The majority of the claims date from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and are alleged to have happened at Probation Department facilities and at the MacLaren Children’s Center, which was permanently closed in 2003. Investigations are continuing, and two cases have been referred to the District Attorney for possible prosecution.
This is the costliest financial settlement in the history of LA County and will have a significant impact on the County’s budget for years to come. The County’s plan to pay for the settlement includes cash from reserve funds, issuance of judgment obligation bonds and proposed cuts in departmental budgets.
The financing will require annual payments totaling hundreds of millions of dollars through 2030 and substantial continuing annual payments through fiscal year 2050-51.
https://lacounty.gov/2025/04/04/la-county-reaches-4-billion-tentative-settlement-in-thousands-of-sexual-abuse-cases/
This is the costliest financial settlement in the history of LA County and will have a significant impact on the County’s budget for years to come. The County’s plan to pay for the settlement includes cash from reserve funds, issuance of judgment obligation bonds and proposed cuts in departmental budgets.
The financing will require annual payments totaling hundreds of millions of dollars through 2030 and substantial continuing annual payments through fiscal year 2050-51.
https://lacounty.gov/2025/04/04/la-county-reaches-4-billion-tentative-settlement-in-thousands-of-sexual-abuse-cases/
Scientists in South Korea have created a liquid robot that can move through metal grates.
This flexible robot can change its shape to squeeze through tight spaces, opening up new possibilities for rescue missions, surveillance, and medical use.
https://youtu.be/dt1mKPR5biM?si=dJ2ZlfJvVz5xNiZJ
This flexible robot can change its shape to squeeze through tight spaces, opening up new possibilities for rescue missions, surveillance, and medical use.
https://youtu.be/dt1mKPR5biM?si=dJ2ZlfJvVz5xNiZJ
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Scientists Create Shapeshifting Liquid Robots
Scientists at Seoul National University have created a shapeshifting liquid robot that can squeeze through gaps, merge with others and transport medicine to where it is needed. All without losing it's structure.
Paper: https://fluids.snu.ac.kr/Publication/Particle…
Paper: https://fluids.snu.ac.kr/Publication/Particle…
- Judicial Watch, an advocacy group, filed the $30 million wrongful-death suit in 2024 on behalf of Babbitt’s estate and her husband, Aaron Babbitt.
On May 2, Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said, “I can confirm ... that a settlement has been agreed to in principle.“ Fitton, in a post on social media, added, ”The settlement should be finalized within a few weeks, and we will have more details for you soon. God bless America!”
-Dubbed the “Texas National Defense Area,” and announced late on May 1, it is a 63-mile stretch that runs east from the Texas-New Mexico state line in El Paso.
Nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the border were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Army on April 15, granting military control in the zone for three years.
- The national level celebration will include a spectacular fireworks display, a parade, and a day-long festival on the National Mall.
Vince Haley, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, told Fox News that the parade will feature historical reenactors, military equipment, and representations from various eras of American military history.
- Germany continues to be ghey.
On May 2, Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said, “I can confirm ... that a settlement has been agreed to in principle.“ Fitton, in a post on social media, added, ”The settlement should be finalized within a few weeks, and we will have more details for you soon. God bless America!”
-Dubbed the “Texas National Defense Area,” and announced late on May 1, it is a 63-mile stretch that runs east from the Texas-New Mexico state line in El Paso.
Nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the border were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Army on April 15, granting military control in the zone for three years.
- The national level celebration will include a spectacular fireworks display, a parade, and a day-long festival on the National Mall.
Vince Haley, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, told Fox News that the parade will feature historical reenactors, military equipment, and representations from various eras of American military history.
- Germany continues to be ghey.