Nick Shirley’s deep-dive into Minnesota fraud just hit the jackpot. On Tuesday, the conservative independent journalist was named a top winner in X’s newly launched writing contest — a competition designed to reward the kind of "high-impact" journalism that typically bypasses mainstream media newsrooms.

Multiple news outlets say they have received what may be a possible ransom note from the suspected kidnappers of Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, three days after the 84-year-old was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home.