An Egyptian immigrant who raised government fears about possible terrorist plans was sentenced Friday to one year and one month in prison for fraud.
A Greenwich mortgage broker admitted that she helped her college-age son recruit investors in a multimillion-dollar hedge fund scam but said she really believed he was a savvy money manager.
A former university class president accused of robbing a bank to pay his online poker debts pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony robbery.
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that an Illinois university must reinstate a student group that had its status revoked over its requirement that members pledge to adhere to Christian beliefs.
In the three years since Dru Sjodin's kidnapping, Minnesota and North Dakota have made major changes in the way they handle sexual predators, keeping more of them locked up longer and supervising them more closely after they get out of prison.
The abduction of 22-year-old Dru Sjodin from a shopping center parking lot and the discovery of her body five months later, after an emotional search, has led to major revisions of sex offender laws in two states and to North Dakota's first federal death penalty case.
Thousands of college students and parents are clogging phone lines and rushing to Internet sites in a scramble to refinance college loans before a sharp interest rate increase this weekend.
College students in central China smashed offices and set fires in a riot sparked by administrative changes that made their diplomas less prestigious, students and school administrators said Monday.
A Florida State University student studying abroad in Panama died after he was stabbed at his apartment Wednesday, Panama authorities said.
Receiving medals instead of statuettes, 13 young filmmakers were honored Saturday for their short films at the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards.
Tens of thousands of high school students returned to their classrooms on Thursday, easing three weeks of sometimes violent protests that posed the first major leadership test for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
The family of a Clemson University student who was raped and strangled said the man accused of killing her should not have been released from a Florida prison where he was sentenced for a similar crime.
President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday sought to defuse violent student protests that have paralyzed Chilean schools by appointing an advisory panel to study ways to end inequalities in the country's classrooms.
Jerry Buck Inman called himself an animal and kept looking down as detectives questioned him about the killing of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top, authorities said.
A registered sex offender suspected of strangling a Clemson University student with her bikini top waived extradition Wednesday and will head to South Carolina to face charges.
A former New York University student pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud Tuesday, admitting he used his student ID and expertly forged documents to pose as the heir to a billionaire Turkish family and trick investors into pouring millions into a nonexistent hedge fund.
An Egyptian who authorities believed may have been planning an attack, but was not charged with terrorism, pleaded guilty Monday to fraud.
Protesters clashed with police Monday in Chile's capital as students stepped up demands for reforms to the country's educational system, saying new government concessions didn't go far enough.
Police investigating the slaying of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top released surveillance photos Friday of a man trying to use her bank card a few hours after the killing.
President Michelle Bachelet offered several concessions to Chilean high school students, whose nationwide protests have posed an early challenge to her three-month-old government.
The man charged with killing an Illinois State University student attacked a jail guard with a makeshift knife in an attempt to escape, prosecutors said Tuesday.
A nationwide protest by Chilean high school students demanding school reforms turned violent Tuesday as police struggling to contain hundreds of raucous marchers opened fire with tear gas and water cannons.
Black and Hispanic students see school as a more rowdy, disrespectful and dangerous place than their white classmates do, a poll says.
Nearly two of every three undergraduate students are going into debt to go to college, owing an average of more than $19,000, most often to the government.
A teenager distraught over a breakup brought a loaded rifle, a hunting knife and bottle rockets to school Thursday, leading almost 2,000 students to evacuate until he surrendered, authorities said.