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Russia has freed Brittney Griner in exchange for the release of Viktor Bout. An excerpt of Today, Explained’s episode about the swap, originally published on August 9, follows. “I never meant to hurt anybody,” Brittney Griner told a Russian judge during her sentencing hearing last week. “I made an honest mistake. And I hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn’t end my life here.” Griner’s been in the custody of Russian authorities since February 17 when she was detained at a Moscow airport by customs officials who say she…

The suspected gunman accused of killing five people in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, last month has been formally charged with 305 counts, including charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault and bias-motivated crimes causing bodily injury. Aldrich – whose attorneys say identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns – faces up to life in prison without parole if convicted on the first-degree murder charges, Allen said in a news conference after Tuesday’s hearing. “When you file 305 counts in a case, that…

Updated Dec. 6, 4 p.m. From the race for governor to who will represent the Sacramento region in the state Legislature, California voters were asked to make the call on a number of key offices in the 2022 midterm elections. Here’s a look at what we know about results in some of the major races in the state as of Tuesday afternoon. Results for most races may not be finalized for several days as mail-in ballots continue to arrive in county elections offices for processing. Here is information about how…

A gunman killed five people and injured 18 others during a mass shooting inside a LGBT+ nightclub in Colorado Springs on Saturday. The attack has devastated Club Q, which has operated as safe haven for the city’s LGBT+ community since it opened 21 years ago. “Our [prayers] and thoughts are with all the victims and their families and friends,” according to a post on the club’s Facebook page. “We thank the quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.” Suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22,…