## Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'losing consciousness' at maximum security prison

Authored by news.sky.com

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny - a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin - has died, according to the country's prison service.

While the cause of death remains unknown, Western leaders have made clear they hold the Russian regime ultimately responsible.

His allies criticised the transfer to the maximum security facility in the town of Kharp as yet another attempt to silence Mr Navalny.

Image: Mr Navalny died at the remote 'Polar Wolf' penal colony.

Speaking at a security conference in Munich, his wife Yulia Navalnaya, said: "For many years we cannot trust Putin and the Putin government.

Mr Navalny finished second - an impressive performance against the incumbent who had the backing of Mr Putin's political machine.

His popularity increased after the prominent politician Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed in 2015 on a bridge near the Kremlin. »

### A loophole got him a free New York hotel stay for five years. Then he claimed to own the building

Authored by apnews.com

But Barreto, 48, says he was surprised when police showed up at his boyfriend’s apartment with guns and bulletproof shields.

Barreto claimed that because he’d paid for a night in the hotel, he counted as a tenant.

It closed as a hotel in 1972 and was used for years for church purposes before part of the building reopened as a hotel in 1994. »

### Taylor Swift Donates $100K to GoFundMe for Family of Woman Killed at Chiefs Victory Parade

Authored by variety.com

A GoFundMe page set up for the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade, has caught the attention of Taylor Swift, who made donations on the page totaling $100,000 early Friday morning.

“This fund has been set up to benefit the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan,” reads the GoFundMe page’s text.

Because of the GoFundMe maximum, Swift had to pay the money in four installments, causing the change in the site’s policy. »

### Cybertruck Owners Say Their Stainless Steel Trucks Are Rusting

Authored by gizmodo.com

One Cybertruck Owners Club forum member says they started noticing small orange flecks appearing on his truck after driving it in the rain for just two days.

The stainless steel construction of the Cybertruck has proven to be a headache not only for Elon Musk and Tesla assembly lines, but for early adopters as well.

Others are in favor of their Cybertrucks developing orange stains, saying that they’re looking forward to the patina the stainless steel may develop. »

### Ruling expected in Donald Trump’s $370m New York fraud trial

Authored by theguardian.com

A judge is expected to rule on whether Donald Trump should pay a $370m fine in his New York fraud trial and face a lifetime ban from the New York real estate industry.

Prosecutors are also asking the judge, Arthur Engoron, to ban Trump from the New York real estate industry.

A spokesperson for the New York supreme court said that Engoron is expected to release his ruling on Friday. »

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