Hastert Paid to Conceal Misconduct Charged
Indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly paid a Yorkville teacher to conceal sexual abuse as a high school coach. Federal officials said he structured large cash withdrawals to hide payments and lied to the FBI. he faces up to five years per count.
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Ill
U.S. District Court
Floods in Texas Raise Death Toll as Rivers Rise
Relentless rainfall across Texas leaves at least 24 dead and 14 missing as search teams comb floodwaters along the Colorado, Brazos, and San Jacinto rivers. President Obama plans to sign a two month extension of federal transportation funding while seeking longer term funding. In Missouri a couple receives seven years for keeping an autistic child in a makeshift cage.
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Oklahoma
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White House
Josh Earnest
Obama
Congress
ST. Charles County
Terry
Victoria Smith
O’fallon
Ted House
Smiths
House
No Evidence Ties Death of Otis Byrd to Homicide
Federal officials announced there is no evidence that Otis Byrd’s body found hanging from a tree in Mississippi was a homicide. The investigation ended without charges, ending fears of a racial lynching.
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Mississippi
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Posthumous Navy Cross for Marine at Camp Pendleton
The family of Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego agrees to accept the Navy Cross on his behalf rather than the Medal of Honor. Rep. Duncan Hunter says the family and Marine Corps felt weary of the controversy surrounding his death. A ceremony is planned at Camp Pendleton in California.
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Obama urges Senate to renew Patriot Act before lapse
President Obama pressed the Senate to extend NSA phone data collection before it expires, saying inaction would leave intelligence agencies in the dark. He touted a privacy compromise to renew Section 215 and warned of risks without timely action.
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White House
Josh Earnest
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