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John B. Wilson is among dozens of wealthy parents charged by federal prosecutors with paying princely sums to fake their children?s test scores and sports credentials.
Boston investigators had different case, then college scheme came up Officials in Boston got a tantalizing tip ? a Yale University women?s soccer coach had asked a financial executive for a bribe to help get his daughter admitted into the elite school.
For some Boston-area high schoolers and college students, the bribery scheme is a slap in the face One Boston high schooler, who doubled her GPA and worked hard for her 1220 SAT score, said the bribery was especially insulting when other students can?t afford their tuition.
YVONNE ABRAHAM
In college admissions, the American Dream has gone bad Will we finally fix the way we do college admissions in this country? Or will we still cling to the American fiction that every kid has an equal shot?
OPINION | MCGREGGOR CROWLEY
Confessions of a former MIT admissions director Every year, regardless of what a college or university says publicly, a number of children of wealthy donors and alumni get a nod while other applicants are rejected.
Henriquez and his wife were charged with participating in the scheme on four occasions for their two daughters.
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Television Review
As a writer named Annie, she is happy with her body and begins to realize it?s not her problem if others are not.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Especially at wide receiver, Patriots need a talent infusion New England got the most out of its roster last season, but all those breaks and that overachievement can?t be counted on again.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
Props to the former Patriots star and Landon Collins for cashing in beyond their likely return and woe to any player thinking beyond two years.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
This time, Nathan Eovaldi works just three innings, but it goes well The Red Sox righty, renowned for his extra-inning relief job in the World Series, made a crisp spring debut Wednesday.
Letters
A new spin on ?giving it the old college try? The far-reaching college admissions scandal has raised countless questions from Globe readers.
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
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The self-inflicted Brexit debacle ? and its warning to other democracies The Brexit debacle shows us we are in an age of irresponsibility.
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Editorial
President Trump was right to ground this troubled aircraft.
Miss Conduct
Advice: I don?t want my roommate to care for a sick dog in our apartment I don?t want to live with a dog, even for a good cause. Plus, polite rejections.
State Representative Paul McMurtry faced allegations he grabbed the backside of an incoming legislator during a Dec. 13 cocktail hour.
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The former Texas congressman sent a text message to a Texas television station Wednesday afternoon confirming that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
5 people are found dead after home fire in Sheffield Authorities say five people have been found dead after a fire in a home in Western Massachusetts.
Dozens of people are vying to be next Boston school superintendent The search for a new superintendent of the Boston Public Schools has attracted more than three dozen candidates with a range of experiences and backgrounds.
It?s official: Facebook and Instagram are working again Users reported having issues accessing both sites starting Wednesday afternoon and the platforms were working again just before 2 a.m. Thursday morning.
Man with alleged mob ties gunned down on Staten Island Francesco Cali, 53, who had reported ties to organized crime, has been shot and killed in New York City.
Starts & Stops
Electric scooters will come to Brookline this spring The town is taking a leap that some of its neighbors have resisted so far.
The United States ordered Boeing 737 Max jets out of the air, three days after a deadly crash in Ethiopia, and after nations around the world halted use of the aircraft.
Owner of Uxbridge pot shop opening Friday says she hopes to spread ?kind word of cannabis? ?I?m somebody who just had a vision and a dream and pursued it,? said Caroline Frankel, whose recreational marijuana shop, Caroline?s Cannabis, opens on Friday.
Marijuana advocates press commission for pot cafes, help for medical patients Dozens of advocates, business people, and medical patients testified Wednesday during a ?listening session? organized by the state Cannabis Control Commission.
Facebook is subject of criminal investigation related to data-sharing Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the world?s largest technology companies. Facebook has phased out most of the partnerships over the past two years.
Another big music club is coming to Boston Boston Landing in Brighton will feature a 3,500-seat concert hall, one of three sizable venues in the works around the city.
Truth and Consequences Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.
Munch Madness 2019: The top restaurants in Boston If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.
Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.
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Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: winter weather, presidential candidates on the campaign trail, a Chinese New Year celebration.
Was the 3-1 West Coast trip finally the proof that they have found themselves? Maybe.
The Supreme Judicial Court?s decision overturns decades of legal precedent.
A pet snake escapes and slithers around an apartment building, a very expensive fanny pack goes missing, and other odd items from local police blotters.
The 1,901-square-foot home has two bedrooms, a full bath, and three half baths. The cabana looks like a chapel.
A federal judge sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to an additional three and a half years of prison. He was then indicted in New York City on mortgage fraud, conspiracy, and other state charges.
A National Emergency Management Agency spokesman late Wednesday said 37 people had been pulled out alive, with eight bodies recovered from the ruins.
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The recall covers certain Honda and Acura models largely in the U.S. and Canada.
Dick?s Sporting Goods Inc. said on Tuesday that it will stop selling hunting rifles and ammunition at 125 of its stores.
Artist Kara Walker?s work at the Harvard Art Museums addresses the violent legacy of American enslavement. On campus these days, it has plenty of company.
Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
Efforts to save the sperm of the dead come with heartache, tough questions The case of Peter Zhu, a cadet at West Point Military Academy who died last month, has reignited a debate around ?postmortem sperm retrieval.?
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