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Deziranta Namisango, second from left, who has dementia, sits on a motorcycle taxi as Christine Nababi, 80, is helped onto the seat by NGO field officer, Elizabeth Nagawa, as they leave their biweekly fellowship gathering for seniors at a church in Mukono, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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In Uganda, AP explores the experience of aging on a continent where it’s unusual to be old

SEPT. 12, 2025

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Students work on a project during a LEGO Education science lesson at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Ronaldo Bolaños)

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Exclusive AP analysis reveals girls across the US fell behind in math during the pandemic

SEPT. 12, 2025

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FILE – Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 26, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

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AP breaks news on Trump administration’s visa restrictions — and loosened travel for others

SEPT. 12, 2025

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The sun sets behind the Liftboat Robert platform, home of Expedition 501, a global research expedition drilling for fresh water, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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AP journalists travel hours offshore to cover the hunt for fresh water beneath the ocean

SEPT. 12, 2025

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Anaise, 3, clings to her mother, Veronica, an immigrant from Guatemala, as she works at a sewing machine in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, amid ongoing ICE raids. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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AP reconstruction of the attempt to remove Guatemalan children from U.S. custody breaks news

SEPT. 12, 2025

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Security cameras are seen by a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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In Uganda, AP explores the experience of aging on a continent where it’s unusual to be old

Africa, a continent known for its massive number of young people, is seeing a boom in longevity thanks to advances in nutrition, sanitation and clean water, as well as reductions in disease and infant mortality. National writer Matt Sedensky and photographer David Goldman traveled to cities and rural areas of Uganda to explore the experience […]

SEPT. 12, 2025

Students work on a project during a LEGO Education science lesson at Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Ronaldo Bolaños)

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Exclusive AP analysis reveals girls across the US fell behind in math during the pandemic

Education reporters Annie Ma and Sharon Lurye noticed a study indicating girls’ math scores fell behind boys’ during the pandemic and continued to decline, reversing years of progress in addressing math’s gender gap. Collaborating with Stanford researchers, they accessed test scores from 5,000 districts across 33 states, creating an unmatched district-by-district dataset to illustrate the […]

SEPT. 12, 2025

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AP breaks news on Trump administration’s visa restrictions — and loosened travel for others

Costco is dear to members’ hearts. So when State Department reporter Matthew Lee, who has an extensive track record of breaking news about the Trump administration’s visa restrictions, reported that a floated proposal would ban visiting Iranians from shopping at members-only wholesale stores like Costco and Sam’s Club during the U.N. General Assembly, people took […]

SEPT. 12, 2025

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AP journalists travel hours offshore to cover the hunt for fresh water beneath the ocean

A tip from a friend introduced Calvin Woodward to Expedition 501, backed by more than a dozen countries in its quest to search for fresh water beneath the sea. After a 2015 research project hinted at promise off Cape Cod, work this summer extracted thousands of samples of fresh or nearly fresh water that suggested […]

SEPT. 12, 2025

Anaise, 3, clings to her mother, Veronica, an immigrant from Guatemala, as she works at a sewing machine in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, amid ongoing ICE raids. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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AP reconstruction of the attempt to remove Guatemalan children from U.S. custody breaks news

After closely reporting on the Trump administration’s late-night efforts to remove Guatemalan children from U.S. government custody, Rebecca Santana, Valerie Gonzalez and Sonia Pérez D. still had questions. What was Guatemala’s role? How were the children, woken up in the middle of the night and almost removed from the country, doing? To recreate what happened, […]

SEPT. 12, 2025

People wait for loved ones from Guatemala deported from the United States outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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AP offers exclusive account of deportation flight carrying migrant children

Deportations have been a hallmark of the second Trump presidency, and competition among major news organizations is fierce. The AP has excelled in navigating the fast-moving landscape with experience, tenacity, deftness and teamwork. The Labor Day weekend story would not have been possible without the source work of immigration reporter Valerie Gonzalez, who has gained […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

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