The US Sun

FORMER US Marine Paul Whelan was greeted with teary eyes by family after being released from captivity in Russia. Elizabeth and David Whelan have relentlessly fought for their brother’s release – but who are they? Paul Whelan was arrested at a hotel in Moscow in December 2018 and charged with spying on Russia for the […]

Who are Paul Whelan’s siblings Elizabeth and David?

Joint Base Andrews, MD

NBC News

As he stood on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews late Thursday night, Pavel Butorin was in disbelief. Days before, his wife of two decades — Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva — had been sentenced to 6½ years in a Russian prison for spreading false information about the country’s military, a conviction press freedom and human rights groups denounced as politically-motivated.

Husband of freed Russian-American journalist recalls moment he saw her on tarmac

102.5 The Bone

PARIS — Brittney Griner may have been just moments from a grueling, pre-Olympic practice here with her United States women’s basketball teammates, but at least some of her thoughts, as always, remained in Russia. Not just on her own remarkable journey from an 11-month stint in a bleak,...

Just days ago, Brittney Griner had a message for Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan being held in Russian prisons

ABC News

David Whelan, the twin brother of newly freed former Russian prisoner Paul Whelan, spoke with ABC News' Whit Johnson about the historic prisoner exchange.

Paul Whelan's brother expresses gratitude over Russian prisoner release

The Independent

British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza has pledged he will return to Moscow “sooner than you think” despite his ordeal as a political prisoner under Vladimir Putin’s regime. The Cambridge-educated political leader, who spent much of his teenage years living in London, was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight detainees held in the West on Thursday in the largest such exchange since the Cold War Also involved were three US citizens, including journalist Evan Gershkovich, three Germans and nine Russians. In return, Moscow received eight Russians accused of murder, spying and money laundering.At a news conference in Bonn on Friday evening,...

Freed prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza: I told the Russians ‘I’ll be back sooner than you think’

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Brigid Pfeifer

There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

 An Afghan mother has become the first person jailed under Australia's forced marriage law for coercing her daughter into a marriage that led to the 21-year-old’s murder. Sakina Muhammad Jan, in her late 40s, was found guilty of forcing her 21-year-old daughter, Ruqia Haidari, to marry 26-year-old Mohammad Ali Halimi in 2019 in exchange for a small payment. Six weeks after the wedding, Halimi murdered Haidari, eventually getting sentenced to life in prison for the crime.On Monday, Jan was sentenced to three years in jail under the law, becoming the first person to be sent to prison under the...

An Afghan mother forced her daughter into marriage. Six weeks later the 21-year-old ended up dead

Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza who was released from jail on Thursday in a major prisoner swap said he and others were subject to illegal psychological torture during their imprisonment.

Released prisoner accuses Russia of psychological torture

A devastated mom was handed a jail sentence after she burnt her daughter's rapist alive following his release from prison. Spanish woman María del Carmen García's daughter Verónica was just 13 years old when she was raped at knifepoint by her neighbor Antonio Cosme in 1998. The rapist was sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime but in June 2005 he was on day release when he approached María at a bus stop near her home outside of Alicante.

Mom burnt 13-year-old daughter's rapist alive after he taunted her while out of prison

California State

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

TheDailyBeast

An American woman who went to India a decade ago to study yoga and meditation has claimed she survived without food and water for 40 days after being shackled to a tree by her former husband.U.S. citizen Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, was found starving and emaciated on Saturday by a local shepherd in a remote forest in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra about 25 miles from Goa, according to reports.The shepherd broke an iron chain that was used to secure her to the tree. Police said she was severely dehydrated and unable to speak.Officers said Kumar met and married an...

Starving American Yoga Student Chained to Tree ‘For 40 Days’

Years ago, Matthew McConaughey shared that while he and Kate Hudson were filming “Fool’s Gold” in 2008, she made a hygienic request of him.

Kate Hudson says she could ‘smell’ Matthew McConaughey ‘from a mile’

Presidential historian Allan Lichtman joins CNN’s Phil Mattingly to explain which party he believes will win the 2024 presidential race. 

Scholar who has correctly predicted nearly every presidential election since 1984 explains which party  he thinks will win

Interesting Engineering

Archaeologists uncovered a rare hoard of Persian gold coins in the ancient city of Notion in Turkey that most likely belonged to a wealthy mercenary soldier.

Pot filled with gold coins buried by soldier 2400-year-ago discovered

By Darrell Owens — I was split on whether gun deaths or traffic deaths are the biggest death cults in the United States, but I’ve decided it goes to cars. However neutered gun control is, it’s not a popular mandate in polling but rather a quirk in effective lobbying. Car deaths and automobile manufacturer deregulation are a completely different level of insanity. Unfortunately, car centrism is the popular mandate in that most Americans really don’t care about people being killed by cars, even if the victims are their own family members, and are seemingly resistant to taking the necessary systemic steps to save lives.

America’s Biggest Death Cult

The Guardian

They defied expectations – and their critics – to find soulmates

‘As my wife and I left our wedding, I thought: I’ve made a huge mistake. I love Ted’: from closeted men to a major age gap – finding love against all odds

uInterview.com

Caitlyn Jenner attended granddaughter Honey’s first birthday party on Tuesday, one year after his son Brody said he wanted to raise his daughter “the exact opposite” way he was raised. Brody’s fiance, Tia Blanco, shared photos of the party on Instagram and included a shot with Caitlyn,...

Caitlyn Jenner Attends Granddaughter’s Birthday After Son Says He Wants To Be ‘The Exact Opposite’ Type Of Parent

John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, shares his thoughts on the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett.

Man who shot Reagan reacts to Trump’s assassination attempt

American Skyler Mapes and Italian local Giuseppe Morisani spent a magical evening together in Rome. Then they drove across Italy together. Here’s what happened.

She hit it off with the guy she met at the bar on vacation. Then he sent her an unexpected text message

New York Post

New details and photos from Algerian women’s boxer Imane Khelif’s past have emerged after her 46-second win over Italy’s Angela Carini on Thursday in the 2024 Olympics sparked international fervor.

Khelif is at the center of a debate regarding gender eligibility after being disqualified from the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships for elevated testosterone levels.

The 25-year-old was designated a female at birth and is labeled as such on her passport, which is why the International Olympic Committee has OK’d her boxing in the women’s division.



The photos that have come to light show Khelif, who grew up in Tiaret, a rural...

Young Imane Khelif photos emerge as Olympics gender controversy festers

NewsBreak

After emotional family reunions, the 3 Americans freed in a historic prisoner swap face a challenging road ahead

There were plenty of hugs to go around the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where three Americans formerly detained in Russia shared emotional reunions...

After emotional family reunions, the 3 Americans freed in a historic prisoner swap face a challenging road ahead

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