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Savannah Guthrie shares new message about missing mother Nancy Guthrie Savannah Guthrie is sharing a new message about her missing mother as the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches into its fifth month.
Health center’s director denies clinic harmed patients by over-prescribing opioids Members of the Blackfeet Tribal Health System, including its medical director and CEO, have alleged that the health center’s prescribing pract…
Nick Reiner wants his trust fund for his defense. Can he get it? Amid Nick Reiner's legal battle over his parents' deaths, his demand for access to a trust fund they established for him may be more complex t…
Penn & Teller call out 'flimflam' in Supreme Court death penalty case As master manipulators of perception, magicians Penn & Teller say they have an obligation to “expose flimflam when they see it.”
Judge keeps order in place to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center A federal judge in Washington on Friday declined U.S. President Donald Trump's request to temporarily pause an order to remove Trump's name fr…
