The son of Jane Buckingham, a marketing executive and parenting book author, said he didn’t know his mother allegedly bribed to help him get into college in the nationwide college admissions cheating scheme.
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{FD} How college admissions cheating scheme was pitched to parents
William “Rick“ Singer propped himself up as a college counselor who knew all the ways to get a child admitted to their desired college, but his specialty was the “side door.“
{FD} Framed photo of the Lord’s Prayer saves woman from bullet that struck home
A Kansas woman credited a framed photo of the Lord’s Prayer for saving her and her husband’s life when a bullet struck her home and nearly hit her.
{FD} USC, Yale University among colleges sued by Stanford students amid college admissions scandal
The University of Southern California, Yale University and several other elite colleges are being sued by two Stanford University students who claim they were denied a fair opportunity for admission and have had their degrees devalued due to the college cheating scheme revealed by federal officials Tuesday.
{FD} Smuggler uses girls as distraction to help 10 people illegally cross US-Mexico border, officials say
At least 10 people illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border Monday night after a smuggler used two Salvadorian girls as decoys to distract border patrol agents, officials said.
{FD} College cheating mastermind auditioned for reality show in 2010, says he helped hundreds with scheme
The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme once auditioned for a reality show on school admissions and told authorities on Tuesday he helped more than 750 families get their children into elite universities by using the "side door."
{FD} Florida man who allegedly took college exams for wealthy students was Harvard grad, ‘really smart guy’
Riddell, 36, was charged Tuesday with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering following a more than a year-long investigation that led to charges against 50 people, including actresses Lori Loughlin and felicity Huffman.
{FD} New York man accused of gouging grandmother’s eyes out kills himself in jail, officials say
A New York man who was accused of gouging his grandmother's eyes out and blinding her during a dispute over money last month killed himself in his jail cell, officials said.
{FD} British backpacker, 23, vanishes in Guatemala, family issues desperate plea
Authorities are searching for a 23-year-old British backpacker who vanished in Guatemala and was last seen leaving a hotel early Tuesday morning, reports said.
{FD} Body of British backpacker, 23, who vanished in Guatemala has been found, group says
The body of a 23-year-old British backpacker who vanished in Guatemala recently has been found, according to a missing persons charity.