Detroit Juneteenth event highlights Camp Ward's role in Civil War

A Juneteenth celebration on Detroit's east side shows the important role Camp Ward played during and after the Civil War.

• Jun 9, 2025

The Boy Scouts of America has a new name — and it's more inclusive

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.

• May 9, 2024

Looming typhoon forces South Korea to evacuate World Scout Jamboree

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.

• Aug 7, 2023

Onetime Moraga teen who was denied Eagle Scout Award for being gay in 2010 looks back

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.

• Jun 14, 2023

Insurer agrees to $800 million deal in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Century Indemnity will contribute to fund for victims of child sexual abuse in return for release from liability.

• Dec 14, 2021

Judge kicks off key hearing in Boy Scouts bankruptcy case

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.

• Aug 12, 2021

Boy Scouts to pay $850M to sex abuse victims

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.

• Jul 2, 2021
• 02:49

Boy Scouts of America reaches agreement with sex abuse victims

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.

• Jul 2, 2021

Boy Scouts allowing girls

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.

• Oct 11, 2017
• 01:51

Boy Scouts to admit girls

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.

• Oct 11, 2017
• 00:35

Boy Scouts dispute Trump

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.

• Aug 2, 2017
• 00:29

Boy Scouts transgender policy

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.

• Jan 31, 2017
• 02:51

Boy Scouts bans transgender boy

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.

• Dec 28, 2016
• 02:59

Robert Gates served eight U.S. presidents in both parties as defense secretary and CIA director

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.

• Jan 18, 2016
• 07:41

A couple of boy scouts jumped into action after their scout leader was dragged by a bear into a cave in New Jersey

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.

• Dec 29, 2015
• 01:49

The push comes four months after the Boy Scouts made history by allowing gay adults to become leaders

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.

• Nov 25, 2015
• 03:19

The Boy Scouts have voted to allow gay adults to serve as troop leaders

The Boy Scouts have voted to allow gay adults to serve as troop leaders. CBSN's Contessa Brewer discusses the policy change.

• Jul 27, 2015
• 00:24

The Boy Scouts of America is expected to officially end its ban on gay scout leaders

The Boy Scouts of America is expected to officially end its ban on gay scout leaders. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has more.

• Jul 27, 2015
• 00:21

While the Boy Scouts allowed gay kids to be members, they have kept out gay leaders until now

While the Boy Scouts allowed gay kids to be members, they have kept out gay leaders until now. Contessa Brewer reports.

• Jul 26, 2015
• 01:55

The Boy Scouts of America says it has voted unanimously to lift the ban on gay troop leaders

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.

• Jul 13, 2015
• 00:15

Boy Scouts to sell Norman Rockwell paintings to pay sex-abuse claims

The BSA also has agreed sell rights to oil and gas interests on properties in 17 states as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan.

• Mar 3, 2021

Nearly 1,000 girls become first female Eagle Scouts

The young women are showing they are just as capable of earning the rare honor.

• Feb 23, 2021

Mormon church accused of covering up Boy Scouts sex abuse

In lawsuits representing seven different victims, attorneys say church officials never notified authorities about abuse allegations.

• Dec 29, 2020

Girls Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of poaching members

Girl Scouts say Boy Scouts are using unfair recruiting tactics to confuse the public and steal its members.

• Dec 28, 2020

Boy Scouts face some 90,000 sex abuse claims

Group is creating a fund to settle claims of sexual abuse and saying it's "heartbroken" and "devastated."

• Nov 17, 2020

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