Amid the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy case, there is worsening friction with the major religious groups that help it run thousands of scout units.

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A Delaware judge on Tuesday began a key hearing that could determine whether the Boy Scouts of America can emerge from bankruptcy later this year.

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One of the primary insurers of the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement agreement with the organization and with attorneys representing tens of thousands of men who say they were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters and others.

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A Delaware judge ruled that the Boy Scouts of America may enter into a pivotal $850 million agreement aimed at settling thousands of child sex abuse claims.

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A Delaware judge is poised to issue a ruling that could determine whether Boy Scouts of America might emerge from bankruptcy later this year.

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The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in one of the largest sums in U.S. history involving cases of sexual abuse.

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Nine sex abuse lawsuits were filed Tuesday in New York against three Boy Scout local councils, signaling an escalation of efforts to pressure councils nationwide to pay a big share of an eventual settlement in the Scouts’ bankruptcy proceedings.

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ALBANY, New York — The Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, schools and hospitals, and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are some of the targets named in a flurry of sex abuse lawsuits filed Wednesday in New York as the ...

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WASHINGTON — Defense and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is halting its donations to the Boy Scouts of America over the organization’s ban on gays serving as adult leaders after a review of the company’s philanthropy guidelines, the company said Thursday. ...

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A Michigan lawyer is giving someone a free divorce on Valentine's Day.

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