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Ex-Georgetown U. Tennis Coach Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Case
A former Georgetown University tennis coach pleaded guilty Monday in Boston federal court in the college admissions bribery case. Gordon Ernst was accused of accepting more than $2 million to help the children of wealthy parents get into the school in Washington. The 54-year-old, who has residences in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Falmouth, Massachusetts, appeared virtually for his Monday hearing….
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Ex-Georgetown Tennis Coach to Plead Guilty in College Scam
A former Georgetown University tennis coach accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school will plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions scandal.
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MBA Professor and Ex-Wall Street Banker: The No. 1 Thing We're Not Teaching Our Kids Enough of Today
After years of researching and listening to the stories of successful entrepreneurs and colleagues, Georgetown University professor J. Douglas Holladay shares what he’s learned about parenting and risk-taking.
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Incoming Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to Teach at Georgetown Law
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, is set to join the faculty of Georgetown Law in D.C. next month. Emhoff will serve as a Distinguished Visitor from Practice and teach a two-credit course in the spring semester called “Entertainment Law Disputes.” He will also serve as a Distinguished Fellow of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy....
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Legendary Georgetown Coach John Thompson, Jr. Dead at 78
Former Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, Jr. has died at the age of 78.
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Former Exec Pleads Guilty to Bribing Son's Way Into College
A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to paying $300,000 to bribe his son’s way into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit — even though the son didn’t play tennis.
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Pa. Dad Charged in College Admissions Case, Agrees to Guilty Plea
A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, man has agreed to plead guilty to bribing Georgetown University’s former tennis coach $50,000 to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
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Patrick Ewing In Hospital After Testing Positive for Virus
The former NBA star urged others to take the novel coronavirus seriously.
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California Mother Sentenced to 7 Months in College Admissions Scam
A California woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters’ college admissions exams and get one of them into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit. In an unusual hearing held via videoconference due to the coronavirus pandemic, the judge rejected Elizabeth Henriquez’s bid to avoid prison because of the...
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Georgetown Students in Hong Kong Headed Home Amid Unrest
Georgetown University students who planned to spend the rest of the fall semester in Hong Kong will be headed home early amid violent clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police.
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Twitter Bans Political Ads After Facebook Refused to Do So
Twitter is axing political ads from its site, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday.
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Twitter Bans Political Ads After Facebook Refused to Do So
Twitter is axing political ads from its site, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday.
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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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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Defends Speech Rules, says Tech Companies are New ‘Fifth Estate'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday launched a defense of how tech companies promote and regulate free speech, arguing that Facebook and its peers make up a new “fifth estate” in society alongside the traditional news media. Zuckerberg, in a speech at Georgetown University, echoed language from the 18th Century, when people first began referring to journalists in the press...
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Florida Men Tied to Giuliani, Ukraine Probe Arrested
Two associates of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani, involved in his efforts in Ukraine, were arrested Wednesday on charges of campaign finance violations. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested at Dulles International Airport Wednesday evening while attempting to leave the country with one-way tickets. NBC’s Alice Barr reports.
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Former Envoy Defies Trump, Testifies He Pushed to Oust Her
Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump’s ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country. Yovanovitch told lawmakers investigating Trump’s dealings with Ukraine that there was a “concerted campaign” against her based on “unfounded...
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Tensions Over Hong Kong Unrest Flare on US College Campuses
As political tensions flare back home, Hong Kong students on U.S. college campuses say they have been ostracized and in some cases threatened by fellow students from mainland China, and they suspect they are being watched from afar by Beijing. Some say they see the hand of the Chinese government working in ways that threaten academic freedom. “Even though many...
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Test Proctor Agrees to Plead Guilty in College Admissions Scheme
A former college exam proctor has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators in the sweeping college admissions scheme. Court documents filed Tuesday say Igor Dvorskiy agreed to plead guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to commit racketeering. He previously pleaded not guilty in March.
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Hillary Clinton on Impeachment Inquiry: ‘This Is a Moment of Reckoning'
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers up public comments at Georgetown University following Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that the House of Representatives will begin an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
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WATCH: ‘Climate Strikes' Around the World
People around the world gathered on Friday to demand action on Climate Change.