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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray news) – The family of Alex Drueke, a former U.S. soldier being held captive by Russian-backed forces, said he has been freed, along with fellow American Andy Huynh. Drueke’s aunt, Dianna Shaw, confirmed to WBRC
Two U.S. military veterans who had been held captive in northeastern Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists have been released with the assistance of Saudi Arabia, the government in Riyadh and the family of one of the veterans said Wednesday.
A Black man who was freed from prison this year after 44 years behind bars for attempted rapes he says he didn’t commit has sued the officials who helped get him convicted, alleging a cover-up that ended up with him being framed. Vincent Simmons’ conviction was overturned in February by a judge who said Simmons, […]
Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the terrorist group Japanese Red Army, has been released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence. Key points: Fusako Shigenobu was released from a Tokyo prison after serving 20 years in jail The 76-year-old apologised for hurting innocent people during her time in the Japanese terror group Red Army The terror group […]
Placeholder while article actions load President Biden announced Wednesday that Russia freed former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, in what Moscow said was a swap for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was imprisoned in the United States on drug smuggling charges. “Today, we welcome home Trevor Reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed […]
In response to prosecutors’ request to review the decision that freed comedian Bill Cosby from prison, the U.S. Supreme Court declined. On Monday, the high court announced it would not review Cosby’s sexual assault case decision that ultimately released him from prison in June, the Associated Press reports. On behalf of Cosby and his family, […]
A sign stands outside the Christian Aid Ministries in Titanyen, Haiti, on October 22, 2021. Ricardo Arduengo | AFP | Getty Images Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago have been freed in Haiti and are safe, “in good spirits and being cared for,” their Ohio-based […]
A man directs a truck on the grounds of the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters in Titanyen, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. | Matias Delacroix/AP Photo By ASSOCIATED PRESS 11/21/2021 05:14 PM EST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two of 17 abducted members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti and are safe, “in good spirits […]
In this photo provided by the Richardson Center, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson, right, poses with journalist Danny Fenster in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday. Richardson said in a statement that Fenster had been released from prison and handed over to him in Myanmar and would be soon on his way home via Qatar. […]
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali in 2014 walked free from prison Friday after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence and will be deported to the United States. The badly beaten body of a wealthy Chicago socialite, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, […]