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Expressive Discrimination: Universities' First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action — Part 1

Maybe some universities can continue to do race-based affirmative action, even after SFFA v. Harvard.

Reason

Drunk Hiker Set Boy Scout's Cabin on Fire Then Tried to Put It Out With Beer: Police

A Minnesota man told police he was "blacked out" when he poured gasoline inside a Boy Scouts of America cabin that then started fire.

Latin Times

Boy Scouts sell off famed Norman Rockwell paintings and earn $3.7m to compensate sex abuse victims

The Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and auctioning off the art is a bid to survive the barrage of sexual abuse claims

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The Boy Scouts inspired Norman Rockwell. His works will now help pay abuse survivors

Works from the Boy Scouts of America's art collection, including some paintings by Norman Rockwell, will go up for auction to help compensate tens of thousands of people, mainly men, who were sexually abused while in scouting

The Independent UK

Boy Scouts Rebranding As Scouting America For Inclusivity And Growth

Boy Scouts of America rebrands as Scouting America for inclusivity, facing challenges and changes in membership. Bankruptcy filing due to sexual abuse claims.

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After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America

The 114-year-old organization says it's rebranding to Scouting America to be more inclusive. The move by the Boy Scouts after a wide-ranging child sex abuse scandal and bankruptcy.

WEKU

‘Scouts Honor,’ a Netflix doc on troop leaders’ abuse of boys, inspires and infuriates

Film focuses on the Boy Scouts’ extensive files of abuse allegations that often were withheld from law enforcement.

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Boy Scouts' $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge

A federal district court judge has upheld the approval of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claim against the Boy Scouts of America

The Independent UK

Boy Scouts sell land in assault payouts

Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the U.S as some properties sell to the highest bidder

Salon

Bankruptcy judge approves $2.46 billion reorganization plan for Boy Scouts of America

A bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved a $2.46 billion Chapter 11 reorganization plan for the Boy Scouts of America, a decision that will directly impact more than 80,000 sexual abuse survivors

Tribune News Service

Boy Scouts ruling threatens $250 million abuse deal with Mormons

The Boy Scouts of America may be forced to cut $250 million from its proposal to set up a trust fund for sex abuse victims after a judge rejected a key provision of a deal the youth group signed with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Tribune News Service

Ruling leaves questions about Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but has rejected other provisions, saying the organization has decisions to make regarding the plan

The Independent UK

Boy Scouts must change $2.7 billion sex abuse fund, judge rules

The Boy Scouts of America must adjust their plan to create the biggest sexual abuse compensation fund in the U.S. in order to win final court approval for the $2.7 billion proposal, a judge ruled.

Tribune News Service

5 horrifying Boy Scout abuse doc moments

Hulu's two-hour film revisits the rampant sexual abuse that took place within the Boy Scouts of America for decades

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Bristol Pride announces pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will headline festival

The Call Me Maybe singer will headline the Bristol festival this year

The Independent UK

Boys Scouts bankruptcy judge approves sale of BSA warehouse

The judge handling the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the BSA’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million and lease back the property from the buyer

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Thorny issues face Boy Scouts bankruptcy judge

A Delaware judge is facing a host of controversial and complex issues as she weighs whether to approve the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy reorganization plan

The Independent UK

Arizona court won't halt sex suits naming Boy Scouts, others

An Arizona Supreme Court decision means victims of long-ago child sex abuse can proceed with lawsuits against groups like the Boy Scouts of America

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Future liability releases at center of Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America say protecting local BSA councils and troop sponsoring organizations from future liability for child sex abuse claims is critical to the national group’s reorganization plan

Tribune News Service

Boy Scouts victims' fund unfair to insurers, companies argue in court

The Boy Scouts of America’s sexual abuse compensation fund may force insurers to make payments they can’t negotiate over, even if the claims are fraudulent, a group of the companies argued in court.

The Independent UK

Trial set to consider approval of Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan

A trial to determine whether the Boy Scouts of America's proposed reorganization plan should be approved is beginning more than two years after it sought bankruptcy protection amid an onslaught of child sex abuse allegations

The Independent UK

Michigan announces 1st charges in Boy Scouts investigation

Michigan authorities have announced the first criminal charges stemming from the state’s review of child sexual abuse lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America, charging a former troop leader before his release from a New York prison on separate crimes

Los Angeles Times

Boy Scouts reach bankruptcy deal with attorneys for sexual abuse survivors

Negotiators for the Boy Scouts of America and lawyers for thousands of sexual abuse survivors have struck an eleventh-hour deal to allow the youth group’s reorganization plan to move forward in Bankruptcy Court.

Los Angeles Times

Boy Scouts reach bankruptcy deal with attorneys for sexual abuse survivors

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