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  Brittney Griner is on her way home — Here's all we know about her detainment and finally, her release

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  Brittney Griner is one of the most talented basketball players of her generation. A two-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA, Griner is best known …

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  The scientific theory of why some Americans didn't want Brittney Griner to come home from a Russian prison

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  Brittney Griner has been freed from Russian prison – but some Americans were rooting against her return home to the United States. The WNBA superstar …

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  Paul Whelan has likely lost 'any hope' that he'll be freed from Russian prison, his brother said after Britney Griner was released

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  Paul Whelan, a former US Marine jailed in Russia since 2018, likely has lost "any hope" that he'll be freed from a Russian prison, his family said …

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  Who is Viktor Bout, the convicted arms dealer the US just swapped with Russia for Brittney Griner?

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  The Biden administration and the Kremlin agreed to a prisoner swap to free WNBA star Brittney Griner, an American detained in Russia, President Joe …

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  Biden says that US has not 'forgotten' about Russian prisoner Paul Whelan after securing Brittney Griner's release

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  President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Paul Whelan — the US Marine veteran who has been detained in Russia for four years — has not been …

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  At least 964 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.

  Insider - Madison Hall, Skye Gould, Rebecca Harrington, Jacob Shamsian, Azmi Haroun, Taylor Ardrey, and Erin Snodgrass

  Since supporters of then-President Donald Trump swarmed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 — forcing Congress to go into lockdown and damaging the …