BOSTON — “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and nine other parents faced new federal charges Tuesday as prosecutors pressured them to acknowledge their guilt in a scheme involving dozens of wealthy parents accused of bribing their children into elite universities or cheating on college entrance exams.

For the first time, U.S. health regulators have judged a type of smokeless tobacco to be less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options for smokers.
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A New York police officer wearing a bullet-proof vest was shot in the chest while responding to a call about a man acting erratically at a Harlem apartment building early Wednesday.
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To our dear friends,
We hope you had a wonderful Yom Tov and wish you success in the upcoming year. Today is a special day as it is the Yahrtzeit of the holy Ribnitzer Rebbe zt”l.
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Once again, aveilus in the Torah world following the petira of HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Zalman Ulman ZT”L, Av Beis Din Modi’in Illit. The rav was 73.
HaGaon Rav Ulman served as the Av Beis Din in the chareidi city since its inception.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence.
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U.S. Army officials say three soldiers were killed and three others were injured when the armored vehicle they were riding in was involved in an accident during training at Fort Stewart in Georgia.
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The Trump administration official who wrote an anonymous essay about resistance from the inside has a book deal.
The Hachette imprint Twelve announced Tuesday that “A Warning” will come out Nov.
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Wild video from the Upper West Side shows a man escaping the back of an NYPD patrol car after some sort of shooting — then getting tackled by several officers in the middle of an intersection.
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A teenage gunman returned to class Tuesday after shooting a fellow student multiple times just outside a Northern California high school, an attack that prompted an hourslong lockdown of more than 10,000 students and staffers in a complex with three schools, authorities said.