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Brittney Griner begins serving sentence in Russian penal colony
WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent said Thursday.
Officials from U.S. Embassy in Moscow visit jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner
Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, more than a week after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession.
Family of imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner to meet with U.S. President Biden
President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told The Associated Press.
Judge unseals more of affidavit behind Mar-a-Lago search
A U.S. federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former president Donald Trump's Florida home, showing that agents earlier obtained a hard drive after issuing a subpoena for surveillance footage recorded inside Mar-a-Lago.
Detailed inventory shows 10,000 documents, classified records found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
FBI agents who searched former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.
How Barbie-doll maker Mattel got back $3M US from cyber thieves
A bogus email sent toy company Mattel scrambling to get back millions of dollars from a bank in China, a country described as a global hub for money laundering.
Christopher Correa pleads guilty to hacking Astros
The former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to hacking into the player database and email system of the Houston Astros in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs.
Laquan McDonald shooting: Chicago police could be subject of federal probe
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation this week into the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department after recent protests over a video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, according to a person familiar with the matter.
U.S. preparing for largest ever one-time release of prisoners
Thousands of federal inmates serving sentences for drug crimes are set for early release next month under a cost-cutting measure intended to reduce the U.S. prison population.