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Brittney Griner Released From Russian Penal Colony in Prisoner Swap

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that Brittney Griner is finally free. After 293 days in Russia detention and months of painstaking negotiations, the WNBA star—who had been sentenced to nearly a decade in a Russian penal colony—is safe and on a flight back home, according to the White House. Moments ago I spoke to […]

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