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The Zumba fitness instructor who pleaded guilty in March to operating a prostitution ring out of her dance studio in the seaside town of Kennebunk, Maine, was sentenced Friday morning to 10 months in jail, capping off a case that captured international attention.Alexis Wright, 30, was sentenced nearly fifteen months after police raided her business and seized a cache of evidence, including meticul...
Facing a barrage of challenges from AFT President Randi Weingarten and leaders of the United States Student Association (USAA), Sallie Mae CEO John Remondi today agreed to meet for talks on student loan debt.
Three U.S. Naval Academy football players are under investigation for alleged sexual assault last year against a female midshipman, sources have confirmed to NBC News. It's alleged that the victim and the three students had been drinking when she reportedly had sex with one of them, her boyfriend, in the back seat of a car, sources said. The other two then allegedly had sex with the woman.One was ...
As commonsense immigration reform moves through the U.S. Senate, people and groups on the losing side of the debate are making outrageous claims in bogus studies and TV commercials. Let’s take a minute and revisit some of the facts about immigration reform.
Yanira Maldonado, the Arizona mother held nine days in Mexico on suspicion of drug smuggling, was back on American soil Friday after she was released from jail and into the arms of her husband.“I’m free. I’m free. I’m free,” she said, beaming. “I was innocent.”Maldonado, 42, was in Mexico with her husband for a funeral and was detained May 22. Soldiers said they had found 12 pounds of marijuana ta...
By Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC NewsWhen gays and lesbians are featured in popular culture, what do we see? White, wealthy women who host talk shows or affluent men doting on their kids -- like Mitchell and Cameron from "Modern Family." So it’s no wonder that the conventional wisdom is that gay people in America have tons of money and fewer economic struggles than the rest of the population....
