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Chinese mom charged with paying $400,000 to have son admitted to UCLA as fake soccer player

The Chinese national and resident of British Columbia is the 35th parent to be charged in the college admissions scandal.

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FILE — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) walk to a news conference on gun control on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 9, 2019. The two Democratic leaders told President Trump on Sunday that they would join him at the White House for a “historic signing ceremony at the Rose Garden” if he agreed to the measure. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) XNYT71 XNYT71
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Here’s what Congress is considering doing on guns

This undated photo shows American swimmer Sarah Thomas, 37, swims the English Channel. The American cancer survivor has become the first person to swim across the English Channel four times in a row completing the remarkable feat Tuesday morning Sept. 17, 2019, after more than 54 hours of swimming. (Jon Washer via PA via AP) LBJ802 LBJ802
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American cancer survivor swims England Channel 4 times

Diver Everton Simpson carries pieces of staghorn coral from a nursery to be planted inside the White River Fish Sanctuary Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. One day, Simpson and the other Jamaicans doing this work hope, the coral and fish will fully return and match the beauty of the water above. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) JAMDP406 JAMDP406
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AP Photos: Saving Jamaica’s coral, an undersea labor of love  VIEW

Electric scooters stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate and wait for customers in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Berlin police say in the three months since popular electric scooters have been allowed in the German capital, they’ve seen 74 accidents, 65 cases of drunken driving and 233 traffic violations. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) MSC101 MSC101
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Berlin police: In 3 months of e-scooters, 74 accidents

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EPA to revoke California’s power to set stricter auto-emissions standards

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In this July 28, 2019, photo, Evelyn, of El Salvador, eats a shared lunch as her daughter sleeps an area set up for families among the pews at El Buen Pastor shelter for migrants in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) CAGB311 CAGB311

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