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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

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...

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.

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...

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.

“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.

“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....

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

The former owner of a California wine business has been sentenced to five months in prison for his role in the college admissions scheme.

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.

The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education and the USC Fisher Museum of Art have created the Facing Survival exhibit. The exhibit seeks to commemorate the lives of Holocaust survivors and ensure that their stories live on.

When 73-year-old Randal Parker first moved to East Palo Alto with his family in 1952, he remembers open fields of agricultural land, a diverse and thriving working-class community and job opportunities for people of color.

George R. Tyndall, the former University of Southern California gynecologist charged with sexually abusing patients, has surrendered his medical license, according to the California Medical Board.

A former Bay Area football star is among 12 people charged in a $1 million cell phone robbery ring, authorities said.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced Thursday that her office has charged 12 people, including a National Football League player, in a widespread crime ring that targeted UPS and FedEx drivers delivering cellphones to cellphone stores.