Parents in the college admissions cheating scandal, including actress Lori Loughlin, could soon be heading to trial. Attorneys for some parents were back in federal court in Boston Friday for an interim status conference hearing.

Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were set to appear in Boston federal court Friday on their charges stemming from indictments in the college admissions scandal.

Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli appeared in Boston federal court Friday, a day after the U.S. Attorney’s Office released emails that appear to show the couple corresponding with the admitted mastermind of the college admissions scandal. The appearance comes after the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed hundreds of pages of emails, transcripts of...

Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli will appear in Boston federal court a day after emails were released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that appear to tie the couple to the college admissions scheme.

A Massachusetts real estate developer accused of paying $220,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California faces a new tax fraud charge. John Wilson, 59, of Lynnfield, Mass., was indicted Tuesday on one count of filing a false tax return. He has previously pleaded not guilty to federal charges including money laundering, wire fraud and federal programs…

Sophia Macy is entering “The Twilight Zone.” The elder daughter of Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy will appear in an episode of Jordan Peele’s anthology series.

A California woman has agreed to plead guilty after authorities said she paid $9,000 to have online classes taken on her son’s behalf to help him graduate from Georgetown University. Karen Littlefair, 57, of Newport Beach, California, is the latest person to be charged in a sweeping college admissions scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents. An agreement with…

A California woman was sentenced to three weeks in federal prison after pleading guilty in the college admissions scandal.

A California marketing executive and author has been sentenced to three weeks in federal prison for her role in a college admissions bribery scheme. Jane Buckingham appeared in Boston’s federal court Wednesday. The 51-year-old Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors.

The owner of a California jewelry business was sentenced Wednesday to three weeks in prison after she was accused of paying $15,000 to rig her son’s ACT exam and of falsely listing him as a racial minority on college applications. Marjorie Klapper, 51, of Menlo Park, California, pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy in...

A federal grand jury is investigating the sale of the Harvard fencing coach’s suburban Boston home for nearly double its assessed value to a man whose son was later admitted to the school and joined the team, according to a newspaper report. A subpoena reviewed by The Boston Globe ordered the town of Needham’s Board of Assessors to provide documents...

A federal grand jury is investigating the sale of the Harvard fencing coach’s suburban Boston home for nearly double its assessed value to a man whose son was later admitted to the school and joined the team, according to a newspaper report. A subpoena reviewed by The Boston Globe ordered the town of Needham’s Board of Assessors to provide documents...

A former head sailing coach at Stanford avoided prison time when a judge sentenced him Wednesday for his role in a sweeping college admissions scam at elite U.S. universities. John Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced in the case that exposed the lengths that some wealthy parents will go to get their children into the nation’s top schools....

One day last July, a tall, trim man in his mid-30s boarded a plane in Tampa, flew to Houston and checked into a hotel. There, he was given a copy of the ACT college entrance exam. Guided by a handwriting sample from a California high school student, he took the test in the student’s name. The score: 35 out of...

One day last July, a tall, trim man in his mid-30s boarded a plane in Tampa, flew to Houston and checked into a hotel. There, he was given a copy of the ACT college entrance exam. Guided by a handwriting sample from a California high school student, he took the test in the student’s name. The score: 35 out of...

Two defendants will plead guilty to bribery and other charges for fraudulently aiding applicants in gaining admission to colleges and universities as a part of the college admissions scandal.

The date for actress Felicity Huffman to appear in court as she pleads guilty in the college admissions cheating scam has been rescheduled. The “Desperate Housewives” star’s plea hearing is set for May 21 at a federal court in Boston, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. She was reported to plead guilty on May 24.

Harvard University says it has launched an independent review of a real estate transaction involving its longtime fencing coach and a man whose son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. The Boston Globe reports the coach, Peter Brand, sold his suburban Boston home assessed at $549,300 to Jie Zhao in 2016 for nearly $1 million. Zhao...

Gordon Ernst, head coach of the women’s tennis team at the University of Rhode Island, resigned after his alleged involvement in a college admissions scheme.

South Bay guidance counselors say getting into college will be under close scrutiny this year thanks to the cheating scandal that exposed wealthy families and their alleged paid bribes to get their kids into top schools.