The sun sets on a mural featuring Brittney Griner on the side of the Footprint Center, home of the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara
(Reuters) -A plane carrying basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the United States early on Friday, nearly 10 months after she was detained in Russia.
Griner was released in a prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout and was heading home on Thursday, ending what President Joe Biden called months of "hell" for her and her wife.
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