The two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury pro basketball star spoke about her time in the Russian penal colony and her months in captivity.
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Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads
The blocking of the roads took place a day after the Serbian president said he would ask the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo to permit the deployment of 1,000 Serb troops in the Serb-populated north of Kosovo.
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Shoppers, workers clash over post-pandemic expectations
Before the pandemic, consumers had gotten accustomed to instant gratification: packages and groceries delivered to their doorstep in less than an hour, stores that stayed open around the clock to serve their every need.
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Hiker falls to death from cliff atop New Hampshire mountain
The hiker and his wife were snapping photos late Saturday morning before she heard her husband call out, and turned to see him falling.
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Memorial to writer Grant Wahl placed at World Cup game following his death
Wahl fell ill while working during extra time of the Argentina-Netherlands game on Friday at Lusail Stadium.
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Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk repeated her earlier call for Putin – and Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who provided his country’s territory for Russian troops to invade Ukraine – to face an international tribunal.
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Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut ‘destroyed’
Some buildings remain standing in Bakhmut, and the remaining residents still mill about the streets. But like Mariupol and other contested cities, it endured a long siege and spent weeks without water and power.
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Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law
Biden plans on Tuesday to sign legislation, passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress, to protect same-sex unions.
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New Peru president appears with military to cement power
Dina Boluarte was elevated from vice president to replace ousted leftist Pedro Castillo as the country’s leader Wednesday.
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R. Kelly, disgraced R&B singer in prison for sexual trafficking, releases new album
The disgraced R&B singer is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges.