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President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with the wife of detained WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia, to reassure her that he is working to win Griner's freedom as soon as possible, the White House said. More
July 6, 2022
Brittney Griner made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed on to the White House through her representatives, saying she feared she may never return home and asking that he not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.” More
July 5, 2022
Brittney Griner was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Police said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil. More
July 1, 2022
Salah Abdeslam, the lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists who terrorized Paris in 2015, was convicted of murder and other charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole. More
June 29, 2022
A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder on Tuesday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. More
June 28, 2022
The trial date has not been announced, but is expected soon; Griner was recently ordered to remain in pretrial detention until July 2. More
June 27, 2022
A phone call between jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife has been rescheduled after an earlier attempt to connect on the couple's anniversary failed because of an “unfortunate mistake,” Biden administration officials said. More
June 21, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said. More
June 20, 2022
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2 after her detention was extended for a third time, Russian state-run media has reported. The report gave no timeline for Griner’s trial, but cited a top Russian diplomat as saying that she will not be considered for detainee swaps until her case has been investigated. More
June 17, 2022
State Department officials met with representatives of Brittney Griner's WNBA team about the Phoenix Mercury star's detention in Russia and the Biden administration's efforts to secure her release. More
June 13, 2022
A Dutch court examined evidence Tuesday including video footage and telephone text messages that prosecutors say link two suspects to the fatal shooting of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries. More
June 7, 2022
A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a Ukrainian civilian. More
May 23, 2022
A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed civilian. More
May 19, 2022
The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. More
May 13, 2022
Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. More
May 3, 2022
“I pushed a bloke. He went over the edge,” Scott White said in recorded police interview in 2020 that was played in court. More
May 2, 2022
As extraordinary as her circumstances are, the details surrounding Griner's case remain a mystery as a crucial court date approaches next month. More
April 21, 2022
A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. More
April 20, 2022
A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and for the case to be transferred to Saudi Arabia. More
April 7, 2022
He had been accused of raping girls between 11 and 14 years old from 2016 to 2021. At least nine babies reportedly were born as a result of the rapes. More
April 5, 2022
The suspect, who was not formally identified in accordance with Greek law, was arrested a day after being detained for questioning. More
March 31, 2022
Florida man Steve Shand will stand trial in Minnesota on human smuggling charges following his arrest after authorities across the Canadian border found four migrants who had frozen to death during a blizzard. More
March 30, 2022
U.S. Embassy official has visited with WNBA star Brittney Griner who remains detained near Moscow. More
March 23, 2022
A court near Moscow has extended the detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. More
March 17, 2022
By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges. The court said it refused because the case “didn’t raise an arguable point of law.” Assange, 50, has […] More
March 14, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner detained at Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. More
March 7, 2022
Steve Shand was charged Thursday with human smuggling after seven Indian nationals were found in the U.S. and the discovery of the bodies. More
January 21, 2022
A Rhode Island man who authorities say fled the U.S. and faked his death to evade prosecution for rape and financial fraud has been arrested after skipping his court date in Scotland, police said Thursday. Police in Scotland said officers arrested Nicholas Alahverdian in the Woodlands area of Glasgow after a warrant was issued by the Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier in the day. More
January 20, 2022
Rhode Island man believed to have faked his death and fled the U.S. to evade prosecution. Nicholas Alahverdian apprehended in Scotland hospitalized with COVID-19 in Glasgow. More
January 14, 2022
Two former investment executives from Japan have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to wire fraud in what prosecutors have called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad .Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, entered their pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court in a plea deal that has each man facing five years in federal prison and three years of supervised release, according to court records. More
January 6, 2022
