Prosecutors: Dennis Hastert 'Sexually Abused' At Least Four Boys (Video)

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Prosecutors: Dennis Hastert 'Sexually Abused' At Least Four Boys
"There can be no ambiguity," said federal prosecutors in court papers that for the first time revealed the former House speaker had molested boys in a case of "stunning hypocrisy."
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Prosecutors: Dennis Hastert 'Sexually Abused' At Least Four Boys

"There can be no ambiguity," said federal prosecutors in court papers that for the first time revealed the former House speaker had molested boys in a case of "stunning hypocrisy."

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Hungary had banned public LGBTQ+ events before the parade.

The nurse shot and killed by federal agents "touched more lives than he probably ever realized," said his sister Micayla Pretti.

Administration officials want the university to apologize to women athletes, ban trans women, and more.

The rock legend said he wrote 'Streets of Minneapolis' on Saturday following Pretti's killing.

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After days of outrage, two federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security, who shot and killed the ICU nurse, have been sidelined.

These celebrities brought the sex appeal in their steamy videos this year.

"So many things feel so insane, so not-normal, and it feels like no one is addressing it," drag queen Lauren Banall told PRIDE.

Opinion: While Americans were reeling from the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Tim Cook chose to attend a nauseatingly tone-deaf screening of a glossy documentary about Melania Trump. A vanity project soaked in controversy and obscene money, writes John Casey.

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