FILE - Merit badges and a rainbow-colored neckerchief slider are affixed on a Boy Scout uniform outside the headquarters of Amazon in Seattle. The U.S. organization, which now welcomes girls into ...

FILE - Merit badges and a rainbow-colored neckerchief slider are affixed on a Boy Scout uniform outside the headquarters of Amazon in Seattle. The U.S. organization, which now welcomes girls into ...

Stanley Taylor was 11 when he joined the Boy Scouts in 1937 ... Byron was decked out in his bright blue uniform--complete with a light blue neckerchief and patches that say Troop 331 on his ...

IRVING, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It’s a significant shift as the organization emerges ...

Inaugural female Eagle Scout Selby Chipman, 20, speaks at the Boy Scouts of America annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday. The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name to Scouting America.

Merit badges and a rainbow-colored neckerchief slider are affixed on a Boy Scout uniform. Ted S. Warren/AP "Scouting America provides a welcoming, safe environment where youth can become the best ...

DALLAS — After more than a century, Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America, another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change. Founded 114 years ago ...

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