Six USC student applicants linked to college bribery scheme denied acceptance

The iconic Tommy Trojan statue at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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USC said it would ?conduct a case-by-case review for current students and graduates that may be connected to the scheme alleged by the government.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi13bribery11-24431.jpg The college admissions bribery bust started with a tip

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.

Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Office during a press conference at the federal courthouse in Boston on March 12.

?After the 1st semester, he can move on.? Mass. resident accused of paying for son?s fake sports credentials

John B. Wilson, a 59-year-old investor with homes in Hyannis Port and Lynnfield, is among dozens of wealthy parents charged by federal prosecutors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-24474.jpg 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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-24471.jpg 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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-5469.jpg 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.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/hero-image.png Avoid gate lice and wear your headphones: The do?s and don?ts of airport etiquette

Helpful hints on how to make everyone?s airport experience less stressful. These tips are common sense, but common sense seems to depart from airports more regularly than Delta shuttles to New York.

A flooded basement in Quincy on March 5, 2018.

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Temperatures are about to soar. Here?s how to deal with the wet basement that may follow

A wet basement professional says there are three things in life you can count on: ?Death, taxes, and, if you have concrete, it?s going to crack.? Here?s how to tackle the problem.

Television Review

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As a writer named Annie, she is happy with her body and begins to realize it?s not her problem if others are not.

FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Tucker Carlson, host of

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Opinion | Luke O?Neil

Hey Fox, give Tucker Carlson a raise

You can make a lot of money selling the most vile opinions imaginable in America.

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Indira%20Lakshmanan%20(1)-5466.jpg The self-inflicted Brexit debacle ? and its warning to other democracies

The Brexit debacle shows us we are in an age of irresponsibility.

Editorial

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President Trump was right to ground this troubled aircraft.

Bruins at Jets | 8 p.m. (NESN)

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Forward Paul Carey and defenseman Connor Clifton were summoned from Providence with several of the Bruins? regulars unavailable.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-23883.jpg 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.

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown, center, holds his jersey beside coach Jon Gruden, left, and general manager Mike Mayock during an NFL football news conference Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Trey Flowers got overpaid, and other early free-agency observations

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.

Fall River, MA - 3/12/2019 - Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia speaks to the media after he won a stunning reelection bid in the Mayoral Recall Election. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Laura Crimaldi, Topic: 13fallriver, LOID: 8.5.684351057.

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NESTOR RAMOS

In Fall River, meet the new mayor ... same as the old mayor: Indicted

If only there were some precedent for deeply unpopular, possibly felonious candidates winning high office due to electoral quirks despite losing the actual vote handily.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/530dd439dccb4572bf1e8f1635732a46-530dd439dccb4572bf1e8f1635732a46-0.jpg Former Texas congressman Beto O?Rourke announces presidential run

Until he challenged Republican Senator Ted Cruz last year, O?Rourke was little known outside his hometown of El Paso. Now he?s running for president.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1EL6PH-4650-kWmH--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Alleged head of Gambino crime family gunned down on Staten Island

Francesco Cali, the reputed boss of what was was once the nation?s largest and most influential organized crime group, was fatally shot outside his Staten Island home Wednesday night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/9bacded0cb7444e48426f06d8d2f1706-9bacded0cb7444e48426f06d8d2f1706-0.jpg Conn. high court rules gun maker can be sued over marketing of rifle used in Newtown school shooting

The high court in Conn. ruled that Remington can be sued over the marketing of the rifle that was used in the Newtown school shooting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/a00cb9a102654faeabeb2a46c08b9de9-a00cb9a102654faeabeb2a46c08b9de9-0.jpg Former senator Birch Bayh, author of landmark Title IX sports law, dies at 91

The former senator from Indiana championed the federal law banning discrimination against women in college admissions and sports.

Berkshire County Sheriff Department officers worked near the scene of the fatal house fire.

Investigators search Sheffield home where five people were found dead after fire

Investigators in Sheffield continued their probe Thursday morning into five deaths inside a home that burned early Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/14bear.jpg Family of bears relocated from den on Route 2 median in Templeton

Both sides of Route 2 were shut down while the mama bear was tranquilized and the family was removed from its den.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rubenmug1.jpg Springfield police officer stabbed by arson suspect

The officer was not seriously injured because the protective vest he was wearing blunted the knife blow, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_15H3J3.jpg Could simply listening to this sound help cure Alzheimer?s disease? MIT researchers are on it

MIT researchers say they?ve been able to improve cognitive and memory impairments in mice that had conditions similar to those in people with Alzheimer?s.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/d61dbe3ca26249d1a1aa9005a82999e2-d61dbe3ca26249d1a1aa9005a82999e2-0.jpg In symbolic vote, House unanimously says Mueller report should be public

The vote is a symbolic action designed to pressure Attorney General William Barr to release as much information as possible when the probe is concluded.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_mbtascreens1_met-001.jpg Red Line trains in Cambridge slow down; section of track with defect to be replaced

Red Line passengers in Cambridge will face a slower ride during the Thursday morning commute, the MBTA tweeted.

A Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Southwest Airlines taxied to the gate at Baltimore Washington International Airport on Wednesday.

As safety concerns increase, US grounds troubled Boeing 737 model

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_1EL2MM.jpg US conducts criminal inquiry into Facebook?s data-sharing deals

The probe is intensifying scrutiny of the social media giant?s business practices as it seeks to rebound from a year of scandal and setbacks.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/MichaelCohenNewsletterHP-3632.jpg 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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chalk%20BAT%20image.jpg 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.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

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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Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, February 2019

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.

Real Estate

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg 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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP_19061585728905-640x738.jpg 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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