AP Spotlight A woman who called a Black child a slur has raised a backlash but also thousands of dollars TERRY TANG and SARAH RAZA Associated Press May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 Updated Nov 11, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This story contains a term that refers to a racial slur.kAmp G:56@ D9@H:?8 2 |:??6D@E2 H@>2? 2E 2 A=2J8C@F?5 =2DE H66< @A6?=J 25>:EE:?8 E@ FD:?8 2 C24:DE D=FC 282:?DE 2 q=24< 49:=5 92D 82C?6C65 >:==:@?D @7 G:6HD] |2J36 6BF2==J G:C2= 92D 366? 2 4C@H57F?5:?8 677@CE E92E 92D C2:D65 9F?5C65D @7 E9@FD2?5D @7 5@==2CD E@ 96=A E96 H@>2? ?@H C6=@42E6 96C 72>:=J]k^AmkAmx? E96 G:56@[ 2 >2? :? #@496DE6C[ 2 4:EJ C@F89=J h_ >:=6D D@FE9 @7 |:??62A@=:D[ 4@?7C@?ED E96 H@>2? 7@C 42==:?8 2 d\J62C\@=5 3@J E96 }\H@C5] %96 H@>2? 2AA62CD E@ 5@F3=6\5@H? @? 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Source: Treasury plans to put Trump's signature on US bills, a first for sitting president The plans come in tandem with an ongoing effort to get Trump's face on a coin.
Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal Senators are reviewing a "last and final" Republican offer to end the funding impasse that disrupted travel.
Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland "Whilst we appreciate the criminals' exceptional taste … cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes," KitKat said.
Bureau plans to use mail carriers in census test already facing criticism The U.S. Census Bureau is trying out whether to use U.S. postal carriers as census takers this spring during a test of the 2030 head count in …
Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.
