Griner Was News Today

Brittney Griner left the military medical facility where she spent the past week on Friday, heading to Arizona to try to restart her life, which she said will i

The negotiations raise questions about what, if any, standards should apply when the United States agrees to trade prisoners.

Ukraine said it was ready for Black Sea grain shipments to resume, while the top Russian and American diplomats talked about a prisoner swap involving the basketball star Brittney Griner.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said that Washington had offered to trade Viktor Bout and that he expected to raise it soon directly with Russia’s foreign minister.

Dozens of Americans are believed to be held by foreign adversaries as political pawns in disputes with the United States.

The case of an American sports star at the mercy of Russian justice has rippled across the world amid criticism from Washington that she has been wrongfully detained.

For Griner, and other Americans held prisoner overseas, the road home may be long, and slow.