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Release of report highlights allegations of fraud, extortion and other misconduct by orthodontics professors. A settlement allowed them to leave the university with no admission of guilt.

Cy-Fair ISD board is considering a transgender policy that mirrors a Katy ISD policy that is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation.

The Los Angeles wildfires have reduced entire communities to ash, prompting some of those who lost their homes to vow to rebuild in the same spot they called home.

This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. A version of this story was first published online in July. For decades, McLean Bible Church has served as the place of worship for many of DC’s Republican elite.

the School of Law, the David Geffen School of Medicine, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the UCLA School of Nursing as well as an education school.

None of the other teams in the expanded 12-team playoff average fewer plays than Ohio State's 61.8 per game that rank 120th out of 134 Division I teams. That includes 57 in each of its last two playoff games, wins over undefeated Big Ten champion Oregon in the Rose Bowl and SEC runner-up Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Here's a timeline of the most critical moments for the Arizona football program leading up to Brent Brennan's hiring and how life has been for the Wildcats since then.

UCLA (17-0 overall, 6-0 Big Ten Conference) has now spent eight weeks as the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 rankings and is one of two unbeaten teams left in the country alongside LSU. The Bruins’ 17-0 start is the best in program history and 12 games remain on the regular season schedule.

Houston Business Journal expanded its List of Largest Law Firms to include the top 150 firms. This is the largest single List the HBJ has published in years; the included firms employ over 4,000 local lawyers and an estimated 170,

A conference change, increased scrutiny from judges and the return of Jordan Chiles and Emma Malabuyo have the No. 11 Bruins revamped for Saturday at Maryland.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Describing Denis Law as the “King of the Stretford End,” Manchester United led tributes to one of its greatest players following confirmation of his death at 84 on Friday. Scotland's joint-leading scorer had been diagnosed with dementia in 2021.