Boy Scouts

After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.

The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the question will be taken up at the organization's national meeting in May.

The Boy Scouts of America must release two decades of files detailing sexual abuse allegations after the California Supreme Court refused the organization's bid to keep the records confidential.

Authorities in New Jersey have charged a man with committing sexual assaults against minors while he served as assistant master of a Boy Scout troop.

Merck's charitable foundation has stopped giving money to the Boy Scouts of America.

The Boy Scout's 14,000 so-called "perversion list" has now been posted online.

The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago -- bring suspected abusers named in the organization's so-called perversion files to the attention of police departments and sheriff's offices across the country.

Authorities have accused an assistant Boy Scout master in East Brunswick of having child pornography on his computer at work.

The Boy Scouts of America is trying to recruit a new generation of kids to join its troops with high-energy, high-tech activities that include thrill-inducing zip lines at a new adventure camp, apps and a television show.

A former New Jersey Boy Scout leader accused of possessing and distributing child pornography has pleaded not guilty.