New York Times Covid Star Is Out Following Reports He Used Slur.

(Bloomberg) -- Donald G. McNeil Jr., the New York Times science reporter whose fame grew during the Covid-19 pandemic, is stepping down following allegations that he used the N-word during a company-sponsored student trip to Peru in 2019. The Daily Beast reported last week that students and parents on the Times-sponsored trip complained about McNeil's language, with two students saying he said the N-word. [Extracted from the article]