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Today’s high tales

Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny has died after feeling unwell and shedding consciousness following a walk on Friday within the penal colony the place he was held, in response to the nation’s jail service. He was 47. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters right now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been knowledgeable of his demise, and jail medics are working to determine the reason for demise.

Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny, proven in a February 2021 court docket session.

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Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny, proven in a February 2021 court docket session.

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• U.S. nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan tells Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep that, if confirmed, Navalny’s demise is “a terrible tragedy” given the Russian authorities’s “long and sordid history of doing harm to its opponents.

“Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified yesterday in Georgia to battle off an attempt to remove her from former President Donald Trump’s 2020 Georgia election interference case. Trump and different defendants accused her of a battle of curiosity stemming from a romantic relationship with particular prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she employed for the probe. They allege Willis benefited financially from the case. Prosecutors insist the connection didn’t start earlier than the Trump probe.

• The stakes for this case are “quite high” regardless of the “tabloid-like nature of the story,” NPR community station WABE’s Sam Gringlas stories for Up First. The window for Trump and his co-defendants to face trial earlier than the 2024 election is small. Disqualifying Willis could cause delays to the case and make the window even smaller.
• Trump faces 91 felony fees throughout 4 circumstances, together with the Georgia election interference case. Here’s where they all stand.

The Israeli army yesterday raided Nasser Hospital, the most important hospital nonetheless functioning within the Gaza Strip. Israeli rear admiral Daniel Hagari says the army has proof Hamas has been hiding and working out of the hospital. They had been trying to find Hamas fighters and our bodies of Israeli hostages. Meanwhile, the lethal airstrikes between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants alongside Israel’s northern border with Lebanon have increased and gone deeper into every nation’s territory.

• NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley is in Tel Aviv, the place she spoke to the households of the hostages. She calls them the “main moral voice in Israeli society.” They gathered outdoors of a battle cupboard assembly final night time to precise their fury over Israel leaving cease-fire talks. “It’s going to take time to win this war,” Gil Dickmann, whose cousin Carmel continues to be being held, advised Beardsley. “The hostages have no time.”

• Palestinians proceed to flee as Israel stays poised to ship floor troops into Gaza’s southern metropolis of Rafah, which was supposed to offer refuge. More than 1,000,000 Palestinians are sheltering there. 

Wednesday’s capturing on the Chief’s Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, Mo., gave the impression to be the results of a “dispute between several people that resulted in gun violence” and never an act of terrorism, in response to Police Chief Stacey Graves. Two juvenile suspects are nonetheless in custody.

• NPR’s Brian Mann attended final night time’s vigil for 43-year-old mom, neighborhood chief and radio host Lisa Lopez-Galvan. He stories the folks there say they don’t feel safe. Isabella Videz, a 23-year-old attendee who grew up throughout the Sandy Hook capturing, advised Mann she felt like “nothing ever changes,” and he or she was there as a result of “it’s a very lonely feeling, and I don’t want to be alone.” 

Life recommendation

Julia Cramer sits along with her two youngsters, Maya, 3, and Lily, 6 months, at their residence in Petaluma on Dec. 19, 2023. Maya performs with an Elmo doll that she usually brings to the docs’ workplace.

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Julia Cramer sits along with her two youngsters, Maya, 3, and Lily, 6 months, at their residence in Petaluma on Dec. 19, 2023. Maya performs with an Elmo doll that she usually brings to the docs’ workplace.

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Needles might be scary for adults, so think about what it is like for teenagers who’ve by no means skilled getting a shot earlier than. Pain administration analysis means that needle pokes could also be youngsters’s greatest supply of ache within the well being care system. The misery can result in a concern of needles in maturity, interfering with preventative care. To reduce the sting, Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, a specialist on the University of California San Francisco, recommends the following steps:

• Numb the world with numbing cream or over-the-counter topicals half-hour earlier than the shot.
• Find methods to consolation infants whereas they’re getting poked. Giving them a pacifier dipped in sugar water or breastfeeding can do the trick.
• Distract infants from the needle utilizing teddy bears, pinwheels or bubbles to verify they do not see the poke.
• Restraining a child will not assist. Parents can maintain the infant of their lap as an alternative to make them comfy. 

Weekend picks

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Check out what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:

Movies: Perfect Days stars Memoirs of a Geisha actor Kôji Yakusho. The 50-year-old cleans public bogs in Tokyo and appears slightly too joyful. The movie explores themes of life’s limitations and asks questions on easy methods to reside within the face of want, loneliness and disappointment.

TV: As {couples} in all places celebrated Valentine’s Day this week, Pop Culture Happy Hour paid tribute to the reveals that revolve around friendship and platonic love.

Books: Fourteen Days is a COVID-19 throwback that brings collectively 36 American and Canadian authors to inform the story of the primary two weeks of the pandemic. It achieves a unified voice by not telling you who wrote which story till the very finish.

Music: More than 20 years after her hit document This Is Me…Then, Jennifer Lopez launched its companion, This Is Me…Now. She tells Morning Edition that falling in love with Ben Affleck was the inciting incident behind each information.

Games: Mario vs Donkey Kong, the exquisitely animated and exactly engineered remake of the 2004 Gameboy Advance recreation, might be as irritating as it’s enjoyable to play.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Caitlin Clark shoots the ball in opposition to the Purdue Boilermakers in January in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Caitlin Clark shoots the ball in opposition to the Purdue Boilermakers in January in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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1. Caitlin Clark has damaged the NCAA ladies’s all-time scoring document final night time, surpassing 3,527 factors. She beat the earlier document in 13 fewer games whereas taking fewer pictures.
2. Tattoos might be an necessary a part of an individual’s identification. This Ohio-based firm will preserve them for you if you die. (through Ideastream)
3. Alaskan officers say a person died of Alaskapox final month. They imagine it’s the first fatality from the newly found virus. 

This e-newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. Mansee Khurana contributed.