Evgenia Novozhenina - Pool - AFP / Getty Images Russian Court Finds Brittney Griner Guilty, Sentences Her to Lengthy Prison Term Negotiations over a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia are expected to continue. By Grant Atkinson August 4, 2022
Nam Y. Huh - pool / AP Highland Park Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to More Than 100 Charges, Walking Back Previous Admission The accused shooter, who allegedly killed seven people in the attack on July 4, has pleaded not guilty to over 100 felony charges. By Aaron David August 3, 2022
JIM WATSON - POOL - AFP / Getty Images ; Contributor / Getty ImagesCommentary Experts: Biden's Griner Exchange Permanently Ruins America's 1 Foreign Policy Advantage Griner became a cause célèbre for the left after her arrest and imprisonment, leading the Biden administration to start negotiating for her. By Matthew Holloway August 3, 2022
Mandel Ngan / Getty Images ; Alexander Zemlianichenko / Getty ImagesBreaking Trump Blasts Griner Deal, Condemns Freeing Arms Dealer for 'Spoiled Person' Who Was 'Loaded Up with Drugs' The Biden administration offered to give Russia convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout in exchange for Griner and another U.S. citizen. By Grant Atkinson August 2, 2022
@JordanOnRecord / TwitterCommentary First Person Convicted at Trial Over Jan. 6 Receives Brutal Sentence, More Than 3X the Average of George Floyd Rioters A Texas man who didn't even enter the Capitol on Jan. 6 was hit with a sentence that far exceeds those handed down to the summer 2020 rioters. By Elizabeth Stauffer August 2, 2022
Alexander Zemlianichenko - File / AP Russian Counter Offer to Get US Citizens Home Denied by Biden Administration A Russian counter-offer for a prisoner swap is going not going to be considered, according to a new report. By Jack Davis August 1, 2022
@WCTV / Twitter screen shot FL Woman Sentenced for Assassination Conspiracy Against Murdered Florida State Professor This Florida woman was found guilty of helping hire men to murder he former boyfriend's ex-brother-in-law. Now she faces life in prison. By Abby Liebing July 31, 2022
DAMIEN MEYER - AFP / Getty Images Firefighter Arrested, Accused of Setting Series of Blazes for Heinous Reason A volunteer firefighter and forester allegedly confessed to repeatedly setting off wildfires in southern France. By Richard Moorhead July 31, 2022
Alexander Zemlianichenko - Pool / AFP / Getty Images; Christophe Archambault - AFP / Getty Images Griner and Whelan Update: Russia Interested in 'Merchant of Death' Trade Many have criticized the exchange of Viktor Bout for two Americans. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it sets a 'dangerous precedent.' By The Associated Press July 29, 2022
Alex Wong / Getty Images Gen. Jack Keane Sounds Off Against Biden's Proposed Prisoner Swap with Russia A general who advised Donald Trump is criticizing President Joe Biden's offer of a prisoner exchange with Russia. By Richard Moorhead July 28, 2022