Native Americans are marking Indigenous Peoples Day in October 2024 with a push to increase voter turnout in November. Events such as a voting rally in Minneapolis, a forum on Native American voting in Virginia and a project in Utah to register voters are all part of the mobilization and outreach efforts. In 2020, voter…

Country music star Lainey Wilson, the reigning CMA and ACM Entertainment of the Year award winner, will be performing at the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day game featuring the Dallas Cowboys, the league announced Sunday, Oct. 13. This year, the Cowboys will face their NFC East rival, the New York Giants, at AT&T Stadium. Last month, 17-time…

China launched fresh, record-breaking military exercises on Monday, Oct. 14, around Taiwan in retribution for what it labeled “separatist acts by Taiwan independence forces.” The drills came just days after a speech by Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te who made calls for leaders across the nation’s islands to resist “annexation” from Beijing. Taiwan’s Ministry of National…

Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a new campaign initiative aimed at mobilizing Black voters, particularly Black men, ahead of the upcoming presidential election. The initiative, called the “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men,” includes provisions for forgivable business loans for Black entrepreneurs. It also focuses on new studies addressing diseases like sickle cell, which disproportionately…

Steam is informing its users that they don’t fully own the games they purchase, as a new California law on digital content ownership looms. The law, taking effect next year, aims to bring transparency to digital marketplaces by clarifying that users are buying licenses, not permanent ownership of games on such platforms. Steam, the largest…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been forced to pause aid to some North Carolina communities impacted by Hurricane Helene. The move comes after reports of threats to FEMA responders following a spread of misinformation on the agency’s response to recent storms. Certain FEMA operations in Ashe County, northeast of Asheville, were paused over the…

Internal documents from Tiktok that leaked on Friday, Oct. 11, revealed that company executives knew the app was harmful to children and actively tried to keep them on the platform. A redaction failure exposed the documents which are part of an ongoing lawsuit against TikTok by 14 attorneys general across the United States. Kentucky Public…

The 2024 presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail at a faster pace in the final three weeks before Election Day. On the trail, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are highlighting the issue of fitness for office. Over the weekend of Oct. 12, Harris’ physician, Dr. Joshua Simmons, released a letter…

A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to provide ISIS with tactical information to help plan attacks on U.S. soldiers. According to the U.S. Justice Department. Pfc. Cole Bridges, 24, of Stow, Ohio, enlisted in the Army in 2019 and was stationed at Fort Stewart,…

SpaceX pulled off an incredible feat on Sunday, Oct. 13, successfully launching its fifth test flight of its unmanned Starship spacecraft. However, it was the return of the Super Heavy rocket booster that wowed the crowd, as well as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.  For the first time, after breaking off from the Starship, the 232-foot-tall booster…