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Fifteen years after Russell Cowles II paid $1.5 million for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter as a child, she turned to him for help. The daughter, Gretchen “Greta” Hentsch-Cowles, was going ...

The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.