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Supreme Court ruling considered right-wing win set to backfire on Trump
3 months ago

Supreme Court ruling considered right-wing win set to backfire on Trump

Raw Story  

A major U.S. Supreme Court decision this summer was hailed as a conservative court’s broadside against a Democratic administration, giving red states more backing to delay or overturn policies they don’t like, such as transgender protections and clean energy goals. “We have already seen conservative judges point to Loper Bright as one reason to block the Biden administration’s efforts to …

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Arrest Made In ‘Georgetown Cuddler’ Case Years After Series Of Rapes Near Campuses
5 months, 1 week ago

Arrest Made In ‘Georgetown Cuddler’ Case Years After Series Of Rapes Near Campuses

Huff Post  

A man who police believe is a notorious sexual predator who broke into the homes of numerous young women near the Georgetown and University of Maryland campuses and raped them while they slept has been arrested. Metropolitan Police Department A detective with the Metropolitan Police Department condemned the “cuddler” term in a news conference Wednesday and said it caused additional …

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Karaban’s 26 points lead No. 4 UConn to an 80-67 win over Georgetown and a claim to poll’s top spot
1 year, 1 month ago

Karaban’s 26 points lead No. 4 UConn to an 80-67 win over Georgetown and a claim to poll’s top spot

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Karaban tied a career high with 26 points and No. Cam Spencer added 20 points for the Huskies who won their fifth straight game, all without starting center Donovan Clingan, who remained sidelined with a right foot injury. The Fairfield transfer hit his first four shots and scored Georgetown’s first 10 points, keeping the Hoyas in …

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Serial subject Adnan Syed is hired by Georgetown’s prison reform initiative after murder conviction overturned
2 years, 2 months ago

Serial subject Adnan Syed is hired by Georgetown’s prison reform initiative after murder conviction overturned

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Adnan Syed, who was …

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Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown’s prison reform initiative
2 years, 2 months ago

Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown’s prison reform initiative

Associated Press  

— Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for the university’s Prisons and Justice Initiative, the university said. In his new role, Syed will support Georgetown’s “Making an Exoneree” class, in which students reinvestigate decades-old …

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Dad gets home detention for bribing Georgetown coach
2 years, 7 months ago

Dad gets home detention for bribing Georgetown coach

Associated Press  

BOSTON — A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school was sentenced Thursday to about a month in home detention. Robert Repella, a former pharmaceutical executive, agreed to pay then-Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst at least $120,000 to have his daughter designated as a tennis recruit for the …

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Ex-Georgetown coach gets 2 1/2 years in bribery scandal
2 years, 8 months ago

Ex-Georgetown coach gets 2 1/2 years in bribery scandal

Associated Press  

A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama’s family was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school. In a letter to the judge, Ernst described growing up in Rhode Island with a demanding …

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Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial
2 years, 9 months ago

Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial

Associated Press  

BOSTON — A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter into the school is set to face jurors in the final case linked to the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal to go to trial. Authorities say instead Khoury used another middleman to pay off then-Georgetown coach Gordon Ernst in exchange for Ernst recruiting …

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Ex-Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in college scam
3 years, 5 months ago

Ex-Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in college scam

Associated Press  

BOSTON — 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, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Ernst, who was the head men and women’s tennis coach at Georgetown, was arrested in March 2019 along with more than …

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Ex-Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in college scam
3 years, 5 months ago

Ex-Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in college scam

The Independent  

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Parents changing pleas as prosecutors threaten more charges in college admissions case
5 years, 4 months ago

Parents changing pleas as prosecutors threaten more charges in college admissions case

LA Times  

Federal prosecutors are ratcheting up pressure on parents who have maintained their innocence in the college admissions scandal with a warning they intend to file additional criminal charges as early as next week, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The stable of defendants includes nearly three dozen parents, as well as college athletic coaches and others accused of working …

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Kim Kardashian announces two-hour documentary on criminal justice reform
5 years, 7 months ago

Kim Kardashian announces two-hour documentary on criminal justice reform

The Independent  

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College admissions scandal: Here is everyone charged in the case
6 years ago

College admissions scandal: Here is everyone charged in the case

LA Times  

Dozens of celebrities and high-profile people have been caught up in the college admissions scandal. According to the complaint, on a call with Singer, Buckingham said she would “probably like to do the same thing” for her daughter because she is “not a great test taker.” Gordon Caplan Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. I-Hsin ‘Joey’ …

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The Brett Kavanaugh case: This is how white male privilege is destroying America
6 years, 5 months ago

The Brett Kavanaugh case: This is how white male privilege is destroying America

Salon  

In a sociology textbook yet to be written there will be a chapter on white male privilege. In all, Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court -- whatever may happen with his confirmation -- is one more reminder of how social capital, gender, race and class create a system of entitlement and privilege for rich white men like Kavanaugh …

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How a little girl's rashes turned out to be a rare immune deficiency disorder
6 years, 6 months ago

How a little girl's rashes turned out to be a rare immune deficiency disorder

The Independent  

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Birth control's worst enemy
12 years, 9 months ago

Birth control's worst enemy

Salon  

What’s a conservative activist to do when Jon Stewart digs up a CNN clip that's more than a decade old in which she opines that Viagra fills a legitimate healthcare need but contraceptives do not? She is a fellow at the conservative Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, where she focuses on issues of “conscience,” and she is one of …

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Remembering Jonestown
26 years, 4 months ago

Remembering Jonestown

LA Times  

TIMES STAFF WRITER For 20 years now, in sun, fog and rain, they have come to a grassy hillside overlooking San Francisco Bay to share tears, hugs and their private pain--and to remember the unfathomable events of another Nov. 18. As a storm lashed us, Jones’ final words to me had been ominous: “I feel sorry that we are being …

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