National News From ABCnews.com

• 'Varsity Blues' mastermind faces sentencing for college scam
  The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
• Major winter storms dump on California, Upper Midwest
  Officials in California have ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides killed 23 people in 2018 as a huge storm barrels through the state
• Man charged in university student killings arrives in Idaho
  The man accused in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students is has arrived in Idaho, where he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary
• James 'Buster' Corley of Dave & Buster’s chain dead at 72
  James “Buster” Corley, a co-founder of the restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s, has died
• Convictions, prison time: A look at college admissions scam
  More than 50 people were convicted in the sprawling college admissions bribery scheme that embroiled elite universities across the country and landed a slew of prominent parents and athletic coaches behind bars
• Fed minutes: Officials cited strong hiring to justify hikes
  Federal Reserve officials suggested at their most recent meeting that a continuing streak of robust hiring could keep inflation elevated and was a key reason why they expected to raise interest rates this year more than they had previously forecast
• Tribe asks to take over former boarding school in Kansas
  The Shawnee Tribe says it wants to take over ownership of a Kansas historical site that might contain unmarked graves of Native American students
• Couple in central Florida retirement community found slain
  A couple living in a central Florida retirement community was found slain in their home, and a woman who was seen driving the couple’s car has been arrested
• Sheriff names patroller who died in Utah chairlift accident
  A ski patroller at a Utah resort died after being ejected from a chairlift shaken by a tree that fell onto a lift cable
• US job openings fell slightly in November yet still high
  U.S. job openings slipped in November but remained at high suggesting businesses are still determined to add workers, a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool hiring and wage gains
• Delta airliner goes off icy taxiway in Minneapolis snowstorm
  A Delta jet went off an icy taxiway after landing in a snowstorm in Minneapolis but no passengers were injured
• US job openings fell slightly in November yet still high
  U.S. job openings slipped in November but remained at high suggesting businesses are still determined to add workers, a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool hiring and wage gains
• US bishops' rifts unlikely to ease after Benedict's death
  Many of the conservative prelates who dominate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were appointed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $940M after no winner
  The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940 million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not a single grand prize winner
• Idaho slayings suspect agrees to extradition to face charges
  A criminology graduate student accused of the November slayings of four University of Idaho students has agreed to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested