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The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the f
stanley bottles irst time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It s a significant shift as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a flood of sexual abuse claims and seeks to focus on inclusion.The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after decades of turmoil, from finally allowing gay youth to welcoming girls throughout its ranks. With an eye on increasing flagging membership
stanley becher numbers, the Irving, Texas-based organization announced the name change Tuesday at its annual meeting in Florida. In the next 100 years we want any youth in America to feel very, very welcome to come into our programs, Roger Krone, who took over last fall as president and chief executive officer, said in an interview before the announcement.The organization began allowing gay youth in 2013 and ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders in 2015. In 2017, it made the historic announcement that girls would be accepted as Cub Scouts as of 2018 and into the flagship Boy Scout program 鈥?renamed Scouts BSA 鈥?in 2019.There were nearly 1,000 young women in the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts in 2021, including Selby Chipman. The all-girls troop she was a founding member of in her hometown of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, has grown from five girls to nearly 50, a
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stanley mugs eneral William Barr said Wednesday that a controversial Trump administration initiative had netted nearly 1,500 arrests with federal agents assistance in nine U.S. cities.Speaking from Kansas City, Barr claimed that Operation Legend has been successful in combatting rising rates of violent crime across the country.Operation Legend 鈥?named in memory of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferrom, wh
stanley thermos o was shot to death in Kansas City earlier this year 鈥?was launched in the city in early July. Officials with the Kansas City police department say the murder rate in the city has dropped in the month since federal agents arrived.Among those arrested in connection with the program was a suspect charged with LeGend s murder. The boy s mother attended Wednesday s press conference and thanked Barr for his assistance in LeGend s case.Since its launch in Kansas City, Operation Legend has spread to Chicago, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Memphis and Indianapolis.However, the initiative remains controversial with local leaders. In late July, the mayors of 13 large cities penned an open letter to Barr, Acting Homeland Security Sec. Chad Wolfe and other Trump administration officials, saying they did not wish for federal agents to patrol their streets.Earlier this year, the Trump administration sent federal agents t
stanley cup o Portland, Oregon, in an attempt to quell months-long protests in the city. The arrival of federal agents caused tensions between protesters and federal age
