Scouting America to alter policies to maintain military support, Hegseth says
Some of the changes mirror Scouting America's suggestions to the Department of Justice, including discontinuing its Citizenship in Society merit badge.
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Some of the changes mirror Scouting America's suggestions to the Department of Justice, including discontinuing its Citizenship in Society merit badge.
Scouting America, formerly the Boy Scouts of America, will change several of its policies at the Pentagon's urging after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to pull military support for the organization. CBS News correspondent Lana Zak has the details.
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The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history, as it emerges from bankruptcy and in the wake of sex abuse claims.
Hot temperatures have already driven hundreds of U.S. scouts to leave, and now 36,000 others from 158 countries will be evacuated from the coastal site.
He made headlines more than a decade ago as the Moraga teen who was denied his Eagle Scout Award because he was gay. This Pride Month, the newsmaker contemplates the lessons learned and a memento that remains cherished to this day.
Century Indemnity will contribute to fund for victims of child sexual abuse in return for release from liability.
An attorney for the Boy Scouts of America said the group's national board never adopted a resolution approving an $850 million agreement that is the linchpin of its bankruptcy plan.
The Boy Scouts of America reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in the organization's bankruptcy case. If completed this could be among the largest settlement plans over sexual abuse in the country's history, but critics say the deal doesn't go far enough. Mola Lenghi reports.
The agreement signals the BSA's acknowledgment that the gulf between attorneys representing abuse victims and those representing the BSA's insurers is too broad to be resolved.
The Boy Scouts of America will soon be adding girls to their ranks. The 107-year-old organization announced the decision Wednesday, making unhappy campers of its sister organization, the Girl Scouts of America. Jim Axelrod reports.
The Boy Scouts of America isn't just for boys anymore. The organization announced plans to admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting in 2018 and to establish a new program for older girls to earn the coveted rank of Eagle Scout. Reena Ninan reports.
After President Trump addressed the Boy Scout Jamboree last week, he said, "I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them." But the scouting organization says it knows of no such call.
The Boy Scouts of America has decided to allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll. The new policy comes a month after a transgender boy in New Jersey was asked to leave his Cub Scouts troop. David Begnaud reports.
The Boy Scouts of America is facing tough questions after banning a child over his gender identity. Joe Maldonado, 8, who was born a girl and now identifies as a boy, was removed from his New Jersey Cub Scout troop. The decision followed complaints from the parents of other children. Errol Barnett spoke with Joe and his mother.
Robert Gates served eight U.S. presidents in both parties as defense secretary and CIA director. He is now president of the Boy Scouts of America. Gates joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his new book, “A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service," and the U.S.-Iran prisoner swap.
A couple of boy scouts jumped into action after their scout leader was dragged by a bear into a cave in New Jersey. CBSN's Jamie Yuccas has the young scouts' frantic 911 call for help.
A group of young people is asking its local Boy Scouts of America chapter to let girls in as full members. The push comes four months after the Boy Scouts made history by allowing gay adults to become leaders. Mireya Villarreal spoke with the girls in northern California who say they aren’t letting setbacks stop their campaign.
The Boy Scouts have voted to allow gay adults to serve as troop leaders. CBSN's Contessa Brewer discusses the policy change.
The Boy Scouts of America is expected to officially end its ban on gay scout leaders. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has more.
While the Boy Scouts allowed gay kids to be members, they have kept out gay leaders until now. Contessa Brewer reports.
The Boy Scouts of America says it has voted unanimously to lift the ban on gay troop leaders. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers reports on the announcement.
The BSA also has agreed sell rights to oil and gas interests on properties in 17 states as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan.
The young women are showing they are just as capable of earning the rare honor.
In lawsuits representing seven different victims, attorneys say church officials never notified authorities about abuse allegations.
The U.S. military reported that it has shot down six Iranian one-way attack drones headed toward the Strait of Hormuz.
The so-called "Flamingo Revolution" has taken up the cause of protecting the Albanian coast from a development led by the president's son-in-law.
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James Higginbotham was found dead in a mountainous area outside Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, his mother said.
The Treasury Department will use Iranian assets to help U.S. Gulf allies recover from damage caused by Tehran's regime, a source familiar with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's thinking told CBS News.
Problems with processing visas had earlier led Iran to move its training base from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana, Mexico.
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Police in Toledo, Ohio, reported that there were believed to be at least two shooters. No suspects have been arrested.
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Police in Toledo, Ohio, reported that there were believed to be at least two shooters. No suspects have been arrested.
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The Treasury Department will use Iranian assets to help U.S. Gulf allies recover from damage caused by Tehran's regime, a source familiar with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's thinking told CBS News.
Political newcomer Spencer Pratt's lead over Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the race for L.A. mayor has continued to diminish since election night.
Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, will advance to the November election in the California governor's race, CBS News projects. A second candidate in the race has not yet been projected to advance.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro argues the U.S. has chosen to align against his government and back forces he identifies as complicit in the drug trade.
As President Trump prepares to watch the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden, officials are planning for a heightened security posture, sources said.
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Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
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The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
The Treasury Department will use Iranian assets to help U.S. Gulf allies recover from damage caused by Tehran's regime, a source familiar with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's thinking told CBS News.
Problems with processing visas had earlier led Iran to move its training base from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana, Mexico.
The so-called "Flamingo Revolution" has taken up the cause of protecting the Albanian coast from a development led by the president's son-in-law.
Hegseth's speech echoed broader Trump administration rhetoric over border security and migration in Europe.
James Higginbotham was found dead in a mountainous area outside Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, his mother said.
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A Marine veteran was working on his truck in front of his home in Oxon Hill, Maryland, this week, when four teens tried to rob him at gunpoint. That is when his military training kicked in. Tom Hanson reports.
Out of an abundance of caution, NASA briefly directed five of the seven crew members aboard the International Space Station to wait inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft.
Three solar flares burst from the sun this week, raising the chances of seeing the northern lights for people across the United States.
NASA officials said the $582 million MAVEN orbiter could not be recovered after a problem on the far side of Mars late last year, and that its extraordinarily successful mission was at an end.
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At least 12 people were wounded in a shooting near the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio, officials said Saturday. The Toledo Police Department gave a press briefing on the incident.
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Saturday marked the seventh day of protests over a planned luxury resort in Albania linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Activists call it the "Flamingo Revolution." They've adopted the pink bird as a symbol of the wildlife they say will be destroyed if the billion-dollar project goes ahead. Ian Lee has more.