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View Comments The Boys Scouts of America more than doubled its initial offer of compensation to sexually abused Scouts late Thursday to $850 million, setting the stage for an historic settlement as part of the youth organizations bankruptcy proceedings. The offer comes more than a year after the nonprofit group filed for bankruptcy as it faced 275 abuse lawsuits and 1,400 potential claims. By the November 2020 deadline for victims to come forward, the number of claims had risen to nearly...

Boy Scouts offer to compensate sexual abuse victims in historic $850 million bankruptcy settlement Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY © George Frey, Getty Images A Boy Scout works on a canoe at camp Maple Dell on July 31, 2015 outside Payson, Utah. The Boys Scouts of America more than doubled its initial offer of compensation to sexually abused Scouts late Thursday to $850 million, setting the stage for an historic settlement as part of the youth organizations bankruptcy proceedings...

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BSA issued a statement about the settlement. "We are pleased with the significant progress we have made in our Chapter 11 case through ongoing mediation. Our agreement with The Hartford is an encouraging step towards achieving a global resolution that will promote the BSA’s efforts to equitably compensate survivors and continue the mission of Scouting. This agreement provides for The Hartford’s contribution of $650 million to the proposed Settlement Trust to compensate survivors on the effe...

The bones were welcomed to Palmerston North with a karakia and a waiata. Photo: RNZ/ Dom Thomas At a pre-dawn ceremony today, those bones were uplifted from that site, and moved to Te Manawa, the Palmerston North museum. They were carried inside wrapped up in boxes, then laid out on the floor - with iwi members, kaitiaki representatives, and Waka Kotahi Transport Agency staff sitting nearby - the bones were welcomed with a karakia and waiata. When the ceremony was finished, the bones were the...

Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki buys land under Macleans College for $97m 15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Macleans College is a decile 9 school with uninterrupted sea views at Bucklands Beach. Photo / Brett Phibbs An Auckland iwi, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, has agreed to buy the land under Macleans College in a $97-million deal that dwarfs any previous treaty-based school transfer. The small iwi, which only 498 people said they belonged to in the 2013 Census, has decided to exercise a...

Everything we know about charges Rick Snyder, others could face in Flint water scandal Joe Guillen and Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press Flint: An American Nightmare Replay Video UP NEXT The revived criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis expanded this week with charges now expected against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other ex-officials for their role in the environmental catastrophe that devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water...

The revived criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis expanded this week with charges now expected against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other ex-officials for their role in the environmental catastrophe that devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water, according to press reports and defense attorneys.  The state attorney general’s office informed some defense lawyers about upcoming indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances so...

The revived criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis expanded this week with charges now expected against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other ex-officials for their role in the environmental catastrophe that devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water, according to press reports and defense attorneys.The state attorney general’s office informed some defense lawyers about upcoming indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances

Chris Marshall/Stuff A brazen sledgehammer attack on the iconic Hatu Patu rock in Atiamuri was discovered during the Christmas period. (Photo taken before the rock was attacked) A vandal wielding a sledgehammer has smashed an iconic and sacred site in the small South Waikato village of Atiamuri. The desecration of Te Kōwhatu o Hatupatu (Hatu Patu’s Rock) a wāhi tapu site that sits near State Highway 1 in Atiamuri, 20 minutes south of Tokoroa, was discovered during the Christmas period. F...