LANCASTER – A retired plastic surgeon was found shot to death at his ranch, where he had apparently been gunned down while feeding his cattle, authorities said Thursday. Dr. Esfandiar Kadivar, 64, was ...

Three men were sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the killings of a prominent plastic surgeon and another man at the doctor’s 200-acre ranch in the Antelope ...

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LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A man who arranged to kill two people to take over a Southern California ranch has been sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole. Nicolas Cordoba and two other men ...