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Audiologist Courtney Thayer sits at her desk in her office, Monday, July 28, 2025, in West Des Moines, Iowa. A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans say they have used artificial intelligence to search for information, according to a new poll that highlights the ubiquity of the technology. But it’s younger adults who appear to be the generation leaning the most into AI, with many using it for brainstorms and work tasks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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All-formats AP team gains extensive, exclusive access to militarized border zones

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On Monday, July 21, 2025, Colorado House Majority Leader Monica Duran, D-Wheat Ridge, holds a photo of Rep. Arie Taylor, the state’s first Black woman legislator, who was instrumental in creating the first women’s restroom at the state Capitol in Denver. (AP Photo/Rachel Woolf)

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Women in legislatures across the U.S. fight for ‘potty parity’

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Cultural practitioner Glen Kila walks around the petroglyphs carved into the rock at Pokai Bay during low tide, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

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AP joy and wonder video on Hawaii petroglyphs earns widespread customer use and hundreds of thousands of online views

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With posters illustrating stages of pregnancy behind them, people attend a health clinic about diabetes held by Holy Family Services, a birth center and women’s clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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AP journalists document the impact of immigration policies on public health

AUG. 1, 2025

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Tributes left to honour musician Ozzy Osbourne as thousands of fans gathered to watch a funeral procession for Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne following his death aged 76, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

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AP-NORC polling tracker provides a digital home for nearly a decade of public opinion data

The collaboration between The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago has yielded hundreds of polls over nearly 15 years. Last week, the AP’s polling and interactives teams created a home on APNews.com for nearly a decade of key AP-NORC poll data. The polling tracker combines data visualization with brief text explanations for […]

AUG. 1, 2025

A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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All-formats AP team gains extensive, exclusive access to militarized border zones

The Associated Press was the first news organization to gain extensive, exclusive access to new militarized zones blanketing about one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, providing an unmatched look at how the military has been thrust into a central role in border enforcement. Reporter Morgan Lee and now-retired Pentagon reporter Lolita Baldor worked for […]

AUG. 1, 2025

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Women in legislatures across the U.S. fight for ‘potty parity’

As part of ongoing coverage of women in U.S. statehouses, reporters Kim Kruesi and Claire Rush examined how state capitol buildings either welcome or exclude women — starting with something as basic as a bathroom. A striking detail from Tennessee, where the women’s restroom near the legislative chambers is essentially a cubby under the stairs, […]

AUG. 1, 2025

Cultural practitioner Glen Kila walks around the petroglyphs carved into the rock at Pokai Bay during low tide, July 22, 2025, in Waianae, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

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AP joy and wonder video on Hawaii petroglyphs earns widespread customer use and hundreds of thousands of online views

AP reporter Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and freelance photographer Mengshin Lin collaborated to capture a rare and visually stunning story — centuries-old Hawaiian petroglyphs newly revealed by shifting sands and tides. Drawing on her local roots in Waianae, Kelleher timed her visit to the beach using advice from her mother, who recommended a specific low tide. […]

AUG. 1, 2025

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AP journalists document the impact of immigration policies on public health

Months before Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail, health policy reporter Amanda Seitz began investigating how immigration policies enacted during his first term had affected public health. She found a growing body of research showing that many immigrants avoided doctors’ visits during Trump’s presidency, often out of fear. Seitz focused her reporting on Texas’s […]

AUG. 1, 2025

Children raise their hands while participating in activities during the East Providence Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp at Emma G. Whiteknact Elementary School on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Providence R.I. (AP Photo/Sophie Park)

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AP digs deep to illustrate real-life impact of Trump policies

Following up on major policy shifts in education, healthcare and housing, the Associated Press dug deep to illustrate the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s decisions on everyday people. In education, reporter Bianca Vázquez Toness focused on the withholding of more than $6 billion in federal funds, a move that threatened after-school programs relied upon […]

JULY 25, 2025

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