Apr 15, 2019

Lori Loughlin, husband plead not guilty in college admissions scandal case

Lori Loughlin exits a Boston courthouse on April 3. Photo: Paul Marotta/Getty Images

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli pleaded not guilty and waived their right to a court appearance in a court filing Monday on charges of of mail fraud and money laundering conspiracy in the college admissions bribery scandal, the AP reports.

The big picture: Loughlin and Giannulli allegedly paid $500,000 in bribes to guarantee their daughters' admission to the University of Southern California as crew team recruits, though neither daughter actually took part in the sport. Actress Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents have already agreed to plead guilty in the case.

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Louisville officer: "Breonna Taylor would be alive" if we had served no-knock warrant

Breonna Taylor memorial in Louisville. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Driving the news: Mattingly, who spoke to ABC News and Louisville's Courier Journal for his public interview, was shot in the leg in the initial moments of the March 13 raid. Mattingly did not face any charges after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said he and another officer were "justified" in returning fire to protect themselves against Taylor's boyfriend.

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U.S. vs. Google — the siege begins

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The big picture: Once a generation, it seems, federal regulators decide to take on a dominant tech company. Two decades ago, Microsoft was the target; two decades before that, IBM.

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