| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, March 13MAJOR DONORS INDICTED IN COLLEGE SCAM Major Democratic and Republican donors were indicted Tuesday in a college admissions scandal that also led to the arrests of Wall Street CEOs, famous actresses and Silicon Valley executives. It wasn’t clear whether campaign donors obtained letters of recommendation from elected officials based solely on contributions. Here’s why the college admissions process is already a scam. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]COLLEGE BRIBE FIRINGS The University of Southern California fired a high-ranking athletic administrator and a head coach after they were charged in the admissions bribery scheme. Stanford University ousted a sailing coach. The terminations showed immediate fallout from what the FBI called a “nationwide conspiracy.” [HuffPost]BOEING JETS GROUNDED ACROSS EUROPE All Boeing 737 Max 8 flights have been grounded across Europe following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday, the second 737 Max 8 disaster in recent months. The orders, which include a ban on airlines using the U.S.-made jet for flights to, from or over Britain, leave the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration nearly alone in refusing to ground the planes. [HuffPost]CARLSON’S MISS TEEN USA “JOKES” EMERGE Embattled Fox News host Tucker Carlson made sexually explicit jokes about a Miss Teen USA contestant in the latest unearthed audio from 2007. Carlson called the 18-year-old contestant “so dumb,” adding: “She’s like, she’s vulnerable. She’s like a wounded gazelle, separated from the herd. She’s ripe for the taking.” [HuffPost]TRUMP’S TRANSGENDER TROOPS BAN BEGINS The policy, which has been the subject of court challenges, will take effect on April 12. It will bar most transgender individuals from serving if they require hormone treatments or transition surgery, and will affect nearly 2,500 active service members. [HuffPost]INTERNATIONAL U.S. REFUGEE OFFICES TO CLOSE The Trump administration plans to close the 23 international offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which facilitates services involving refugees, international adoptions and family reunification. [HuffPost]
 CARDINAL GEORGE PELL SENTENCED The Australian cardinal, the highest-ranking member of the Roman Catholic Church to be convicted of child sexual assault, was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting two choir boys in Melbourne in 1996. He will be eligible for parole in three years and six months. [HuffPost]BREXIT SET FOR DELAY Theresa May’s EU deal suffered another humiliating House of Commons defeat Tuesday night, just 17 days before the planned exit date of March 29. Delaying Brexit, possibly until late May, is now seen by ministers and the opposition as almost certain. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA GOV. TO ISSUE DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM The 737 inmates on America’s largest death row are getting a reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who plans to sign an executive order Wednesday placing a moratorium on executions. The Democratic governor called the death penalty “a failure” that “has discriminated against defendants who are mentally ill, black and brown, or can’t afford expensive legal representation.” [AP]TRUMP ACCUSER SEEKS JUSTICE Alva Johnson, the most recent woman to accuse President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, says she hopes her honesty will help win justice for at least 21 other Trump accusers. Johnson was a campaign staffer when she says Trump kissed her without consent in 2016. [HuffPost]K-POP SEX SCANDAL GROWS A second K-pop star has dramatically quit the music business in a growing industry sex scandal. Jung Joon-young, 30, admitted to secretly filming himself having sex with women and sharing the footage. [BBC]SCHIFF: 2ND TERM COULD SPARE TRUMP PRISON House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has said that Trump is essentially an unindicted co-conspirator in the felony hush-money scheme that is sending Michael Cohen to prison for three years. The statute of limitations for that crime runs out in five years, meaning Trump may escape prosecution if he wins re-election. [HuffPost]
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