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

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 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.