The first man to publicly accuse a former University of Michigan doctor of sexual abuse says he contacted a newspaper over fears the allegations would be covered up

Student loans have become a defining feature of American life. It was 10 years ago that education debt eclipsed credit card debt. The next year, in 2011, it exceeded auto debt. As we enter a new decade, outstanding student debt trails only mortgages and is expected to top $2 trillion in the next couple of years. Around 43 million people in the…

A white supremacist manifesto that appeared to be a copy of one linked to a man accused of attacking two mosques in New Zealand was circulated electronically at Syracuse University, campus law enforcement said Tuesday

Fraternity members at Syracuse University allegedly harassed a black student, using a “verbal racial epithet,” in the latest of a string of racial incidents plaguing the college campus.

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.

A funeral for a 19-year-old Emerson College student killed last month in a fight in Boston is scheduled for Sunday. Family and friends gathered Saturday for Daniel Hollis’s wake. Sunday they will say their final goodbyes.

The U.S. Marine Corps. said Tuesday a Marine was allegedly involved in an incident last month that led to the death of a 19-year-old Emerson College student that is being investigated as a homicide by Boston police. “We are deeply saddened to learn that an off-base incident allegedly involving one of our Marines has led to the passing of a...

The family of an Emerson College student who died this week days after hitting his head in some kind of fight expressed gratitude Friday for the outpouring support they’ve received about the 19-year-old. Daniel Hollis, an Emerson College student from Hopedale, Massachusetts, hit his head during an altercation early Sunday morning in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood.

A 19-year-old Emerson College student from Hopedale died this week after he hit his head during an altercation early Sunday morning in Brighton. Family and the Emerson community have been devastated by the death of sophomore marketing communications student Daniel Hollis, which police are investigating as a homicide. But much of what happened remains a mystery.

A homicide investigation is underway following the death of an Emerson College student who died after he hit his head on cement or brick during an altercation in Brighton over the weekend. Family members of Daniel Hollis, a sophomore marketing communications major at the school, said he suffered irreparable damage to his brain after the altercation.

A Los Angeles business executive was sentenced Tuesday to four months imprisonment for paying $250,000 to get his son admitted to the University of Southern California as a fake water polo recruit. Devin Sloane, 53, pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors. He is the second parent to be sentenced...

Actress Felicity Huffman will serve time behind bars for her part in the nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, a federal judge ruled Friday after the “Desperate Housewives” actress gave an emotional statement in a Boston courtroom. In the first of many sentencings to come in the scandal, Huffman got 14 days in prison, a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community...

Actress Felicity Huffman will find out if she will spend any time in prison for her involvement in the college admission scandal during her sentencing.

Actress Felicity Huffman has pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT score in the college admissions scheme. The 56-year-old actress entered the plea Monday to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

Parents and coaches cooperating with investigators in the college admissions bribery scandal could spell trouble for those still fighting the charges and lead investigators to new targets. Since authorities arrested dozens of parents and coaches in March, former coaches at the universities of Texas at Austin and Southern California have signed cooperation agreements.

At least two people were killed and others were injured in a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Tuesday. Police said a suspect was taken into custody. This is a developing story.

“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman is expected to plead guilty May 13 to charges that she took part in a sweeping college admissions cheating scam. Huffman had been scheduled to enter her plea in Boston federal court on May 21. But a judge agreed Monday to move up the hearing because the lead prosecutor will be out of town. Also...

State lawmakers are set to hear a plan that would boost state funding for public colleges and universities while freezing tuition and fees for the next five years. Dubbed the “Cherish Act” by its supporters, the bill scheduled for a hearing Tuesday before the Legislature’s Higher Education Committee aims to increase spending by about $500 million a year. Advocates say...

Actress Felicity Huffman arrives in Boston Federal Court to face charges she that she allegedly participated in a nationwide scheme in which parents bribed their children’s way into elite universities.

More than a dozen parents who were charged for their alleged participation in the nationwide college admission scam are due in Boston federal court.