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Boy Scouts of America is rebranding. Here's why they will be named Scouting America
Read full article: Boy Scouts of America is rebranding. Here's why they will be named Scouting AmericaThe decision by Boy Scouts of America to rebrand after 114 years and become Scouting America marks another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change.
Retired businessman will lead Boy Scouts of America as it emerges from scandal-driven bankruptcy
Read full article: Retired businessman will lead Boy Scouts of America as it emerges from scandal-driven bankruptcyThe new president of the Boy Scouts of America plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve safety programs as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a sexual abuse scandal.
Summit sheds light on cancer cluster, elder fraud, Boy Scouts recruiting members, and more on Houston Newsmakers
Read full article: Summit sheds light on cancer cluster, elder fraud, Boy Scouts recruiting members, and more on Houston NewsmakersKhambrel Marshall spoke to officials about the cancer cluster in Firth Ward reportedly caused by creosote and about a summit held to obtain answers for the community.
Ruling leaves questions about Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan
Read full article: Ruling leaves questions about Boy Scouts bankruptcy planA Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but has rejected other provisions, saying the organization has decisions to make regarding the plan.
Boy Scouts spend over 100,000 hours on new project
Read full article: Boy Scouts spend over 100,000 hours on new projectThis year, the Boy Scouts of America announced a brand new service project. It took over three months, but 400 troops conducted around 400 community-wide service projects across southeast Texas. Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. on Houston Life, we’ll check in with some of those troops and their families to see how they helped out in their local neighborhoods.
Future liability releases at center of Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Read full article: Future liability releases at center of Boy Scouts bankruptcyAttorneys for the Boy Scouts of America say protecting local BSA councils and troop sponsoring organizations from future liability for child sex abuse claims is critical to the national group’s reorganization plan.
Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ lawsuit claiming Boy Scouts ‘damaged their recruitment efforts’
Read full article: Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ lawsuit claiming Boy Scouts ‘damaged their recruitment efforts’A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which the Girl Scouts claim that the Boy Scouts are creating marketplace confusion and damaging their recruitment efforts through their use of words such as “scouts” and “scouting.”.
Boy Scouts: Tentative deal with official sex abuse claimants
Read full article: Boy Scouts: Tentative deal with official sex abuse claimantsTwo years after filing for Chapter 11 protection amid a flood of child sex abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement with an official bankruptcy committee representing more than 80,000 men who say they were molested as children by Scout leaders and others.
Correction: Boy Scouts Bankruptcy story
Read full article: Correction: Boy Scouts Bankruptcy storyIn a story published Dec. 13, 2021, about the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the University of Michigan had agreed to pay $500 million to settle sexual abuse lawsuits involving Larry Nassar.
Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan set for vote by abuse claimants
Read full article: Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan set for vote by abuse claimantsTens of thousands of men who say they were molested as children by scoutmasters and others will soon get a chance to vote on the Boy Scouts of America's reorganization plan.
Boy Scouts settlements reached with major insurer, Mormons
Read full article: Boy Scouts settlements reached with major insurer, MormonsOne of the primary insurers of the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement agreement with the Boy Scouts and attorneys representing tens of thousands of men who say they were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters and others.
Boy Scouts get conditional approval of $850M bankruptcy deal
Read full article: Boy Scouts get conditional approval of $850M bankruptcy dealA bankruptcy judge has approved a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America to set up an $850 million fund to compensate tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by scout leaders.
Teen credited with saving injured KPRC 2 reporter receives national award
Read full article: Teen credited with saving injured KPRC 2 reporter receives national awardIn January of 2020, KPRC 2 reporter Brandon Walker was hit by a truck in a crosswalk. He was severely injured and doesn’t remember much of that night. A few weeks later he learned a high school senior and Eagle Scout came to his rescue before an ambulance arrived. Walker and the young man have remained in touch ever since.
Meet the Kingwood teen who’s in the Inaugural Class of Female Eagle Scouts
Read full article: Meet the Kingwood teen who’s in the Inaugural Class of Female Eagle ScoutsIsha Pokerna is a busy senior at Kingwood High School. She balances schoolwork, orchestra and golf, and also just so happens to be in the Inaugural Class of Female Eagle Scouts.
Victims agree to extend temporary halt on Boy Scout lawsuits
Read full article: Victims agree to extend temporary halt on Boy Scout lawsuitsFILE - In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, shows a close up detail of a Boy Scout uniform worn during a news conference in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas. The committee representing child sex abuse survivors in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case has agreed to the extension of an injunction halting lawsuits against local Boy Scouts councils and sponsoring organizations. – The committee representing child sex abuse survivors in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case has agreed to the extension of an injunction halting lawsuits against local Boy Scouts councils and sponsoring organizations. The insurers argue that the arrangement regarding roster information would potentially reveal private information without the consent of local councils and sponsoring organizations. AdThe agreement also prohibits local councils from designating unrestricted assets as restricted “by board resolution or otherwise,” including proceeds from the sale of assets.
Boy Scouts celebrate the first group of female Eagle Scouts
Read full article: Boy Scouts celebrate the first group of female Eagle ScoutsOnly in 2018 did the Boy Scouts start accepting girls as Cub Scouts; older girls were admitted into the flagship scouting program in 2019. The Boy Scouts say about 6% of all scouts attain Eagle rank – roughly 2.5 million since the award’s creation in 1911, a year after the Boy Scouts of America was founded. “People recognize Eagle Scouts as individuals of the highest caliber, and for the first time, that title isn’t limited by gender." The celebration of the new Eagle Scouts comes at a challenging time for the Boy Scouts. The daughter, 18-year-old Rebecca Wright, is among the new Eagle Scouts, having earned 102 merit badges.
Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war
Read full article: Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment warThey called the lawsuit “utterly meritless.”The Boy Scouts on Saturday pointed to legal arguments in which it blames the Girl Scouts for reacting to its expansion plans with “anger and alarm” and said the Girl Scouts launched a “ground war” to spoil plans by the Boy Scouts to include more girls. “As a result of Boy Scouts’ infringement, parents have mistakenly enrolled their daughters in Boy Scouts thinking it was Girl Scouts,” the lawyers said, adding that this never occurred before 2018. The lawyers for Girl Scouts said Boy Scouts councils in Illinois acknowledged improperly using the Girl Scouts’ slogan in Cub Scout recruiting materials and pictures of Girl Scouts to promote a Boy Scouts “Scouts Sign-Up Night!”They said a western Massachusetts Boy Scouts council posted a recruiting flyer on Facebook including a photograph of a girl depicted in her Girl Scouts Brownie uniform. Meanwhile, Ohio Boy Scouts used the Girl Scouts trademark to try to get a local newspaper to write an article, suggesting a storyline entitled “Boy and Girl Scouts Looking for Members” even though the recruitment involved only the Boy Scouts, the lawyers said. In Seattle, a Boy Scouts council used the Girl Scouts trademark in social media recruiting materials, the lawyers said.
About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Read full article: About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcyNEW YORK – Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case. The Boy Scouts’ insurers also will be contributing, as will the Boy Scouts’ roughly 260 local councils and companies that insured them in the past. “We are deeply sorry.”The bankruptcy has been painful for the 110-year-old Boy Scouts, which has been a pillar of American civic life for generations. Under the terms of the case, no additional sex abuse claims can be filed against the Boy Scouts after Monday. One of the official parties in the case, a group of nine sex abuse survivors representing all the victims, called the case “the largest and most tragic bankruptcy ever resulting from sexual abuse liability.”"More sexual abuse claims will be filed in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy than all claims filed against the Catholic Church throughout the nation," the Torts Claimants Committee said.