PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There are times in court when Qawi Abdul-Rahman, a Center City-based defense attorney, gets the sense that folks listening didn’t understand a piece of testimony.

“You get it all the time, truthfully,” Abdul-Rahman said. He’s been concerned that the true meaning of ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Albanian has been designated the second official language in Macedonia, which has a substantial, and restive, ethnic Albanian minority.

The move ends a months-long standoff between the left-led government and Macedonia’s conservative President Gjorge Ivanov, who ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico Libraries is working to preserve the Zuni language as part of a new digital initiative.

The school recently announced it has digitized books and posters published by Zuni Pueblo’s bilingual education department.

Arin Peywa, a ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Florida prep school basketball coach is apologizing for a profanity-laced tirade that went viral.

Mike Woodbury from The Nation Christian Academy in Port St. Lucie, Florida, tells the Portland Press Herald in Maine that, “I have to be a better person than ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker has declared an emergency for Alaska Native languages, aiming to promote and preserve all 20 recognized indigenous languages in the state.

The order signed this week directs the state education commissioner to work with partners to promote indigenous ...

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A regional council in western Ukraine has passed a motion to ban all Russian-language books, films and songs in the region.

The legislature in the Lviv region voted on Wednesday to “impose a moratorium on the public broadcast and use of Russian-language content” until ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A teacher in upstate New York has resigned after he handed out a syllabus that contained profanity and language some considered offensive.

Cesar Olivares faced backlash at Poughkeepsie High School for including “if you can afford your phone bill/expensive sneakers ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge ordered 32 Florida counties to provide sample ballots in Spanish so Puerto Rican voters can use them to navigate English-only ballots in a ruling Friday that was often sarcastic and scolding.

A coalition of groups sued the Department of State and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on tech companies and election interference (all times local):

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Google says it has disabled dozens of YouTube channels and other Google accounts linked to a state-run Iranian broadcaster for a political influence campaign.

The company said ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes says it wants an apology from the city of Pocatello because of discriminatory language used in city lease agreements at the Pocatello Regional Airport.

The Idaho State Journal

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Tribe hopes a new documentary will help preserve its fading native language that only a few people speak.

Omaha-based director Brigitte Timmerman created the one-hour “The Omaha Speaking” documentary in partnership with Omaha tribal elder Octa Keen,

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Dawn Frank breaks from the interview to answer a family text message. Her daughters attend Stanford University. When they text back home to their mom and aunts on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, it’s often in Lakota.

“We’re just sharing logistics ...

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A Chicago suburb has rescinded a resolution that made English its official language.

Carpentersville’s then-trustees said the 2007 measure was intended to encourage assimilation and discourage illegal immigration,

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — A letter signed by superintendents from several Rhode Island cities says the state is failing its Latino students.

The Providence Journal

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A grocery store in San Diego subjected Hispanic employees to harassment and a hostile work environment by implementing a no-Spanish language policy, federal officials said Thursday.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit alleging store managers at ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate has voted unanimously to declare a “linguistic emergency” for Alaska Native languages.

The vote ends a weeklong debate about whether the resolution should have included the word “emergency,” the Juneau Empire

HONOLULU (AP) — Passengers flying Hawaiian Airlines may soon get a complimentary language lesson as the company amplifies efforts to preserve traditional Hawaiian by incorporating it into everyday business.

Cabin announcements and crew instructions were given in English and the traditional ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — House lawmakers want to make English the official language of Michigan.

Republicans led the way in passing a bill Thursday that would require its use in public records. State departments and local governments still could publish documents in other ...

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A centuries-old primer for Russian to Alutiiq was found during a routine check of a Kodiak museum’s artifacts.

Kodiak was first colonized by Russian settlers in 1763 and was a Russian colony for more than 100 years until the Alaska Purchase in 1867.

Kodiak’s ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s conservative government is considering changes to make it easier for parents in Catalonia to choose Spanish over Catalan as the main language in their children’s schooling.

The move, if confirmed, would go against decades of regional policies prioritizing the native ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal to prevent the state government from issuing non-English communications, with some exceptions.

By a non-unanimous voice vote, the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday approved Sen. Joshua McKoon’s proposed constitutional ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in Macedonia’s capital to protest a bill that would make Albanian the country’s second official language.

The protest in front of the parliament building in Skopje on Sunday was peaceful, although participants burned the European ...