BOY SCOUTS

A local boy scout troop said it is attempting to get its trailer back after someone stole it within the past few weeks.

As the Boy Scouts sell off a number of campgrounds, conservationists, government officials and others are scrambling to find ways to preserve them as open space.

Boy Scouts-Camp Selloff The Deer Lake Boy Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Conn., sits empty, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. It's unclear exactly how much land across the United States belongs to the Boy Scouts, partly because it is owned by local scout councils. So, I don’t know what to do with those places.”The Boy Scouts of America said in a statement that selling the camps may be necessary in some instances to compensate victims. “Unfortunately, local Boy Scout councils are selling to the highest bidder,” he said. “I think it would be foolish if people stayed away from this because of the (Boy Scout abuse) controversy.

As the financially struggling Boy Scouts sell off a growing number of campgrounds — conservationists, government officials and others are scrambling to find ways to preserve them as open space.

A woman was put in jail Wednesday and faces a felony charge in the theft of more than $10,000 that was meant to fund a Europe trip for Boy Scouts of America, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

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The settlement is one of the largest of its kind in a child sexual abuse case in U.S. history, but lawyers for victims called it inadequate.

Boy Scouts find human remains under historic Florida building Stock photo of crime scene tape. Human remains discovered Saturday, June 19, 2021, by Boy Scouts underneath a Pensacola, Florida, building have prompted an investigation. (Richard Theis/EyeEm / Getty Images)PENSACOLA, Fla. — Human remains discovered Saturday by Boy Scouts underneath a Pensacola, Florida, building have prompted an investigation. According to the release, staff with the Escambia County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that the bones are human, the Pensacola News Journal reported. The remains were found in a crawl space under the city-owned structure, designated a historical building, that has been used intermittently by civic groups, including the Boy Scouts, WEAR-TV reported.

Police say Boy Scouts who were conducting a cleanup operation as part of an Eagle Scout project found human remains under a building in Florida’s Panhandle.

The first principle and best practice of engaging our differences more constructively is to listen across the divide with the goal of understanding.

At the time of the bankruptcy, the Boy Scouts of America had assets of more than $1 billion, with billions more held by its local councils. It also required new abuse claims to be handled in that venue rather than in state courts. ... We are deeply sorry.”This week, the Scouts called the reorganization plan a “critical step” toward equitably compensating abuse survivors while continuing to carry out its mission. AdvertisementSome insurers also were quick to dismiss the Scouts’ reorganization plan. Kosnoff, who in the past had sued the Boy Scouts hundreds of times, also called the reorganization plan “dead on arrival” and said it is time to liquidate the youth group.

Young women become trailblazing Eagle Scouts Young women are showing they are just as capable as the boys of earning the Eagle Scout rank, the highest honor in Boy Scouts. Norah O'Donnell has their stories.

Becoming an Eagle Scout is a rare honor. Two years after girls were first allowed into the Boy Scouts, almost 1,000 of them rose to the top rank of Eagle Scout. CBS News spoke with some of the first young women who can call themselves Eagle Scouts. "Eagle Scout is so much more than a medal or an award. Once an Eagle, always an Eagle," said Lyndsey Nedrow, who earned the rank with her sister, Lauren.

With the Boy Scouts estimating they'll face about 1,700 lawsuits over alleged sexual abuse dating back decades, the nonprofit is under pressure to sell off its holdings to pay victims. Sussman who has appraised Rockwell art before, including works of "substantial value" featuring scouts declined to speculate on the value of the Boy Scouts' collection. Rockwell personal ties to Boy ScoutsThe emotional connection between the Boy Scouts and Rockwell, who died in 1978 at 84, runs deep. And in 1925, he returned to work with the Boy Scouts, creating 51 annual illustrations for the Boy Scout calendar. Museum spokesperson Alyssa Stuble declined to comment on the Boy Scouts' Rockwell collection.

With the Boy Scouts estimating they'll face about 1,700 lawsuits over alleged sexual abuse dating back decades, the nonprofit is under pressure to sell off its holdings to pay victims. Sussman who has appraised Rockwell art before, including works of "substantial value" featuring scouts declined to speculate on the value of the Boy Scouts' collection. Rockwell personal ties to Boy ScoutsThe emotional connection between the Boy Scouts and Rockwell, who died in 1978 at 84, runs deep. And in 1925, he returned to work with the Boy Scouts, creating 51 annual illustrations for the Boy Scout calendar. Museum spokesperson Alyssa Stuble declined to comment on the Boy Scouts' Rockwell collection.

With the Boy Scouts estimating they'll face about 1,700 lawsuits over alleged sexual abuse dating back decades, the nonprofit is under pressure to sell off its holdings to pay victims. Sussman who has appraised Rockwell art before, including works of "substantial value" featuring scouts declined to speculate on the value of the Boy Scouts' collection. Rockwell personal ties to Boy ScoutsThe emotional connection between the Boy Scouts and Rockwell, who died in 1978 at 84, runs deep. And in 1925, he returned to work with the Boy Scouts, creating 51 annual illustrations for the Boy Scout calendar. Museum spokesperson Alyssa Stuble declined to comment on the Boy Scouts' Rockwell collection.

The Boy Scouts are just the latest major American institution to face a heavy price over sexual abuse. Teams of lawyers across the U.S. have been signing up clients by the hundreds to sue the Boy Scouts. whether by priests or scout leaders, but both face many lawsuits alleging negligence and cover-ups, mostly decades ago. The next day, Boy Scouts chief executive Mike Surbaugh wrote to a congressional committee, acknowledging the group's previous claim was untrue. "A Boy Scout bankruptcy would be bigger in scale than any other child abuse bankruptcy we've ever seen," said Seattle-based attorney Mike Pfau, whose firm is representing scores of men nationwide alleging they were abused as Boy Scouts.

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