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Olympic gymnast who helped negotiate $380 million for Larry Nassar victims says settlement will pay for critical help

By Holly Yan, CNN For Larry Nassar’s abuse victims, a $380 million settlement doesn’t just mark the end of a five-year legal battle. It’ll also provide much-needed resources toward the recovery of survivors, former Olympic gymnast Tasha Schwikert said. “With a resolution, as survivors, we feel heard. And we feel acknowledged,” said Schwikert, a 2000

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Potential witnesses in Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense case wish to testify anonymously, attorney says

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Potential witnesses in Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense case wish to testify anonymously because they “might get a lot of unwanted attention” testifying on Maxwell’s behalf, attorney Christian Everdell said in court Friday after the government rested its case. The government has opposed the defense request that three defense witnesses testify by

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‘She was stuck underneath a wall.’ Pastor describes holding trapped woman’s hand at collapsed candle factory

By Jason Hanna, CNN After a tornado demolished a candle factory in western Kentucky Friday night, the Rev. Stephen Boyken climbed the rubble and heard someone beneath call out. “She was stuck underneath a wall and asked, ‘Can you hold my hand?’ ” Boyken recalled Tuesday. Boyken grabbed the hand, prayed with the woman and

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Parents of Michigan high school shooting suspect appear in court on manslaughter charges

By Amir Vera, CNN The parents of Ethan Crumbley, the 15-year-old charged in the deadly Michigan high school shooting last month, appeared at a probable cause hearing Tuesday afternoon, their first in-person appearance in court. James and Jennifer Crumbley each face four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors accused the pair of giving their son unfettered

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The Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative $800 million settlement agreement with insurer Century Indemnity Company and other Chubb companies to contribute to a trust to compensate survivors of sex abuse

Boy Scouts of America announces proposed $800 million settlement with insurer Chubb for sexual abuse victims

By Brian Vitagliano, CNN The Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative $800 million settlement agreement with insurer Century Indemnity Company and other Chubb companies to contribute to a trust to compensate survivors of sex abuse, according to a press release from the organization. “This is an extremely important step forward in the BSA’s

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Respiratory therapist Spirya Andrews

‘We’re heartbroken:’ Minnesota doctors plead in newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Doctors in Minnesota took the unusual step of pleading in a full-page newspaper ad for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions to curb the pandemic. “We’re heartbroken. We’re overwhelmed,” the top of the Sunday ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune said in large type. “Our emergency departments

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