A look back at moments that empowered women and girls around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A look back at moments that empowered women and girls around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michigan State University announced it had settled with 332 sexual abuse victims of Lawrence G. Nassar, a physician who worked with the school’s gymnastics program. The settlement will pay $425 million to 332 victims, or about $1.28 million each; it will set aside an additional $75 million in a trust for any future claims of sexual abuse against Mr. Nassar. Half a…