi calling on the cellular settings page. Android users can enable Wi-Fi calling…

The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his injuries. It was in Chicago in 1971, and the man had gotten drunk and passed out in the snow, his fingers so frozen that gangrene eventually set in.Dr. Hackett later worked at Everest Basecamp, Denali, Alaska, and now in Colorado, becoming an expert in treating cold injuries. The experience was often the same: There wasn’t much that could be done about frostbite except rewarm the patient, give aspirin, amputate in severe cases, and, more often, wait and accept that six months later the patient’s…

“Unforgettable experiences are in store,” says an Instagram post from Feb. 13 that has been liked by more than 80,000 people. The photo offers a glimpse of an empty beach with white sand, turquoise waters and the barely visible roofs of buildings immersed in a lush landscape of trees. “We are eager to welcome new guests to our resort in Thailand.”Obscuring the view of the resort: a tape deck with a coral flower logo and the words “White Lotus Resort & Spa”.White Lotus Resorts, of course, only exist in the fictional world of HBO’s hit hospitality and misbehavior series, “The…

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Friday that the U.S. government now considers new Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories to be “incompatible with international law,” marking a reversal of a policy put in place under the Trump administration and a return to a decades-old . The US position on the issue at issue.Mr. Blinken spoke at a press conference in Buenos Aires after Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, made an announcement on Thursday, saying thousands of new homes would be added to the settlements. Mr Blinken said he was “disappointed” with the announcement.”It has been long-standing US policy…

In his three years as Oklahoma’s public schools constable, Ryan Walters, a former high school history teacher, has transformed himself into one of the most forceful culture warriors in a state known for its staunchly conservative politics.After the death earlier this month of a 16-year-old non-binary student a day after a fight in a high school girls’ bathroom, gay and transgender advocates accused Mr. Walters of fomenting an atmosphere of dangerous intolerance in public schools.In his first interview reacting to the death of the student, Nex Benedict, Mr Walters told The New York Times that the death was a tragedy…

A day after its historic landing, the first private spacecraft on the moon is in good condition but has tipped over, the company that built it said Friday.The spacecraft, named Odysseus, crashed into the moon’s south pole region Thursday night, the first American vehicle to land softly on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.”The vehicle is stable near or at our intended landing site,” Steve Altemus, the CEO of Intuitive Machines, said during a NASA press conference on Friday. “We have communications with the ground.He added: “This is amazing to begin with.”But the landing did not go well. Because…

Florida’s legislature has passed a sweeping social media bill that would make the state the first to effectively ban youth under the age of 16 from maintaining accounts on platforms like TikTok and Instagram.The measure — which Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would “fight” over the weekend and has yet to sign — could potentially upend the lives of millions of young people in Florida.It will also face constitutional challenges. Federal courts have blocked less restrictive youth social media laws enacted last year by Arkansas and Ohio. Judges in those cases said the new statute likely violated social media companies’…