Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Brittney Griner

The Timberwolves’ Big Gamble on Rudy Gobert

Lord knows it’s tempting to ponder and speculate whatever Kevin Durant’s next stop will be. The oversized domino hasn’t tumbled yet, like the entire NBA seems to be waiting on it to do. But that’s given us plenty of time to hear the array of possibilities that might lie ahead…

Sports Illustrated

Brittney Griner: US basketball star detained in Russia asks Joe Biden for help

The three-time WNBA league champion is facing ten years in prison if she is found guilty of drugs charges

Evening Standard

What is hashish oil and how did it land Brittney Griner in a Russian courtroom?

Ms Griner’s appeared for her first court hearing on Friday

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

First Thing: Man in custody after six shot dead at Fourth of July parade

Witnesses speak of their terror after at least six killed and 30 injured at public event in Highland Park, Chicago. Plus, US drag queens stand their ground

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner trial - live: White House insists WNBA star’s case a priority as family complain of inaction

Follow the latest updates

The Independent UK

President Biden receives Brittney Griner's letter from prison in Russia

President Biden has read the letter WNBA player Brittney Griner wrote to him from prison in Russia. The basketball star has been detained there since February.

WEKU

Basketball star in Russian prison begs Biden for help

WASHINGTON: American basketball star Brittney Griner asked US President Joe Biden to free her from a Russian prison in a handwritten letter Monday, portions of which were made public by her family.

Bangkok Post

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

’I’m terrified I might be here forever’: Brittney Griner appeals to Biden in letter

WNBA star Brittney Griner made a direct appeal to US president Joe Biden for her freedom in a handwritten letter that was delivered to the White House on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner, Houston-born WNBA player detained in Russia, appeals to Biden

Griner is “terrified I might be here forever,” according to excerpts of a handwritten letter to the president provided to media outlets by a family representative.

The Texas Tribune

Basketball-WNBA star Griner makes freedom appeal to Biden

U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner has made a direct plea to President Joe Biden to stand up for her in an emotional letter sent to the White House on Monday as she remains detained in Russia on drug charges.

Reuters

Jailed WNBA star Griner appeals to Biden: ‘Get me home’

Basketball star Brittney Griner calls on US president to do all he can to secure her release from Russian jail.

Al Jazeera

Griner sends letter to President Biden pleading for his help

Brittney Griner made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed on to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she may never return home and asking that he not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.”

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner writes letter to Joe Biden pleading for help in obtaining freedom from Russia

Basketball star tells president ‘I’m terrified I might be here forever’

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner Appeals to President Biden Amid Detention in Russia

The WNBA star, who has been detained since February, wrote an emotional letter asking the president for help.

Sports Illustrated

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: On Fourth of July, Brittney Griner’s freedom remains at stake in Russia

I want to say something about Brittney Griner, but I don’t know what to say.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wade admonishes U.S. for ‘disgusting’ treatment of Brittney Griner as she goes on trial in Russia

Griner is 135 days into her detainment in Russia and one day into her trial on drug charges, which are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

WEKU

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (July 1)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner?

Ms Griner has been detained in Russia for five months and counting

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

What is hashish oil and how did it land Brittney Griner in a Russian courtroom?

Ms Griner’s appeared for her first court hearing on Friday

Benzinga

Brittney Griner's Much Anticipated, Much Dreaded Trial Begins In Russia, Here's What We Know

Brittney Griner was escorted into the courtroom in handcuffs wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt, her long dreadlocks neatly pulled back, her eyes intense but expressing little.

The Guardian - US

Brittney Griner in court as Russia may want to use case to negotiate prisoner exchange with US

Basketball star appeared in Moscow court on Friday after being arrested four months ago on suspicion of cannabis possession

Axios

WNBA star Brittney Griner's trial begins in Russia

Griner is facing up to 10 years in prison. U.S. officials say she has been "wrongfully detained."

Evening Standard

Brittney Griner: US basketball player goes on trial in Russia on cannabis possession charges

American basketball star Brittney Griner has gone on trial in Russia charged with illegal cannabis possession.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brittney Griner trial begins in Russian court

Griner’s wife, Cherelle, has urged President Joe Biden to secure her release, calling her “a political pawn.”

Tribune News Service

Russia starts trial of US basketball star Griner on drug charge

A court in Moscow began the trial of U.S. women’s basketball player Brittney Griner on drug smuggling charges Friday, the latest in a series of cases involving Americans held by Russian authorities amid deteriorating relations.

1 … 43 44 45 46

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.