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past allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders, including those chronicled in long-confidential records that are widely known as the "perversion files."
• Through various cases, the Scouts have been forced to reveal files dating from the 1960s to 1991. They detailed numerous cases where abuse claims were made

and Boy Scout officials never alerted authorities and sometimes actively sought to protect the accused.
• The BSA has apologized for past lapses and cover-ups and has stressed the steps taken to improve youth protection policy. Since 2010, for example, it has mandated that any suspected abuse be reported to police.
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. SAFETY PROBLEMS AT SITE OF DEADLY BRAZIL FIRE
• The nightclub had no fire alarm, no sprinklers, no fire escape -- and just one exit.
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• 2. OBAMA TO PUSH IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL
• The president will try to drum up support for proposals to give illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship at a speech in Vegas.
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• 3. BOY SCOUTS POISED TO REVOKE NO-GAYS POLICY
• Individual Scout units would be able to decide for themselves whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders.
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• 4. HOW NORTH KOREA COULD CONDUCT A NUCLEAR TEST WITHOUT DETECTION
• Satellite images show a mountainside tunnel could be sealed for an underground explosion.
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• 5. TIMBUKTU UNDER MALI'S CONTROL
• The fabled desert city was held overnight after the retreat of Islamist extremists who first burned a library of thousands of ancient manuscripts.
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