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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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Student Loan Borrowers Have 4 More Months Without Payments. How to Make the Most of the Extra Cash
For most borrowers, student loan payments won’t be due until 2022. Experts weigh in on the best ways to spend the extra cash until then.
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There Are Some Snags in Free COBRA Health Insurance for Unemployed. Here's What You Need to Know
A provision in the latest Covid stimulus package nixes people’s monthly COBRA premiums. Health care advocates worry people will miss out on the relief though.
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Government Will Fully Cover Laid-Off Workers' COBRA Premiums Through September
The government will pay for laid off workers to maintain their employer-sponsored health insurance through September.
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Here Are Some Smart Money Moves to Make During the Pause on Student Loan Payments
A pause on student loan payments will leave most borrowers with extra cash through September. These are the best ways to use the money, according to experts.
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Biden Spotted at DC Deli, Church He Attended as VP
New President Joe Biden is already being spotted in Washington, D.C., neighborhoods. Four days after Inauguration Day, the president attended Mass on Sunday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown and then his motorcade made a stop at the deli Call Your Mother. Biden waved to a crowd of cheering onlookers near the bagel shop at 35th and O...
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At Georgetown, Tensions Rise Over the University's Decision to Maintain Distance Learning
With the spring semester nearly underway, and Covid cases rising, Georgetown plans to maintain distance learning. That doesn’t sit well with many undergrads.
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UConn Game at Georgetown Postponed Due to COVID-19
Sunday’s UConn’s men’s basketball game at Georgetown has been postponed due to COVID-related issues, according to the Big East. UConn announced last week that the men’s team would pause all activities due to a positive case of coronavirus connected to the team. The team’s Big East opener, which was supposed to take place Friday against St. John’s, had already...
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Biden Tech Advisor: Hold Social Media Companies Accountable for What Their Users Post
A law protecting the tech industry from liability for their users’ posts continues to be on shaky ground as President-elect Joe Biden prepares for office.
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Feds Say US Colleges ‘Massively' Underreport Foreign Funding
A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”
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Several Human Skeletons Found Under DC House, One May Be Famous Slave
Historians are hopeful that one of the four human skeletons recently found in the basement a Georgetown home could belong to one of the most famous slaves in the history of Washington, D.C.
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3 Maryland Men Exonerated After 36 Years in Prison
Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland were exonerated Monday in the slaying of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released from custody hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped the charges. They were teenagers when they were sentenced to life in prison in 1984....
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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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Suspected Potomac River Rapist, Who Terrorized DC Area in the '90s, Arrested
Police in D.C. and Montgomery County say they have arrested the Potomac River Rapist who killed a D.C. intern and raped nine women over the course of seven years in the 1990s.
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Environmentalists Propose Mainers Farm Quahogs to Beat Pests
Few things are as embedded in Maine’s culture — or its mud — as clams, and an environmental group thinks the key to saving the shellfish might be growing a different kind of bivalve along the state’s coast. Manomet, based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is proposing the shellfish shift as a way to beat predators that plague Maine’s clam diggers.
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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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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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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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Mystery Solved: Huge Feline Spotted in Georgetown Is Pet Named ‘Cookie'
A local veterinarian has solved the mystery surrounding a huge cat seen climbing up a fence at a Georgetown home.