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Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in court in U.S. college admissions scandal
Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty on Monday to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used bribery and fraud to secure their children spots at prominent U.S. universities. The onetime star of the ...
Actress Lori Loughlin pleads not guilty in college admissions bribe scam
Actress Lori Loughlin said on Monday she will plead not guilty to charges that she participated in what prosecutors say was the largest college admissions scandal uncovered in U.S. history. Loughlin, who starred in the television sitcom "Full House," and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo ...
Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at Boston court to face college admissions bribe charges
Felicity Huffman arrived at the federal court in Boston on Wednesday, where she and fellow actress Lori Loughlin will appear to face charges tied to what prosecutors call the largest college admissions scam uncovered in U.S. history. Camera crews crowded the courthouse in anticipation of ...
Alleged victim of Kevin Spacey sexual assault filmed part of incident
A young man who accused Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting him at a seaside restaurant near Boston in 2016 filmed part of the incident, according to court filings obtained by AFP. The 59-year-old star of the "House of Cards" series, who has won two Oscars, ...
Boston Irish mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger, inspiration for film 'The Departed,' killed in prison
James "Whitey" Bulger, who lived a double life as one of Boston's most notorious mobsters and as a secret FBI informant before going on the run for 16 years, was killed at a federal prison in West Virginia, sources said Tuesday. The FBI was looking ...
Boston counterprotest overwhelms, cuts short 'free speech rally'
Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a "free speech rally" a week after a violent clash rocked Virginia and reverberated across the U.S. Counterprotesters marched through the city on Saturday ...
Boston St. Patrick's parade faces boycott calls after gay vets are snubbed
A gay veterans group said Wednesday it has been denied permission to march in this year's Boston St. Patrick's Day parade just two years after organizers made the groundbreaking decision to allow gay groups to participate for the first time. The veterans group, OutVets, said ...
Scientists, environment activists stage Boston protest over Trump's threat to research
Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters held a rally in Boston on Sunday to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research in the U.S. The scientists, some dressed in white lab coats, called on President Donald Trump's administration to ...
Shatner to fete 50 years of 'Star Trek' at Comic Con, throw Fenway pitch
Actor William Shatner will appear at Boston Comic Con 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of the hit television series "Star Trek." The three-day convention is scheduled for Aug. 12 through 14 at the Seaport World Trade Center. Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk on the ...
Utah teen injured in Brussels airport attack also survived Boston bombing
One Utah teen will live to tell about surviving his second major bombing. Mason Wells, a 19-year-old from Sandy, Utah, is expected to make a full recovery from the bombing attack at Brussels Airport on Tuesday. The blast has left him with a surgery scar, ...
Boston rail workers honored for safely stopping driverless runaway commuter train
Two Massachusetts transit employees whose quick action is credited with bringing a driverless train to a safe stop have been honored at a Statehouse ceremony. Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday presented citations to Mark McNeill and Ainsley "Lee" Saunders. Both work in the operations control ...
Salem witch seeks court protection from 'world's best-known warlock' over alleged harassment
A woman who calls herself a witch priestess said she is taking a self-proclaimed warlock to court over accusations of harassment. Lori Sforza, who runs a Salem witchcraft shop and leads a pagan church, filed for court-ordered protection against harassment from Christian Day, whose website ...
