The son of Jane Buckingham, a marketing executive and parenting book author, said he didn’t know his mother allegedly bribed to help him get into college in the nationwide college admissions cheating scheme.
{FD} How college admissions cheating scheme was pitched to parents
William “Rick� Singer propped himself up as a college counselor who knew all the ways to get a child admitted to their desired college, but his specialty was the “side door.�
{FD} Framed photo of the Lord’s Prayer saves woman from bullet that struck home
A Kansas woman credited a framed photo of the Lord’s Prayer for saving her and her husband’s life when a bullet struck her home and nearly hit her.
{FD} USC, Yale University among colleges sued by Stanford students amid college admissions scandal
The University of Southern California, Yale University and several other elite colleges are being sued by two Stanford University students who claim they were denied a fair opportunity for admission and have had their degrees devalued due to the coll…
{FD} Smuggler uses girls as distraction to help 10 people illegally cross US-Mexico border, officials say
At least 10 people illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border Monday night after a smuggler used two Salvadorian girls as decoys to distract border patrol agents, officials said.
{FD} College cheating mastermind auditioned for reality show in 2010, says he helped hundreds with scheme
The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme once auditioned for a reality show on school admissions and told authorities on Tuesday he helped more than 750 families get their children into elite universities by using the “side …
{FD} Florida man who allegedly took college exams for wealthy students was Harvard grad, ‘really smart guy’
Riddell, 36, was charged Tuesday with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering following a more than a year-long investigation that led to charges against 50 people, including actresses Lo…
{FD} New York man accused of gouging grandmother’s eyes out kills himself in jail, officials say
A New York man who was accused of gouging his grandmother's eyes out and blinding her during a dispute over money last month killed himself in his jail cell, officials said.
{FD} British backpacker, 23, vanishes in Guatemala, family issues desperate plea
Authorities are searching for a 23-year-old British backpacker who vanished in Guatemala and was last seen leaving a hotel early Tuesday morning, reports said.
{FD} Body of British backpacker, 23, who vanished in Guatemala has been found, group says
The body of a 23-year-old British backpacker who vanished in Guatemala recently has been found, according to a missing persons charity.
{FD} Texas woman, 33, dies after large rock thrown from overpass crashes through car’s windshield
A Texas woman died Saturday after someone threw a large rock from a railroad overpass, hitting the car’s windshield and crushing her to death while her boyfriend and children were sitting inside the vehicle.
{FD} Illinois woman, 20, who abandoned car and vanished died of hypothermia, police say
A 20-year-old Illinois woman who was found dead Friday days after her disappearance sparked a massive search died of hypothermia, authorities said.
{FD} Ellen DeGeneres tells Jennifer Lopez she’ll be her maid of honor in wedding to Alex Rodriguez
Jennifer Lopez has been engaged with Alex Rodriguez for less than 24 hours and she already has people vying to be her maid of honor.
{FD} Justin Bieber says he's been ‘struggling,’ asks for fans’ prayers following reports of depression treatment
Justin Bieber revealed Sunday he's been "struggling a lot lately" and asked fans to pray for him nearly a month after he reportedly began receiving treatment for depression.
{FD} California man pulled over with more than $10G in stolen Disneyland merchandise, cops say
California authorities caught a thief who was stealing from the “happiest place on earth.�
{FD} Pete Davidson compares R. Kelly fans to Catholic church supporters, addresses Kate Beckinsale romance on ‘SNL’
Pete Davidson tackled the R. Kelly sex abuse scandal on "Saturday Night Live" and compared the R&B singer's fans to Catholic church supporters.
{FD} Boy, 7, picks of bag of cocaine, Fentanyl dropped by man in Subway, police say
A man was arrested Thursday more than a year after he dropped a bag of drugs inside a Connecticut Subway that a 7-year-old boy later picked up, police said.
{FD} Chris Watts says he keeps pictures of pregnant wife, daughters he killed in prison cell
Chris Watts’ description of talking to pictures of his dead family every night – even reading a book to his daughter – came during the same conversation in which the Colorado man vividly detailed how he choked his pregnant wife and smothered his …
{FD} New York man gouges grandmother’s eyes out during fight, officials say
A New York man gouged his 78-year-old grandmother’s eyes out last month after they got into a fight over money that left her blind, officials said Wednesday.
{FD} Uber passenger shot, killed by bicyclist in New York City, police say
New York City cops were hunting Wednesday for a bicyclist who shot and killed a man sitting in the backseat of an Uber.ÂÂ
