TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — City officials in eastern China apologized to local journalists after authorities were shown pushing them and trying to obstruct reporting from the site of a deadly explosion, in a rare acknowledgment of state aggression against journalists. The city of Sanhe, near Beijing, issued a public apology Thursday after authorities were shown […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday expressed his “deepest sympathy” to the family of the 5-year-old girl severely injured in a crash caused by Britt Reid, but stopped short of apologizing for commuting the prison sentence of the former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach. A spokesperson for the Republican governor responded in a written statement […]
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors and the county have issued an official apology to the city’s Black residents for centuries of “systemic and structural discrimination, targeted acts of violence and atrocities,” according to a seven-page resolution from the board. The city’s supervisors formally apologized on Feb. 27 in a resolution signed by all 11 board […]
A man in Florida is accused of carjacking a 77-year-old woman in her driveway, then feeling remorseful and writing her an apology letter, a sheriff’s office said. The woman was at her Leesburg home Feb. 6 with the man, 27, when he asked her to unlock her car so he could grab something from her […]
A Florida man is accused of carjacking his 77-year-old grandmother – and then penning a four-page letter apologizing for the incident. Alan Aspinwall was arrested and charged with unarmed carjacking, domestic battery on a person 65 years of age or older, and theft from a person 65 years of age or older. According to an […]
The former head of Animal Services for Miami-Dade County recently apologized for falsely claiming one of her most vocal critics had worked as a stripper and an escort years ago. Bronwyn Stanford, ousted from her county job last year by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, has settled a slander suit filed by Yolanda Berkowitz, a benefactor […]
‘Out of touch’: Dave Ramsey slams Philadelphia couple for paying $80K/year on child care — and some parents on TikTok now think Ramsey owes them an apology. Are they right? Outspoken finance personality Dave Ramsey kicked up a fiery debate on TikTok recently when he described a caller to his show as “dumber than crap” […]
The heads of the world’s leading social media companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, facing a combative, angry group of lawmakers whose patience with the risks to young people posed by the platforms appeared to have run out. Here are some of the highlights. Fiery rhetoric from senators Texas Republican Sen. Ted […]
The heads of the world’s leading social media companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, facing a combative, angry group of lawmakers whose patience with the risks to young people posed by the platforms appeared to have run out. Here are some of the highlights. Fiery rhetoric from Senators Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, […]
A solicitor who received €75,000 and an apology over defamatory press releases issued by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) has received a second High Court apology and damages over a letter ISME sent to the Minister for Justice. In November 2022, Limerick solicitor Gerard O’Neill settled an action over the comments in […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — A former member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet offered a rare public apology Sunday for contributing to the internal strife in Israel that preceded the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip. The mea culpa by Galit Distel Atbaryan, a lawmaker from Netanyahu’s Likud Party, was one of […]
As part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the owners of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota have released a letter to the media that apologizes for the racist comments made by co-owner Connie Uhre. After a shooting at the hotel on March 19 2022 that involved two Native […]