During the six years, prosecutors said, the pair used their positions to capitalize on a racketeering enterprise defrauding the state, IRS and union members.
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Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
Watson, the once-prominent Denver developer behind Northstar Commercial Partners, and his firm were found by nine jurors to have defrauded investors in 11 real estate projects in Colorado and beyond by pledging to invest 5% of their own equity and then not doing so.
Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office has filed seven price-gouging lawsuits — three civil, four criminal — ranging from individual landlords to housing companies such as Blueground and Airbnb.
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Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Scheffler pushed his drive into the right fairway bunker on the par-4, could only advance the ball 54 yards into the left rough and gouged his third shot short of the green.
Annual watercraft surcharges funding efforts to prevent the spread of invasive species are set to increase in 2026 from $10.60 to anywhere between $14 and $62, according to House Public Information Services.
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Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
28 Dec. 2025
Merchants would gain surcharging flexibility and those that accept one of a network’s credit cards would no longer have to accept all of them.
The loss of Puig, who might be the most irreplaceable player in MLS, will certainly sting.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Further down the supply chain, former Army Ranger Patrick Montgomery, who runs KC Cattle Company, located outside Kansas City, Missouri, has been stung by high prices.
To keep your drinkware in proper shape for celebrations and wine nights, try soaking them in vinegar instead.
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Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
21 Feb. 2026
Every room is understated and done in grays, white marbles, and earth tones—plus splashes of blue representing Lake Michigan—and comes with one of four types of soaking tubs, all deliciously inviting.
Instead of swift passage on Wednesday, the proposal has become a new flashpoint in a sensitive discussion over police-community relations, with some event organizers questioning why community groups who feel overcharged by the police should have to appeal to the same department for subsidies.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit alleges diabetic Iowans have been overcharged millions of dollars a year and cut off from affordable insulin.
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