On Friday’s present: A Russian court docket has discovered WNBA star Brittney Griner responsible on drug smuggling and possession expenses. The choose sentenced Griner to 9 years in jail. What are the probabilities of the US authorities arranging for her launch a lot sooner in some form of prisoner change or different diplomatic effort? A global relations professional weighs in.
Additionally this hour: We focus on the implications for us right here in Houston and throughout Texas of a latest Supreme Court docket ruling signaling dwindling energy for the EPA.
Then, we break down The Good, The Unhealthy, and The Ugly of the week, together with a person utilizing 3D-printed weapons to make some extent on the metropolis’s latest gun buyback occasion, and an award-winning songwriter discovering herself in over her head after a remark about Beyoncé on Twitter.
And famend Indian composer and violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam is in Houston this week getting ready for a live performance Saturday with the Houston Symphony on this planet premiere of his Mahatma Symphony, written to rejoice 75 years of Indian independence.
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