Good morning from the Daily Beast. I'm Barbie Naidou in for Brook Howard, it's Wednesday, April 28th, and here are the top six stories a cheat sheet team is watching right now. Russian police are using facial recognition software to identify and detain activists and journalists who participated in mass demonstrations in response to the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to Amnesty International, which warns, quote, President Joe Biden's original target for yearly refugee admittance to the United States is back on the table after weeks of back and forth and contradicting statements. This comes after immigrants rights groups and Democratic senators exerted pressure on the White House to restore the number to 62,500.
An accused capital rioter nicknamed Bullhorn Lady said she's sorry for wearing a mesh mask in mockery of court orders, and the judge in her case has accepted her apology. But there's a catch. The judge ruled that Rachel Powell, a 40-year-old mom of aid in Pennsylvania, will not be remanded to jail before her trial. As long as she wears a real mask when outside her own.
Britney Spears will address the court next month at a hearing on the conservatorship over her $60 million estate. Her father, Jamie Spears, has been a conservator of her state since 2008, making all of her medical and financial decisions. But her fans have called for an end to her father's control under the hashtag, FreeBritney. Prince Andrew remains under scrutiny in the United States for his ties to late sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, and now he has reportedly received a polite scolding of source from within the royal family for a shady company set up with a former banker facing his own sexual harassment allegations.
The company, which was reportedly meant to serve as a trust fund for Prince Andrew's daughters, was structured in such a way that it did not have to reveal its profits or income. A guy in Eastman was arrested at New York City's JFK Airport Monday, allegedly attempting to smuggle nearly three dozen songbirds into the United States in hair curlers. Cash payouts for Finch, singing contests in parks in Brooklyn, and Queens can run up to $10,000, and Guy in his finches, which are thought to have the clearest voices, confetch a hefty price. That's all for today.
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