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CHICAGO (AP) — Flanked by throngs of reporters and television crews, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert went to federal court in Chicago today and pleaded not guilty to charges of violating banking laws and lying to the FBI. Hastert said very little at his arraignment. The 73-year-old Republican appeared in court for the first time since an indictment said he agreed to pay $3.5 million to someone from his days as a high school teacher and westling coach not to reveal a secret about past misconduct.
WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) — The hunt is intense, but the results are lacking in upstate New York. Authorities are stymied so far in their efforts to track down two convicted murderers who escaped from prison last week. The search that started last weekend now includes police helicopters and hundreds officers combing the small town of Willsboro in the Adirondack foothills. Authorities have fielded numerous tips since the breakout from the Clinton Correctional facility.
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A white suburban Dallas police officer caught on video taking down a black teen wearing a bikini and brandishing his gun at other teens has resigned. McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley says the officer's actions at a pool party were "indefensible." A lawyer for David Casebolt, a 10-year veteran, says the officer has received death threats
CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has noted her hometown connections and personal struggles today in a Chicago high school graduation speech. It was to the classmates of honor student Hadiya (hy-DEE'-uh) Pendleton, who was gunned down in 2013 near the Obama family home. Thousands attended the commencement for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School.
HONOLULU (AP) — Homeless families in Honolulu are figuring out where to go after the city swept the banks of a canal where they were living in tents. Crews cleaned up the area along the Kapalama Canal today. This came less than a week after the City Council finalized a ban on sitting and lying down in the area. A spokesman for Mayor Kirk Caldwell says the cleanup was enforcing a stored property ordinance, not the sit-lie ban.
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