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[7] It's Thursday, December 8th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[8] WNBA star Brittany Griner was freed from Russian captivity on Thursday in a prisoner exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer and international criminal, Victor Bout, known as the Merchant of Death.
[9] Griner was arrested in February at a Moscow airport after being caught with marijuana vaping materials and was sentenced in August to nine years in prison.
[10] U .S. diplomats had been working for her release since she was taken into custody.
[11] The president addressed why other Americans, such as U .S. Marine Paul Whelan, were not part of the swap.
[12] We've not forgotten about Paul Whelan.
[13] This was not a choice of which American to bring home.
[14] Sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons, Russia is treating Paul's case differently than Brittany's.
[15] We are not giving up.
[16] We will never give up.
[17] More than 1 ,000 union members at the New York Times walked off the job today in what is set to be a 24 -hour strike.
[18] It's the first such union action in more than 40 years.
[19] Union members are demanding improved wages, more favorable remote work policies, as well as an updated employee evaluation system, which they say currently allows for racial bias.
[20] Topless sunbathing is now legal in Nantucket.
[21] The Massachusetts Attorney General approved an amendment passed in May by the residents of Nantan.
[22] Kentucky, legalizing topless beaches for both men and women.
[23] A state judge has stopped a new Oregon law from taking effect that would create new barriers to purchasing firearms and ban the sale of any magazine larger than a 10 -bullet clip.
[24] The judge says the new law violates Oregon's constitution.
[25] Andre Der Koch, a Russian -backed Ukrainian politician, faces up to 30 years in prison for fraudulently buying two properties in California in violation of U .S. sanctions.
[26] Dercotch was charged with seven criminal counts in an indictment unsealed this week.
[27] According to law enforcement officials in a press release, Dercotch was previously sanctioned for trying to influence the 2020 elections.
[28] Peru's socialist president Pedro Castillo was arrested Wednesday after being impeached and removed from office for staging a coup to stay in power.
[29] During his first 16 months in office, Castillo has faced six criminal investigations and three impeachment attempts, including the one that removed him from power this week.
[30] U .S. prosecutors have reportedly opened a criminal investigation into whether disgraced FTX founder and major Democrat donor Sam Bankman -Fried committed financial crimes that led to the collapse of the company last month.
[31] And iconic singer Celine Dionne revealed Thursday that she is suffering from a rare disease that prevents her from currently performing.
[32] The singer says she has been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, or SPS, a progressive disease that leaves its victims as human statues who struggle to walk or talk.
[33] Unfortunately, these fuzzons affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I'm used to.
[34] Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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