College Admissions Scandal Mastermind Rick Singer Returns to College Consulting After Release from Prison

Rick Singer in 2019.Photo:AP Photo/Steven Senne AP Photo/Steven Senne William “Rick” Singer, the man who orchestratedthe 2019 college admissions scandal, is continuing to advise clients from a California halfway house, according to multiple outlets includingABC NewsandThe Wall Street Journal. The former college admissions consultant, 64, was convicted in January 2023 for his involvement in the “Operation Varsity Blues" scandal. He facilitated bribes between parents and universities in exchange for their children’s enrollment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and one count of honest services wire and mail fraud.

College Instructor Dead, Private School Coach Missing After Empty Boat Found on Georgia Lake

Gary Jones, left, and Jocelyn Wilson, right.Photo:Gary L. Jones/Facebook; Spelman College Gary L. Jones/Facebook; Spelman College The body of a college instructor has been located and a private school coach remains missing after a boat was found empty on a lake in Georgia. Wilson’s body was found after a boat was found circling near Wallace Dam on Saturday, Feb. 8, authorities said. Witnesses claimed to have seen two adults, “one male and one female,” on the boat before it was found empty on Saturday.

College Student Finds Live Venomous Scorpion Inside Her Shein Package: 'I Thought It Was a Toy'

A Chinese scorpion like the one found in a Shein package in the United Kingdom.Photo:Getty Getty A college student says she had an unwelcome surprise waiting for her inside a package she ordered from Shein: a scorpion.Sofia Alonso-Mossinger, an 18-year-old student at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, recently opened the package to find the eight-legged creature lurking inside, according tothe BBC.“I thought it was a toy — and then it moved,” she told the outlet.

College Student Once Got Christmas Wishes Fulfilled Thanks to 'Angel' Donors. Now She’s Paying It Forward (Exclusive)

Kenzie Scanlon.Photo:Hannah Zhang, New Caney High School Yearbook Photographer Hannah Zhang, New Caney High School Yearbook Photographer Some bright spots, however, were the times she and her siblings gotChristmas gifts, thanks to donors who had picked their names from her Texas high school’s Angel Tree and fulfilled their wishes. Scanlon wants to make sure other kids get to experience the same happiness, so the college freshman returned to her old school last week to become an Angel Tree donor herself.

College Student Speaks Out After AI Chatbot Allegedly Told Him to ‘Please Die’: ‘I Freaked Out’

Google’s Gemini.Photo:Michael M. Santiago/Getty Michael M. Santiago/Getty A Michigan college student said he recently received a message from an AI chatbottelling him to “please die.“The experience freaked him out, and now he’s calling for accountability.Vidhay Reddy, 29, was chatting with Google’s Gemini for homework assistance on the subject of “Challenges and Solutions for Aging Adults” when he got the threateningresponse, according toCBS News.“This is for you, human. You and only you.