Parents in the college admissions scandaland federal prosecutors are accusing the other of trying tocircumvent court rules to get judges they want.
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Yale rescinds admission of student whose family allegedly paid $1.2M to bribe entry
Yale University has rescinded the admission of a student whose family allegedly paid $1.2 million in bribes to get her intothe Ivy League school.
12 defendants in biggest-ever college admissions cheating scandal plead not guilty in Boston court
Twelve people accused of crimes in the nation’s largest-evercollege admissions bribery casepleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges Monday.
New Zealand bans terror suspect’s racist manifesto; citizens told to ‘destroy any copies’
New Zealand hasbanned a racist manifesto written by thesuspected terroristof two mosque shootings in Christchurch that killed 50 people.
Who was Renty? The story of the slave whose racist photos have triggered a lawsuit against Harvard
The photos of Renty and his daughter Delia, taken in nude in 1850 against their will for a Harvard University professor,are now the subject of a lawsuitthat Tamara Lanierhas filed this week.
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Harvard University sued over allegedly profiting from what are believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves
A direct descendant of a slave featured in photos owned by Harvard is seeking an unspecified amount of damages from the university. She’s also demanding Harvard give her family the images.
USC to deny students connected to cheating scheme class registration, transcripts as their status is frozen
USC says it won’t let students currently at the school who maybeconnected tothe nation’s college admissions bribery scandal to register for class.
116-year-old Japanese woman crowned the world’s oldest person by Guinness Book of World Records
At 116 years and 66 days old, Kane Tanaka was named the new oldest living person in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.
DNA testing kits for dogs are super popular. But the testing has some veterinarians pushing standards
As sales of DNA testing kits for dogs have taken on, some vets have raised concerns about a lack of standards and how they’re being used.
6-year-old boy is youngest victims of Alabama tornado that left 23 dead
The storm’s death toll stood at 23 people dead in this rural community in Lee County, Alabama.