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Reporter Says Alito Retirement Blunder Was 'Rookie Mistake'

NPR's Nina Totenberg discusses the fallout from a misheard word

(Newser) - Nina Totenberg is calling it the biggest blunder of her half-century career, and it began with one misheard word at the Supreme Court. The longtime NPR legal affairs correspondent apologized Tuesday after incorrectly reporting that Justice Samuel Alito was stepping down—an error that briefly set off a frenzy in...

Laundry Ad Meant to Slam Sexism Irks Internet Instead

Dettol is facing backlash in China over promo that cast women as 'tainted' early in the clip

(Newser) - Dettol is scrambling to explain itself in China after a five-minute advertisement for its laundry disinfectant triggered calls for a boycott. The video, told from a man's perspective, shows him dumping a girlfriend after learning she once lived with a previous partner, branding her "tainted by other men"...

Company Apologizes for Quip About Crocodile Attack on Boy

Wowcher vows marketing review after email referenced child attack

(Newser) - A leading British daily-deal website is facing a backlash over a marketing email that used a crocodile attack on a three-year-old as a promotional line. The voucher site Wowcher has apologized after a Saturday email urged customers to "Snap up these deals quicker than a croc can catch a...

Criminal Minds Star Sorry for Attack on TV Critic

Actor says she 'profoundly regrets' insulting ScreenRant's Shealyn Scott

(Newser) - Paget Brewster is walking back a social-media blast aimed at a TV critic, saying she now "profoundly regrets" it, Deadline reports. In a Saturday post on X that Brewster later deleted, the Criminal Minds: Evolution star told ScreenRant writer Shealyn Scott "you suck" and suggested she find a...

Ted Danson: I'll Keep Apologizing for Blackface Roast

Actor reflects on 1993 routine's lasting impact and public backlash

(Newser) - Ted Danson says one sorry just doesn't cut it for what he did on stage in 1993, Entertainment Weekly reports. "I need to and I want to apologize for the rest of my life," the actor said on W. Kamau Bell's new podcast while discussing his...

Protesters Smash Starbucks Cups Over 'Disgraceful' Ad

Backlash over 'Tank Day' prompts second apology from the head of Starbucks Korea

(Newser) - Anger over Starbucks' effort to sell a "tank" of a tumbler in South Korea on the anniversary of a 1980 uprising brutally suppressed by the military is still raging, prompting a second apology. Chung Yong-jin, head of Starbucks Korea's majority owner Shinsegae Group, bowed deeply three times in...

Starbucks Korea Fires CEO Over Ad Campaign

Promotion of drinking tumblers tied to infamous crackdown on protesters

(Newser) - Starbucks just lost its top executive in South Korea over a marketing push that collided with one of the country's most painful dates. The company ran a "Tank Day" promotion on Monday for a line of drink tumblers, pairing the phrase with "5/18"—a date reserved...

Lawmaker: Rand Paul's Son Told Me He 'Hates Jews'

Reporter overhears William Paul accosting GOP Rep. Mike Lawler at DC bar

(Newser) - A night out in DC has landed Rand Paul's son in the middle of an ugly political firestorm. William Paul apologized Wednesday after a Republican congressman said the younger Paul, drunk at a Capitol Hill bar, unleashed a 10-minute rant in which he declared he "hates Jews and...

Altman on BC Shooting: 'Deeply Sorry' for Not Alerting Cops

OpenAI CEO apologizes for not flagging suspected shooter's ChatGPT activity before Canada killings

(Newser) - OpenAI's chief executive has formally apologized to a small Canadian town where eight people were killed in a February mass shooting, saying the company should've gone to police sooner about the suspect's activity on ChatGPT. In a Thursday letter to residents of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Sam...

Upstart Maine Senate Hopeful Sorry for Dropping the R-Word

Graham Platner has been previously criticized over Nazi-style tattoo, Reddit comments

(Newser) - A Maine Senate hopeful is doing more damage control. Graham Platner has apologized for using a derogatory term for people with intellectual disabilities, a slur he uttered in an interview with the Maine Monitor while addressing backlash over an old tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol. The quote from the...

NYC Mayor's Wife Apologizes for Harmful Teen Posts Online

Mamdani spouse Rama Duwaji says sorry for old slurs, faces scrutiny over pro-Palestinian posts

(Newser) - New York City's first lady is publicly reckoning with her teenage posts as her online history draws fresh scrutiny. Per the New York Times , Rama Duwaji, wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, told the Hyperallergic art site she feels "a lot of shame" over tweets she wrote at age...

Sotomayor Says She 'Regrets' Remarks About Colleague

Justice says comments about colleague's background and empathy were inappropriate

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is walking back pointed public comments she made about a colleague's background , calling them "inappropriate" and saying she has apologized to the justice, NBC News reports. In a statement released Wednesday, Sotomayor said she regretted "hurtful comments" made during an April 7...

Sabrina Carpenter Apologizes Over Misunderstanding of Arabic Call

Singer thought fan's zaghrouta celebratory cry was 'yodeling' at Coachella

(Newser) - Sabrina Carpenter says she now knows what a zaghrouta is—and she wishes she'd handled hearing one at Coachella differently. The 26-year-old singer apologized on X after video circulated of her reacting onstage to the high-pitched ululation, a traditional Arabic celebration chant, during her Friday performance. In the clip,...

Pepsi Pulls Wireless Festival Sponsorship Amid Ye Backlash

Move follows Starmer's warning over Ye's antisemitic controversies

(Newser) - Pepsi has exited the spotlight at one of Britain's biggest summer music events, the New York Times reports. The company on Sunday pulled its sponsorship of London's Wireless Festival, which is being headlined by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, after weeks of backlash over his...

Howie Mandel Apologizes After On-Air Age Joke

Comedian says exchange with Kelly Ripa 'didn't land' as intended

(Newser) - Howie Mandel has decided that, yes, he does look good for 70—and that Kelly Ripa deserves an apology. The comedian posted an Instagram video Saturday addressing an awkward moment on the March 23 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, where he pushed back after Ripa and Mark Consuelos...

Mom Charged With Kidnapping Son's Alleged Bully, 11
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Mom Accused of Taking Things Too Far With Son's Alleged Bully

Utah woman charged with kidnapping 11-year-old, making him apologize to her child

(Newser) - A Utah mother accused of going rogue in response to alleged bullying now faces felony charges. Prosecutors say Provo's Shannon Tufuga, 40, spent Sept. 17 driving around looking for an 11-year-old boy she believed had been targeting her son, then cut him off as he rode his bike, ordered...

Albanese Causes Uproar With One Word

Sexual abuse survivor Grace Tame refuses apology after he calls her 'difficult'

(Newser) - Australia's prime minister is backtracking after a single word set off a political firestorm. Asked to sum up sexual abuse survivor and former Australian of the Year Grace Tame in one word during a rapid-fire quiz, Anthony Albanese chose "difficult." Tame, who was raped by her math...

Bill Gates Offers Apology Over Epstein, Details Affairs

Comments came in a Gates Foundation town hall on Tuesday

(Newser) - Bill Gates holds twice-a-year closed-door town halls for his Gates Foundation staff, and he was quite candid in his answers to their questions on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal , which obtained a recording of the town hall, reports the Microsoft co-founder apologized for meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, calling it "...

Sports Announcer: Sorry for Drinking Before Going On Air
Sports Announcer:
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Sports Announcer: Sorry for Drinking Before Going On Air

Aussie presenter Danika Mason blames alcohol, altitude, cold for viral stumble

(Newser) - An on-air stumble from the Winter Olympics has turned into a national talking point in Australia, and now a public apology. Channel 9 sports reporter Danika Mason says she "misjudged the situation" by having a drink before a live broadcast from Italy, after a clip of her slurred report...

Trump on Racist Obama Post: 'I Didn't Make a Mistake'

No apology for post from his account showing Obamas as apes, though he says he condemns it

(Newser) - President Trump's racist social media post featuring former President Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after bipartisan backlash calling the video offensive. However, Trump said later Friday he won't apologize for the post. "I didn't make a mistake,...

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