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Tribes want Native statue to replace one tied to massacre

AP News DENVER (AP) ??" Months after protesters tore down a statue of a U.S. soldier who took part in the slaughter of Native Americans, tribal members and descendants of those who survived the Civil War-era attack urged Colorado lawmakers on Thursday to replace it with the likeness of an Indigenous woman at the state Capitol.

The new statue would replace the one depicting a Union Army soldier who helped carry out the Sand Creek Massacre of 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people in 1864, one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history. It was toppled over the summer amid the national reckoning...
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A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral

AP News NEW YORK (AP) ??" Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister.

Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year.

Toy makers have been updating their classic brands to appeal to kids today. Barbie has shed its blonde image and now comes in multiple skin tones and body shapes. Thomas the Tank Engine added more girl characters. And American Girl is now selling a boy doll.

Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70 years, needed a...
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Stocks fall as yields continue to climb; GameStop surges

AP News Stocks moved solidly lower Thursday as the recent theme of the market ??" rising bond yields and falling prices of technology companies ??" continued to weigh on trading.

Shares of several companies embraced by online retail investors earlier this year were sharply higher, including GameStop, which surged 88.1%.

The S&P 500 index fell 2% as of 1:35 p.m. Eastern in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 434 points, or 1.5%, to 31,525 and the Nasdaq Composite, which is weighted heavily toward technology companies, was down 2.8%.

Once again...
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Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) ??" A gathering of conservatives this weekend in Florida will serve as an unabashed endorsement of former President Donald Trump's desire to remain the leader of the Republican Party ??" and as a forum to fan his false claim that he lost the November election only because of widespread voter fraud.

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference and a Trump ally, said discussion panels on election integrity would highlight "huge" evidence of illegal voting in Georgia, Nevada and elsewhere that ultimately swung the election for Democrat Joe...
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Lady Gaga's dog walker shot, French bulldogs stolen in LA

AP News LOS ANGELES (AP) ??" Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot and two of the singer's French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery, police said.

The dog walker was shot once Wednesday night and is expected to survive his injuries, according to Los Angeles Police Capt. Jonathan Tippett, commanding officer of the department's elite Robbery-Homicide Division. The man was walking three of Lady Gaga's dogs at the time but one escaped.

Tippett told The Associated Press that the dogs belong to pop star Lady Gaga. It's not yet clear if the dog walker was targeted...
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