World news tonight s strength, churning straight toward puerto rico. Major concerns about the power grid. Parts of the east coast all watching this closely, too. Ginger zee with the new track. The new and alarming images just in tonight. The suspect taking off in reverse in a police suv, later crashing into two other vehicles at 97 Miles Per Hour. One of the vehicles with seven children inside. Two dead, one in critical condition. Tonight, the new images, Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband in court, facing charges in that nationwide cheating scandal. The major new clues as to how theyll defend themselves. The outrage in New York City. More than a dozen accusers of Jeffrey Epstein speaking out. And tonight, the one accuser now new tonight, the major opioid maker in talks to
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federal court today, telling the judge they want to stand trial together, and the major new clue tonight, how they might defend themselves. abc s eva pilgrim in boston. reporter: lori loughlin and her husband presenting a united front, walking into a boston federal courthouse today with their heads down, unlike past appearances when the actress smiled for the cameras. they have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges, accused of paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters accepted to usc as recruits for the crew team. do you guys have any comment? today, their lawyer saying the couple didn t w checks to individuals, instead, giving money directly to the university, its athletic department, as well as a charity once run by rick singer, the alleged mastermind of the admissions scheme. a source close to the family telling people magazine that loughlin honestly didn t think that what she was doing was any different than donating money for a library or athletic
valley wine vineyards took separate plea deals for the charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest service mail fraud. hun huneaus paid $50,000 to get his daughter into the university of southern california on a phony water polo scholarship. you really can t write this stuff. it is unbelievable. meanwhile, caplan allegedly spent $75,000 for a test proctor to correct his own daughter s a.c.t. exam. the two men are the sixth and seventh parents to plead guilty in the wide-ranging admissions scheme. we will continue to follow this story. it is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to the worst scandal we ve seen on many