Debate over the prisoners swap that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony illustrates the tough choices involved. Some critics of the deal, including Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, say it only encourages people like Vladimir Putin to unjustly detain more Americans. Others say the US can and should make every reasonable effort to get US citizens back. Griner arrived back in the US early Friday.
You may hear that a recount is underway in a number of Michigan counties on two ballot proposals from the November midterm elections. Conservative groups opposed to Proposal 3 that enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, and Proposal 2 on voting rights, challenged the results and paid the filing fee, but the recount does not cover enough votes to change the results. The groups pushing the recount say they will evaluate the data for possible future actions.
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft is back on Earth following a weeks-long flight around the moon. The unmanned journey covered one-point-four-million miles after launching from Kennedy Space Center on November 16th. NASA aims to use the Artemis One mission to eventually get astronauts back on the moon, and eventually to Mars.
Notre Dame men’s basketball took a 79-to-64 home loss against Marquette Sunday afternoon at Purcell Pavilion. The 5th ranked Irish women dominated Merrimack College on Saturday, 108-to-44.
In the NFL, the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts were off this week. The Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings in Detroit, 34-to-23. The Monday night game this week is New England at Arizona.
Notre Dame hockey split two games against Penn State, losing Friday 5-to-2, winning Saturday 5-to-3.
NBA: the Chicago Bulls lost at Atlanta, 123-122. The LA Lakers beat the Pistons in Detroit, 124-117. The Indiana Pacers host Miami tonight in Indy.
