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USC Frats Can Start Throwing Parties Again — If They Have Security Guards Posted at Bedroom Hallways
Most fraternities at the University of Southern California will be allowed to start having parties again in March if security guards are posted at stairs or hallways in fraternity houses that lead to bedrooms
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Ex-USC Soccer Coach Tells of Faking Athletic Credentials
A former assistant soccer coach at the University of Southern California testified Monday that she regularly created fake athletic profiles with exaggerated accomplishments and images she found on Google to help get unqualified students admitted
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Stanford Researcher: This Warren Buffett Story Reveals the No. 1 Trait Hiring Managers Need to Look for
Employers always try to hire the “perfect” candidate, but many don’t always prioritize the right things. A Stanford leadership researcher breaks down the most important trait to hire for, using billionaire Warren Buffett as an example of why.
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Couple Gets Prison Time for Paying Bribes in College Scam
A California couple will serve prison time for paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a volleyball recruit as part of the college admissions bribery scheme.
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Professor Sues USC Alleging Discrimination Based on Religion, Descent
A professor of public policy and engineering at USC sued the university Thursday, alleging harassment and discrimination based on his Egyptian descent and religion. Dr. Ali Abbas alleges in his suit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, that he received lower pay than his predecessor, was the target of insulting text messages and felt that USC did nothing to protect…
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California Couple Agrees to Guilty Pleas in College Scam
A California couple has agreed to plead guilty to paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit
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Lori Loughlin, Husband to Serve Prison Time in College Admissions Scandal
Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the college admissions scandal, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Both will serve time in prison under the terms of their plea agreements. Loughlin, who played Aunt Becky on the sitcom “Full House,” and Giannulli, were scheduled to go on...
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Suspicious Company Dissolves Following NBC Bay Area Investigation Into Potential Student Visa Fraud
Less than a week after NBC Bay Area published an investigation finding more than a dozen possible shell companies may have provided false employment records to thousands of foreign students, one of those companies filed paperwork in Nevada to legally dissolve.
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Irving Burgie, Songwriter of Calypso Hit ‘Day-O,' Dies at 95
Composer Irving Burgie, who helped popularize Caribbean music and co-wrote the enduring Harry Belafonte hit “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” has died at the age of 95. At the Barbados Independence Day Parade on Saturday, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced Burgie died Friday. “Day-O,” written in 1952, has been ubiquitous, appearing in everything from the film and Broadway musical...
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Suspicious Companies May Be Exploiting Student Visa Program
A months-long joint investigation between NBC Bay Area and NBC News found thousands of foreign students may have used false employment records at more than a dozen potential shell companies to illegally stay in the country after attending American universities. Stephen Stock reports on a story that first aired Wednesday, Nov. 27.
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Loughlin, Giannulli Fighting New Charges in College Admissions Case
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting expanded charges against them in the college admissions bribery scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli entered not guilty pleas on their behalf Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery.
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Loughlin, Giannulli to Fight New Charges in Admissions Case
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting the latest charges against them in the college admissions scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli filed court documents Friday saying the couple plans to plead not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. The couple also waived their right to appear at a Nov....
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Latest Charge Against Lori Loughlin Likely a Strategy to Induce Plea Talks
A grand jury in federal court in Massachusetts has returned new charges against 11 of the 15 parents still facing charges in the college admissions case, including actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion magnate Mossimo Giannulli. The new charges in this third indictment allege that the 11 defendants conspired to commit a crime called “federal program bribery,” by bribing...
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15 Charged in Revised College Cheating Indictment Include 6 Bay Area Parents
Fifteen parents who hadn’t pleaded guilty in a college admissions cheating scheme were hit with a new grand jury indictment in Boston on Tuesday that includes a new charge of bribery for most of them. The defendants in the revised indictment include actress Lori Loughlin and six Bay Area parents.
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Loughlin, Other Parents Hit With New Charges in College Admissions Scheme
A number of parents in the college admissions scandal, including actress Lori Loughlin, were hit with a new grand jury indictment adding a conspiracy to commit bribery charge against them, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The parents, who were all arrested in March in the alleged nationwide bribery scheme, “conspired to commit federal program bribery by bribing employees of the University...
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1 in 3 Undergrad Female Students Say They Were Sexually Assaulted at USC, Survey Finds
A newly-released survey that polled students from 33 campuses nationwide revealed that more than 25% of female undergrad students have reported being sexually assaulted.
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Crusading Tech Mogul Aims to Prove CEOs Can Be Activists Too
Salesforce founder Marc Benioff runs a $130 billion software empire from the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco. But he is deeply troubled by what his industry has done to worsen an economic divide and other issues polarizing people down on the streets.
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Former Vineyard Owner Gets 5 Months in College Bribery Case
The former owner of a California wine business has been sentenced to five months in prison for his role in the college admissions scheme.
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Ex-Vineyard Owner Gets 5 Months in College Bribery Case
The former owner of a California wine business was sentenced Friday to five months in prison for paying $50,000 to rig his daughter’s ACT score and for trying to bribe her way into the University of Southern California as a fake water polo recruit. Agustin Huneeus, 53, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty in May to fraud and conspiracy in a...
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EPA Issues Violation Notice to San Francisco
The Trump administration is ratcheting up its feud with California. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday sent a notice that San Francisco is violating the federal Clean Water Act. Jean Elle reports.