The Boy Scouts had been reeling for years. The organization – founded in 1910 with religion at its core – filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020 following multiple lawsuits over allegations of sexual abuse by adults in scouting spanning several decades. In 2021 it reached an $850 million settlement with over 600 men, one of the largest settlements of sexual-abuse claims in U.S. history. During the pandemic, the Boy Scouts lost more than half of its members. Membership now stands at just over 1 million, far below the 4 million total in the 1970s. It already had opened membership to girls, triggering a lawsuit from the Girl Scouts that was ultimately dismissed. Now, after more than 176,000 girls have joined, the organization is changing its name to Scouting America and embracing the future. As a one-time Girl Scout and a Girl Scout troop leader, I believe any kind of scouting can make the world a better place. — Laura |
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A shift to remake the image of the Boy Scouts has been underway for more than a decade. (Associated Press file photo) |
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Scouting changes: Scouting America, the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts, aims to break the old-fashioned, gender-stereotyped mold of scouting and move into a modern, inclusive era, reports Gretchen Cuda Kroen. JD Vance: U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio closed out the Republican National Convention’s third night by formally accepting the nomination for vice president in a speech peppered with biographical details and criticized the Washington establishment for failing working-class communities like those where he grew up and hailed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as their salvation, Sabrina Eaton and Andrew Tobias report. Vance's stocks: Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance, while running in Ohio for his U.S. Senate seat in 2022, stated that it should be illegal for members of Congress to trade stocks while in office. However, Vance reported in a financial disclosure report that he sold somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of stock in Walmart last October, about 10 months after he joined the Senate, Jeremy Pelzer reports. |
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Bernie Moreno: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno spoke Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, giving him some national exposure as he tries to oust longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in the November election, Andrew Tobias reports. Vivek Ramaswamy: Andrew Tobias reports that Vivek Ramaswamy’s eight-minute prime-time speech at Tuesday’s Republican National Convention raises an obvious question that has been asked before: What exactly is he running for? Gun violence: The Ohio Mayors Alliance, a coalition of mayors representing the state’s largest cities, has issued a set of recommendations to Gov. Mike DeWine to curb gun-related crimes and prevent youth from getting their hands on firearms. FirstEnergy lawsuit: FirstEnergy Corp. made arguments to a federal appellate court Wednesday, seeking to jam up a class-action lawsuit from its investors who say the company’s political bribery scheme amounted to securities fraud, Jake Zuckerman reports. |
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Public comment: Cuyahoga County Council tested its new public comment rules for the first time Tuesday, receiving little opposition from speakers, at least publicly, Kaitlin Durbin reports. Arts funding: The recipients of Cleveland’s Transformative Arts Fund were announced on Wednesday, with nearly $3 million awarded to seven public art and place-making projects in neighborhoods across the city. Parma golf: Construction on the new Ridgewood Golf Course clubhouse and event center could begin next month, Cory Shaffer reports. |
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Barbershop help: A new program funded by the Cleveland Clinic encourages barbers and beauticians to take free classes in Mental Health First Aid, an early-intervention course on how to recognize and respond to mental health and substance-abuse challenges, Julie Washington reports. Home sales: Cuyahoga County’s top home sale in June, located in Shaker Heights, was just shy of $2 million, marking the first time there hasn’t been at least one sale over $2 million in months, Zachary Smith reports. Saving money: It’s not uncommon to drive farther to save money at the grocery store. But when it comes to fuel, is it actually cheaper to travel for gasoline? Sean McDonnell has the answer. Kent and Clinic: Kent State University and the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday a new partnership that establishes the Clinic as the official healthcare provider for Kent State athletics, offering health and wellness services to student athletes throughout the year. |
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Deputy shoots suspect: A woman reportedly armed with a firearm and a knife was shot and killed Wednesday evening by a deputy outside the Medina County Sheriff’s Office, Cliff Pinckard reports. Deputies ordered the woman to drop the firearm and knife but she refused, authorities say. East Cleveland: The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that East Cleveland must pay $30 million to a man whom officers unlawfully arrested, beat and confined to a storage closet for four days, Olivia Mitchell reports. Mass shooting: Jaylon Jennings, accused of carrying out a mass shooting in downtown Cleveland last summer that wounded nine, has been convicted, John Tucker reports. Jennings, 26, of Cleveland, pleaded no contest on Tuesday to all 31 charges, including nine counts of attempted murder. Hundreds defrauded: Seven Ohio investment managers have been charged again in a decade-long scheme that defrauded more than 200 investors out of more than $72 million, Lucas Daprile reports. |
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Pan-Am Games: Alice Tym, 82, once a top-ranked tennis player, is now focusing on pickleball and hopes to bring home a title during the Pan-Am Games, Adam Ferrise reports. Pickleball tournament play begins today and continues through Sunday at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. Sign Museum: The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati offers a step back in time, a stroll through a vast repository of high-wattage nostalgia, from Burma Shave to Sunoco to Sherwin Williams, Susan Glaser reports. Super goodbye: “Superman” director James Gunn said goodbye and thank you to Cleveland after the film’s cast and crew wrapped local production on Tuesday, Joey Morona reports. More filming? Could Cleveland become a more frequent filming location for big movies, television shows and streaming content? A Hollywood of the Midwest even? Maybe. But Peter Chakerian reports it will take a commitment by public leaders and private industry to expand financial incentives to film here, and a commitment to build infrastructure like soundstages needed for regular film production. Russo brothers:Joe and Anthony Russo are in early talks to direct Marvel’s next two “Avengers” movies, according to reports. If the deal comes to pass, it would mark an unexpected reunion after the Russos parted ways amicably with the studio following the release of “Avengers: Endgame.” 'Twisters' review: “Twisters” is a good, old-fashioned disaster movie. It’s “The Fast and the Furious” for storm chasers. Ridiculousness isn’t a bug, it’s a feature, Joey Morona writes. |
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