Tushar Atre was taken from his Santa Cruz home in the predawn hours of Oct. 1, 2019, and was found dead hours later on one of his cannabis properties, authorities said. Court records show Atre suffered stab wounds and a fatal gunshot wound to the back of the head. Neighbors in the oceanside surf community...
A contentious legal dispute over oil and gas leasing in areas designated as critical habitat for sage grouse continued in federal court on Wednesday, as conservation organizations pressed their case against government agencies and energy companies regarding leasing decisions that affect more than one million acres across Montana and Wyoming. The coalition of environmental groups,...
A former federal prosecutor has been indicted on charges of theft of government property and concealment of government records after allegedly transmitting a sealed special counsel report to her personal email account. Carmen Lineberger, who previously served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and managed its Fort Pierce branch, appeared...
Russia launched a large-scale assault on Kyiv early Thursday, firing hundreds of attack drones and dozens of missiles in an offensive that officials said killed at least seven people and damaged multiple civilian sites across the capital. The strikes further dimmed prospects for a halt to fighting after a brief, contested truce earlier this month....
Federal agents arrested a tourist accused of throwing a large rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal off a Maui beach, authorities said. Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, was taken into custody Wednesday by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration special agents, the U.S. attorney’s office in Honolulu said. He is charged with harassing...
Four men were convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in connection with the October 2019 kidnapping and murder of Santa Cruz tech executive Tushar Atre, according to court records and investigators. Atre, 50, a web design entrepreneur who had a cannabis business in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was the focus of...
A former Ohio state representative has secured the Republican nomination for the 9th Congressional District, positioning himself for a second attempt to unseat the longest-serving congresswoman in American history. Derek Merrin emerged victorious from a five-candidate primary field, capturing 25,024 votes, representing 44.1 percent of the total. His nearest competitor, state Representative Josh Williams, received...
A federal court in San Francisco has granted final approval to a $700 million settlement addressing monopolistic practices in the Android smartphone application marketplace. The settlement resolves allegations that a major technology company violated state and federal antitrust laws through anticompetitive conduct in its mobile app distribution platform. U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the...
The executive director of the Kennedy Center warned a federal court on Wednesday that the iconic performing arts venue faces severe structural problems requiring urgent repairs, testifying in a case that has raised concerns about potential demolition of the historic building. Matthew Floca, who assumed the role of chief operating officer on March 24 following...
A European supermarket chain faces a substantial financial penalty following a ruling from Europe’s highest court regarding the packaging of pasta products that featured Italian-themed branding despite containing wheat from mixed international sources. The case centered on pasta products sold with packaging that prominently featured Italian imagery and emphasized that the wheat was milled in...