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First parents stand trial in college admissions bribery scandal

Two parents are set to face trial starting Wednesday over their alleged participation in a widespread criminal scheme to fraudulently secure college admissions for their children. In 2019, the Justice Department announced charges related to an alleged conspiracy that involved parents of aspiring undergraduate students collectively paying more than $25 million to a middleman who secured student-athlete placements at highly selective U.S. universities including Georgetown, Stanford, UCLA, and… Source link

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Angel Cabrera extradited to Argentina to stand trial

Angel Cabrera, a two-time major champion,was arrested in January in Brazil on various assault and theft charges. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) Former PGA Tour golfer Angel Cabrera was extradited from Brazil to Argentina on Tuesday so he can stand trial on , . Cabrera was arrested in Brazil in January on five years worth of charges, including assault, theft, illegal intimidation and repeated disrespect to authorities. Cabrera’s ex-wife, Silva Rivadero, allegedly filed multiple charges against… Source link

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Brooks Koepka can’t stand Bryson DeChambeau’s talk

Golf appears to be a game of manners. Don’t be fooled. Golf is a game of seething hate, grievances great and small, barely masked by a thin veneer of decorum. You want to win against the world’s best, you can’t be a nice guy. You’ve got to have a deep well of mean in your soul. Every single one of golf’s champions does, no matter what pleasant face they present to the world. All of this is a long and florid way of saying: Brooks Koepka gave us an honest look at the mind of a… Source link

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2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks That Stand to Benefit

The COVID pandemic may be receding, but it has left a mark on across multiple aspects of our lives. From mask mandates to travel restrictions, we chafe at some of the changes – but in the business world the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has dramatically expanded in the past year. This was probably inevitable – but AI brought advantages in coping with the pandemic for companies that could make use of it, and the expansion accelerated. AI has found its place in a huge range of… Source link

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Rankings show where teams stand

The College Football Playoff released its first set of rankings on Tuesday night. No. 1 Alabama led the list, as expected. Here are five takeaways: Schedule matters in college football Amid the inequity and chaos inherent to the 2020 college football season, two factors that will appear to weigh heavily are the quality and the number of opponents. At the top of the rankings, No. 3 Clemson (7-1) being ahead of Ohio State (4-0) is a sign that who teams have faced and how many games they’ve… Source link

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‘Wall of Moms’ stand between Portland protesters amid clashes with police

Dozens of women wearing yellow linked arms to form a protective “wall of moms” around Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday as the protesters clashed with federal law enforcement. Video from the scene showed crowds chanting “Feds stay clear, moms are here!” and “Feds go home!” before protesters toppled a fence erected around the federal courthouse. Federal agents fired back with what appeared to be tear gas and flash bangs, the video showed. Hundreds of people had… Source link

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Georgia murder case tests whether a Black man can stand his ground against whites

William Marcus “Marc” Wilson believed he was standing his ground when he fired at a pickup truck he says was trying to run his car off the road as he drove home with his girlfriend one night last month. He had a licensed handgun with him, and he might have assumed that he was covered by Georgia’s “stand your ground” law, which reads, in part, “A person who uses threats or force … in defense of self or others … in defense of a habitation, or … in defense of property other… Source link

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