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WASHINGTON (AP) — It was December 2022 and the U.S. government’s chief hostage negotiator had just delivered Brittney Griner back to America after her 10-month imprisonment in Russia. Roger Carstens went to his hotel room anticipating a quick snooze after several sleepless days and had just put his head on the pillow when the phone rang.
WNBA star Brittney Griner is sending words of hope to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who last year became the first journalist working for a U.S. outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the end of the Cold War.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s top hostage negotiator defended prisoner swaps that free Americans wrongfully detained by foreign countries in exchange for the release of convicted criminals, denying on Thursday that such deals incentivize additional arrests of U.S. citizens.
Sports critics offered mixed reactions to reports that Caitlin Clark will not be heading to Paris to join the U.S. women’s basketball team at the Olympics this summer.
By the end of 2024, Paul Whelan will mark six years in Russian Prison. One month before that, is the November Presidential Election. Experts familiar with the negotiations say, there could be a window of opportunity to free Whelan, shortly after the election.
Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago.
As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults.