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AP investigation finds ICE detainees dying by suicide at ‘alarming’ rate

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AP delivers exclusive and rare account from inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the U.S. are imprisoned

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AP reveals prosecutors were told to stand down on Venezuelan leader

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FILE – Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Zoya Shu, File)

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A timely look inside the pressures shaping Putin’s next moves

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Pentagon team scores a pair of scoops related to the Iran war

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A Muslim girl performs Eid al-Adha prayers in the Yoff neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

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AP investigation finds ICE detainees dying by suicide at ‘alarming’ rate

An AP team’s work on the growing number of deaths in ICE custody delivered powerful visuals and testimony to tell a heart-wrenching story causing alarm in public health circles – that suicides in ICE custody are at an all-time high. From in-depth scrutiny of autopsy and police records and other public documents, reporter Ryan J. […]

JUNE 5, 2026

A street scene in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

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AP delivers exclusive and rare account from inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the U.S. are imprisoned

Dakar newsperson Monika Pronczuk has been reporting for months on secretive, controversial agreements between the U.S. and African countries that facilitate deportations of third-country nationals from the U.S. This one stood out for different reasons: It was an exclusive all-format scoop by the AP in a country where journalists are not allowed to operate. The […]

JUNE 5, 2026

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves as she waits for Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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AP reveals prosecutors were told to stand down on Venezuelan leader

The AP reported exclusively that the Trump administration had told prosecutors in Miami to stand down on Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez, even though she had been on the radar of federal law enforcement for years. Miami-based reporter Joshua Goodman was tipped off by former officials that the Trump administration had shut down any investigation into […]

JUNE 5, 2026

FILE – Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Zoya Shu, File)

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A timely look inside the pressures shaping Putin’s next moves

The AP’s Russia team has carefully followed growing discontent, a faltering economy and a recent rare drop in President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating as internet restrictions interrupt daily life and Ukraine increasingly brings the war home to Russians. Top Stories editor Brian Friedman worked with a writer who has deep knowledge of Putin and Russia […]

JUNE 5, 2026

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Pentagon team scores a pair of scoops related to the Iran war

Amid an intense stretch of coverage spanning global military and national security developments, Pentagon reporters Ben Finley and Konstantin Toropin delivered a pair of scoops on the ultracompetitive Iran war storyline that were major draws for digital audiences. Finley’s story revealed how long it could take the United States to replenish key weapons stockpiles depleted […]

JUNE 5, 2026

A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola from a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

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AP’s Goma team delivers haunting all-formats coverage of Ebola outbreak in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places

On May 15, health authorities confirmed an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, one of the country’s most dangerous and isolated areas. The death toll was already in the dozens after weeks of undetected spread, as authorities had initially tested for the more common Ebola virus rather than the rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for […]

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