DC Council to take up resolution on Redskins

WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. Council will take up a resolution next week urging the Washington Redskins to change their nickname.

The council passed a similar resolution in 2001, and the new one has broad support on the 13-member body. It comes amid a national debate about the name, which some consider to be offensive to Native Americans. President Barack Obama recently said he would “think about changing” the name if he owned the team.