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Members of the Boy Scouts of America participate in pre-game ceremonies prior to a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. (credit: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Boy Scouts Considering Easing No-Gays Policy

The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America is considering a dramatic change in its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.

2013/01/28

How To Help Your Kids Choose The Best Extra-Curricular Activities

Help your kids learn and prepare for the future through after-school activities.

2013/01/16

Members of the Boy Scouts salute during a flag raising. (credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

Order Lets Boy Scouts Keep New Abuse Files Private

The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America has won a stay of a court order that would have required them to turn over more than two decades of files the group kept on sexual abuse complaints.

2012/11/30

UPS Ends Grants To Boy Scouts Over Discrimination

The UPS Foundation says it will no longer give grants to the Boy Scouts of America as long as the group excludes gays and lesbians from being scouts or scout leaders.

CBS 11–2012/11/12

Boy Scouts Of America Hosting Anti-Abuse Forum

Even as its past policies on sex-abuse prevention fuel controversy, the Boy Scouts of America is hosting an unprecedented closed-door symposium Thursday with other national youth organizations.

2012/10/31

Release Of Abuse Files: New Challenge For Scouts

True to their motto, the Boys Scouts tried to be prepared. For months, they braced for the backlash sure to follow the court-ordered release of voluminous confidential files detailing decades of alleged sex abuse by Scout leaders.

2012/10/22

Scouts Officially Release Ineligible Volunteer List

Thousands of pages from the ‘Ineligible Volunteer’ list that were kept by the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America have been released.

2012/10/18

Scout President: Mistakes Were Made In Confidential Files

The Boy Scouts of America have for decades have held private files on individuals who came under suspicion for all kinds of misconduct, including claims of sexual abuse.

2012/10/15

Boy Scouts Release ‘Ineligible Volunteer’ List

The Boy Scouts of America say they knew of cases of abuse in their ranks, and now they’re turning over the information to law enforcement.

2012/10/01

Boy Scouts To Review Internal Files On Abuse Allegations

The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America has announced that it is launching a review of files the organization compiled over more than four decades on suspected child sex abusers.

2012/09/26

Boy Scouts Accused Of Child Abuse Cover Up

The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America faces new allegations of possibly covering up child abuse decades earlier than previously alleged.

2012/09/17

Boy Scouts Accused Of Covering Up Child Abuse Allegations

An newspaper investigation has found that the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of suspected child sex abusers to authorities and often helped cover up the accusations over two decades.

2012/09/17