TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — After years of isolation behind the bars and high walls of U.S. penitentiaries and Russian penal colonies, the prisoners will find themselves suddenly free, an emotional moment culminating from long, backchannel negotiations between Washington and Moscow.

Reviewing files

Thomas Salazar Gamboa, right, DREAMS program director, reviews files with Marley Gamboa, a summer youth worker, at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes’ office.

In 1790, the first official census of the United States was conducted.

Officers connecting

Local police officer Dillon Whitten, left, and Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Travis Hale converse on Frisco Street near Engleman Park during Friends on Frisco.

LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — Weeks after Jason Pilbin witnessed a driver get swept away by floodwaters, his northeastern Vermont community was ravaged again by flooding from heavy rains.

Mother-son enjoy visit

Terry Hook, left, visits his mother, Phyllis Hook, at her home during rare cool weather.

Here's your preview of Thursday's paper

- City approves intrafund loans to hospital

- Megee earns statewide award

- WTC-Sayre gets new director

- Western Oklahoma preferred over Hawaii

- Clinton High to begin athletic Hall of Fame

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