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Alabama Governor Apologies for Wearing Blackface in College

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey apologized Thursday for wearing blackface decades ago, becoming the latest politician to face scrutiny over racially insensitive photos and actions from their university days. Ivey, 74, issued the apology after a 1967 radio interview surfaced in which her now-ex-husband describes her actions at...

Giants' Holland Apologizes After Racially Insensitive Joke

NEW YORK — San Francisco Giants pitcher Derek Holland has apologized after a television interview during which he used a mock Asian accent. Holland expressed remorse while talking to reporters Thursday in the visiting clubhouse at Citi Field while the Giants were in New York for a series against the Mets. "I...

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