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And our reporting on a nation divided, on these communities in dire need of help, tonight on "nightline," we'll see you then. in the meantime, the news continues tonight and we're going to turn next here to the sudden guilty plea from actress lori loughlin and her husband in the college admissions scandal. what they now admit to, and how much prison time they'll get. here's deborah roberts tonight. >> reporter: it's a stunning reversal. a guilty plea from actress lori loughlin and husband mossimo gianulli. under a deal with prosecutors, loughlin would serve two months in prison for conspirac...

Son post to pictures. they were used for a fake profile to get access to usc. sloan paid $250,000 in bribes. huffman, sloan and the defendant were told to report by the end of the year on specific dates to facilities designated by the bureau of prisons. >> shepard: molly, the judge said one side of the scandal is more serious than the other. >> yes. the judge talked about the two paths that parents took. some took the test cheating route. the others faking the athletic profiles. she made the argument that the athletic profile was more serious because they bought a specific spot at a university...

The universities were harmed, the testing services were harmed, the reputations at least. that's essentially the legal question of what will happen here and others are watching closely. the actress, lori loughlin, for example, facing up to 40 years in prison along with her husband. their case involves half a million dollars in money paid to the university for their two kids' phony athletic profiles. so a much bigger case there, like many others. of course, it remains to be seen whether a sentence of jail will embolden others or not. about half of the people who have been charged have taken ple...

No arrests have been made. federal authorities have now joined that investigation. to the new headline tonight in the college admissions cheating scandal. former usc soccer coach laura janke pleading guilty today, admitting she took bribes to create fake athletic profiles, including for actress lori loughlin's daughters, she says. janke agreed to cooperate with authorities for minimal prison time. loughlin and her husband face up to 40 years in prison if convicted. and the new health warning tonight about aspirin. a new study confirming regularly taking low dose aspirin may actually increa...

"full house" are now speaking out after she was accused. abc's linsey davis has it all for us. >> reporter: despite being dogged by questions. each of the 12 defendants entering this boston court today silent and stone faced, charged with racketeering conspiracy in that massive college cheating scandal. all 12 pleading not guilty. wake forest volleyball coach bill ferguson, one of six coaches accused today of taking bribes, proclaiming his innocence through an attorney. >> no one was admitted to wake forest who didn't earn it. as a student, and as an athlete. bill ferguson does not belong in t...