Russian opposition leader Navalny still comatose but stable after transfer to Berlin hospital

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has made it to Berlin after all.Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been comatose since falling ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow on Thursday. Medical staff at the Omsk, Russia, hospital where he was previously treated had initially refused to allow his transfer to the German capital, claiming he was too unstable to move, but they appeared to relent after international scrutiny, The Washington Post reports.Upon arrival in Berlin, Navalny was taken to a hospital where he underwent a comprehensive medical examination. Doctors reportedly would not comment on his illness or treatment until those were completed, although his supporters believe he was poisoned at the behest of the Kremlin. The hospital in Omsk denied the claims, but toxicology experts have expressed doubts poison could have been ruled out so quickly, The Associated Press reports. Moscow has similarly been accused of delaying the Berlin transfer.Jaka Bizilj of the German organization Cinema for Peace, which organized the flight, said Navalny is in stable condition. Read more at The Washington Post and The Associated Press.More stories from theweek.com Small-time scams are dissolving America from the inside Kushner reportedly plans Middle East trip to build on Israel-UAE deal The blocks behind Elizabeth Warren during her DNC speech held a secret message for sharp-eyed viewers

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it's leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college leaders who insist remote learning is worth the full cost. Disputes are flaring both at colleges that announced weeks ago they would stick with virtual instruction and at those that only recently lost hope of reopening their campuses. Among the latest schools facing pressure to lower tuition are Michigan State University and Ithaca College, which scrapped plans to reopen after seeing other colleges struggle to contain coronavirus outbreaks.

Double hurricane threat as Tropical Storms Laura and Marco advance towards US Gulf Coast

Two tropical storms are advancing across the Caribbean posing potentially historic threats to the US Gulf Coast, with both projected to reach the coast at or close to hurricane force.The current projected track for Tropical Storms Laura and Marco by the US National Hurricane Center puts both storms together in the Gulf on Tuesday, with Marco set to hit near the Texas-Louisiana border and Laura set to make landfall a little less than a day later.

US special forces veteran arrested for passing secrets to Russia

Former Captain Peter Debbins is charged with passing secrets to Russian military intelligence.

A judge asked Trump's lawyers to prove his claims about mail-in voting "fraud" — it did not go well

"There is no iceberg; only an icicle, largely created by confusion and administrative error"

Health officials in 3 states have traced new COVID-19 cases to the Sturgis motorcycle rally where hundreds of thousands of bikers gathered

Phone-location data revealed that visitors came to Sturgis from all parts of the US, including states that recently saw surges in COVID-19 cases.

At least 5 dead in California fires; tens of thousands forced to flee

"We are experiencing fires the likes of which we haven't seen in many, many years," Gov. Gavin Newsom said.