Prosecutors detail Hastert sex-abuse allegations

Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

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Prosecutors in a new court filing say that the former House Speaker agreed to pay $3.5 million to a victim for sex abuse.

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Two plaintiffs? lawyers admitted they made ?a mistake? when they accused Alan Dershowitz of having sex with their client when she was a minor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/519849518.jpg Was Bernie Sanders being sexist?

A recent remark highlights, once again, how the Vermont senator must be especially careful in attacking his female rival.

The scene inside Carrie Nation on Beacon Hill.

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The political barroom loses luster

For centuries, the local barroom has been a place where stiff drinks and tall beers have greased the wheels of democracy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/819c4458-d178-4739-98ff-a6f9b2b11b05.jpg Ted Cruz adds 21 delegates with Colorado sweep

Slates loyal to Cruz won every assembly in Colorado?s seven congressional districts, which began April 2 and culminated Friday.

Wellesley College told to boil water after E.coli is found

The state issued a boil water advisory for Wellesley College on Friday covering four of the school?s buildings.

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?It was a temptation, is what it was,? Gia Alvarez said in a phone interview.

The view of Miami Beach from the balcony at the Faena Hotel.

Faena Hotel

A look at Miami?s hottest new district, a feast for the eyes

This town-within-a-town makeover ? along the once-forgotten strip of Collins Avenue ? is the vision of one man.

Thomas Farragher

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher-10670.jpg Amid the skyscrapers, a new home for the needy

As Boston enjoys a building boom, high costs are chasing the poor out of their neighborhoods.

Beverly Beckham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/Beverly_Beckham_150px-1909.png How did Matthias Buchinger dance when he had no legs?

He figured out a way, even though he was born without hands or feet or thighs and grew to only 2 feet, 5 inches.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/goldstein.jpg His ex won?t stop reaching out

Calmly explaining myself didn?t work. The silent treatment didn?t work. Mutual friend mediators didn?t work.

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 07: Hundreds of protesters gather in front of the Parliament building holding red cards for a fourth day on April 7, 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has stepped down after news broke last Sunday that he had hid his assets in an offshore shell-company whose existence was revealed by the Panama Papers. Numerous leaders around the world as well as wealthy individuals have been caught-up in the developing scandal. The island nation of just 320,000 people had only recently recovered from the global banking collapse in 2008. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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DANTE RAMOS

In ?Panama Papers,? other countries? corruption entwines with ours

A massive data leak highlights political and financial intrigue around the world ? but also sheds a certain light on the United States.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/net8.jpg Injured fan welcomes new Fenway netting

The Fenway Park netting runs to the edges of both dugouts and protects fans within 70 feet of the plate

Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 7

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Brock Holt hit a grand slam in the sixth, David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez singled in runs in the seventh, and Craig Kimbrel slammed the door in the ninth.

CELTICS 124, BUCKS 109

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Tyler Zeller ties his career-high with 26 points as Boston moves into tie for No. 3 seed with Hawks.

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FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file photo, a Google self-driving car goes on a test drive near the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Self-driving cars are more likely to be a threat than a boon to public safety because of unresolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the government Friday, countering a push by innovators for expedited government approval. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Experts caution self-driving cars aren?t ready for roads

Self-driving cars are more likely to hurt than help public safety because of unsolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the government Friday, countering a push by innovators to speed government approval.