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...
The story of Austin Hatch is one of the most extraordinary examples of survival and resilience in modern history. In 2003, at just nine years old, Austin was involved in a plane crash in Michigan that took the lives of his mother, sister, and two brothers. He survived with severe injuries, including a broken leg...
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...
Three online shoppers have filed a federal class action lawsuit against the discount e-commerce platform Woot.com, alleging the company secretly collected and shared their personal browsing data with third-party advertisers without proper consent. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, names Austin Roth, Brandon Rose, and Alexander...
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...
The Department of Justice has initiated legal action against New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, challenging a recently enacted state law that prohibits federal immigration enforcement officers from wearing face coverings during operations. The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a New Jersey federal court, characterizes the state legislation as unconstitutional...
A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday regarding whether a Houston judge properly rejected a minority shareholder’s request for ExxonMobil documents intended for use in a French legal proceeding. The case involves Candel & Partners SAS, a minority investor in ExxonMobil’s former French subsidiary Esso S.A.F., who is pursuing a shareholder derivative lawsuit in France...
A former OpenAI board member who shares children with Elon Musk took the stand Wednesday in Oakland, California, providing testimony in the high-stakes trial concerning OpenAI’s transformation from nonprofit to for-profit entity. Shivon Zilis, who served on OpenAI’s nonprofit board from 2017 to 2023, testified about her involvement in discussions regarding the artificial intelligence company’s...