Finally, we’re making some progress here: The FCC is considering banning the word “redskins” from TV and radio, following a petition they received from legal activist John Banzhaf III.

“We’ll be looking at that petition, we will be dealing with that issue on the merits and we’ll be responding accordingly,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said, according to Jezebel. The petition penned by Banzhaf sought to shirk a D.C. radio station of its broadcasting license for its use of the word when referring to the Washington sports team.

“There are a lot of names and descriptions that were used over time that are inappropriate today,” Wheeler added. “And I think the name that is attributed to the Washington football club is one of those.”

If the ban goes through, it could spell fines and other penalties for stations that continue to use the word.

Chatter surrounding the use of the word “redskin” reached a tipping point this summer, when the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled six federal trademark registrations for the Washington Redskins because the team name is “disparaging to Native Americans.” The definition of the word is even being tweaked in the dictionary to highlight its offensiveness as well.

Despite such moves, however, many still refuse to throw out the word — and the team name. “The Daily Show” recently featured a controversial segment in which a group of native people and a cadre of Redskins fans came face-to-face to discuss the team name, and team owner ...

Those of you diligently planning for the weekend ahead: Rest easy, your iPhone will no longer be incapacitated by its new iOS. Apple has released yet another fix to iOS 8 that should have everything purring along in working order.

After Apple’s big product launch the other week — Apple Watches! New iPhones! — the company released an update to the new iOS in order to rectify a few bugs. That update, iOS 8.0.1, caused more problems than it solved, however, according to Mashable. For some users, the fix killed cell signals and disabled the Touch ID feature. Sure, no one really calls anyone anymore (under the age of 30), but the glitch was definitely an egregious one.

Thursday evening, however, Apple released another update, iOS 8.0.2, that seems to have fixed these problems. I, myself, had only downloaded iOS 8, but when I installed the update my phone began working more smoothly immediately — most notably, notifications had been rather erratic with the new iOS, but now they appear to be in working order.

This isn’t the only hurdle Apple has to overcome, however. There’s also “Bendgate,” which basically constitutes some iPhone 6 Plus owners discovering that their phones will bend if kept in their pockets — you know, when said users sit down. Directly on the phone. Still, 10 million people purchased the new devices during the first weekend alone, according to Forbes, so the impact of this latest hiccup probably won’t carry too ...

So, apparently your tendency to date borderline-unemployed artistic types who keep their money hidden in a shoebox under their beds is not your fault — as your parents like to claim.

You’re merely one of the growing number of unmarried women who are failing to find a good, employed man in today’s rough ‘n’ tumble world because, simply, there’s not enough of that to go around. Don’t you feel better now?

According to A Pew Research Center census analysis quoted by New York magazine, 78% of women “place a great deal of importance on finding someone who has a steady job” — because, you know, it’s nice to have someone around who can help pay rent/afford groceries/not steal from you.

Unfortunately for that 78%, though, the pool of dudes with jobs is apparently draining. We’re splatting on the concrete off the high dive here, kids. The number of men with gigs aged 25 to 34 per 100 women “dropped from 139 in 1960 to 91 in 2012,” according to Pew. So, basically, there are fewer employed men now than there were in the black and white days, thereby confirming my dad’s hypothesis that “men today are just so lost — maybe you should join a club of some sort” (minus that last part).

Pew then proceeds to attempt to make us all feel better by informing us that marriage isn’t really in fashion, anyway. In 2012, one in five people over 25 had never been married — as ...

Ariana Grande missed her bro Frankie so much while he was busy living in a rat-infested dystopian society — I mean, appearing on “Big Brother.” She missed him so much, it seems, that she penned a whole list of things to tell him upon his return to the outside world.

See, we told you! A whole list! Of ridiculous and funny things! All for Frankie! We were curious as to what Ari had to tell her sib, so we went rifling through her cupcake-scented diary and dug up the goods. Check ‘em out below…

(Note: This is a joke. These are not Ari’s real secrets. Or maybe they are. We really cannot say.)

Artwork by Julia Panek

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.

Matters are far from resolved in Ferguson, Missouri, more than one month after police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. The most recent occurrence, however, was a more positive one. Police chief Thomas Jackson has come forward and issued a formal apology to the Brown family.

In a video posted to the web Thursday (September 25), Chief Jackson spoke directly to the family of the teen. “I want to say this to the Brown family. No one who has not experienced the loss of a child can understand what you’re feeling,” he said. “I am truly sorry for the loss of your son. I’m also sorry that it took so long to remove Michael from the street. The time that it took involved very important work on the part of investigators who were trying to collect evidence and gain a true picture of what happened that day. But it was just too long, and I’m truly sorry for that.”

Brown, who was unarmed, was shot and killed on August 9, while taking a walk to visit his grandmother. It’s still unclear what happened during the incident — accounts are still surfacing of the day — but Brown’s body was left on the scene for hours following the shooting.

The people of Ferguson reacted immediately, protesting Brown’s death and police treatment of the situation, with rioting following close on the heels of more peaceful demonstrations. The National Guard was soon called in.

Chief Jackson also spoke about ...