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Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game

Oct. 04, 2024 09:43 AM EDT

MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. So when that same game studio, Firaxis, approached the tribal nation a...

For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October

Oct. 04, 2024 07:32 AM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year's Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, but the approaching one-year commemoration of the assault hits home particularly hard in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, which already marks a grim anniversary each October. ...

Harris and Trump battle for labor support as dockworkers suspend strike

Oct. 04, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year's election. Her appearance in the battleground state comes the day after U.S....

For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: No

Oct. 04, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — East Colfax Avenue was the best place to find a job. That's what everyone told Sofia Roca. Never mind the open drug use, the sex workers or the groups of other migrant women marching the sidewalks soliciting work at the very same Mexican restaurants and...

Navajo plans to test limit of tribal law restricting the transportation of uranium on its land

Oct. 03, 2024 20:48 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test the limits of a tribal law that sets conditions for hauling uranium on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the ore and return to the mine where it was extracted in northern Arizona. But before tribal...

Photo shows U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface at college Halloween party in 2006

Oct. 03, 2024 18:05 PM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson. The images emerged as Lawler, a first-term...

How Black leaders in New York are grappling with Eric Adams and representation

Oct. 03, 2024 12:20 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t a shock to many Black New Yorkers that Mayor Eric Adams has surrounded himself with African American civil rights leaders, clergy and grassroots activists since his indictment last week on federal bribery charges. Adams, a Brooklyn native who rose from...

The Grammys' voting body is more diverse, with 66% new members. What does it mean for the awards?

Oct. 03, 2024 11:03 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity — artists of color and women left out of top prizes; rap and contemporary R&B stars ignored — a reflection of the Recording Academy's electorate. An evolving voting body, 66% of whom have joined in...

Israeli military warns people to evacuate Lebanese communities north of UN buffer zone

Oct. 03, 2024 06:25 AM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military warns people to evacuate Lebanese communities north of UN buffer zone.

CIA makes it easier for potential informants to share tips

Oct. 02, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA wants to make it easier — and safer — for people in Iran, China and North Korea to share information with America's premier spy agency. The agency on Wednesday posted online instructions in Korean, Mandarin and Farsi detailing steps that potential...