QUICK HITS

1 Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave: Lyudmila Navalnaya and Alla Abrosimova, the mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, were among mourners who brought flowers to his grave in Moscow a day after thousands turned his funeral into one of the largest recent displays of dissent. Police kept a heavy presence at the cemetery Saturday. According to Russian independent TV channel Dozhd, spontaneous memorials to Navalny had been destroyed in several Russian cities. Thousands bid farewell to Navalny on Friday after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. Crowds chanted slogans against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.

2 Arrest in Amish slaying: A Pennsylvania man was arrested Saturday and charged in the slaying of a pregnant Amish woman whose body was found last week. Pennsylvania State Police charged 52-year-old Shawn C. Cranston of Corry. Cranston’s arrest comes less than a week after authorities found the body of 23-year-old Rebekah A. Byler in the living room of her home a few miles from Spartansburg in northwestern Pennsylvania.

3 Safety concerns for sled dogs: The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with snowmobiles while training. For the first time, mushers who lined up for the ceremonial start in Anchorage had the chance to snag light-up, neon harnesses or necklaces for their dogs.

4 Canada mourns: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there will be a state funeral for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, though no date has been set yet. Mulroney, who forged close ties with two US. Republican presidents, died Thursday. He was 84.