Things will be different next week in Kansas City, Missouri, where the consensus top four quarterbackswill attend the 2023 NFL Draftand are expected to hear their names called in the first round Thursday night -- quite possibly all in the first dozen picks -- even though, as numerous league...
The 2024 Gold Award Girl Scout class identified issues in their communities, took action, and found or created solutions to earn their Gold Awards, addressing real-life problems such as racial equality, mental and physical well-being, maternal welfare, and awareness for military families. Their pr...
Mercury Insurance Group reported last week it expects gross losses from the wildfiresto be in the $1.6 billion–$2.0 billion range.Travelers Companies Inc. announcedit will lose an estimated $1.7 billionfrom last month’s wildfires. USAA, Chubb, Allstate and State Farm are other big carriers t...
Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2020 after being hit with a flood of sexual abuse lawsuits. The Boy Scouts face 82,500 claims of sexual abuse in the bankruptcy. Last month, Silverstein approved the Boy Scouts’ $850 million settlement wit...
When planning your year, try to use themes from several categories. This way, Scouts get to try new things and discover what they enjoy. For example, you might plan a month with a STEM theme, then switch to a History theme the next month. This balance makes the program more fun and ...
It took me a month to read it because I was wanting to savour it; like a lovely pinot noir, I refused to rush through it. —— The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet— What is climate change-induced heat doing to our planet, and what does the future ...