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PREMIERING 10 PM ET: Hope For Prisoners | America’s Hope (July 14)

In this episode of America’s Hope, Kelly Wright focuses on two national programs that are helping to break the cycle of incarceration. The plans are committed to transforming lives and transforming communities with hope, education, and compassion. Plus, pastor Tony Lowden shares a touching personal story about his friend and former president, Jimmy Carter. …


Terrorist Prisoners Banned From Leading Religious Services Behind Bars

Convicted terrorists will be banned from taking a leading role in religious services in a new government crackdown on dangerous radicalisation behind bars. New robust checks will also limit the amount of literature allowed in prison to combat the spread of extremism, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced. The measures—which will only apply in England…


Michigan Program Trains Prisoners to Trim Around Power Lines

JACKSON, Mich.—When Scott Steffes leaves Michigan’s Parnall Correctional Facility this month he anticipates entering a new career that will take him upward of 25 feet above ground. Steffes, 37, is one of more than a dozen prisoners learning how to climb trees and trim branches around power lines as part of DTE Energy’s $70 million…


Victory Over Germany | WWII Liberation of Europe Ep7 | Documentary

From quelling remaining resistances, hunting for saboteurs, reconstructing towns, and saving countless prisoners of war from the horrific concentration camps, there was much to do following the Nazi surrender at the end of World War II. Warning: contains disturbing images. …


Sisters Who Survived Holocaust Die Days Apart in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two sisters who survived the Holocaust as girls and moved to the United States afterward died just days apart in their adopted home of Alabama. The Alabama Holocaust Education Center said Ruth Scheuer Siegler died Saturday at the age of 95. Her sister, Ilse Scheuer Nathan, died 10 days earlier at the age of…


After Griner Gets Jail, Russia Ready to Discuss Prisoner Swap With US

MOSCOW—Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, a day after a Russian court jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years for a drugs offence. The case against Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star, plunged her…


Blinken: Pressed Lavrov to Accept Prisoner Swap Offer

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release two Americans detained in Russia. Blinken did not provide details of Lavrov’s response to what he had previously called a “substantial proposal” for Russia to release the…


Blinken, Russian Top Diplomat Speak About Griner, Whelan

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Blinken urging Russia to accept a deal to win the release of American detainees Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. Russian officials gave no public hint…


Russia’s Lavrov Says Moscow Will Propose Time for Call With Blinken on Prisoners

TASHKENT—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would soon propose a time for a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in which Blinken has said he wants to discuss an exchange of prisoners held in Russian and U.S. jails. Blinken said on Wednesday that Washington had made a “substantial offer”…


Russia Says Ukraine Shelling Killed Dozens of Ukrainian POWs; Ukraine Denies the Attack

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured after the fall of a southern port city in May. Russia said Ukraine’s military used U.S.–supplied multiple rocket launchers to strike the…