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Middle East team uncovers sexual exploitation in Gaza

OCT. 10, 2025

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In this courtroom sketch, Sean Diddy Combs breaks down and cries during the playing of a video about his life during his sentencing hearing in Manhattan federal court, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

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Live video streaming and a blog on Diddy Combs’ sentencing put AP ahead and secured new viewers

OCT. 10, 2025

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In this photo released by the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel cuts the ribbon at the official opening of the FBI office in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (Ola Thorsen/US Embassy via AP)

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AP reveals FBI director’s 3D-printed gun gifts violated New Zealand law

OCT. 10, 2025

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FILE – Morgan Wallen, left, appears in court to plead guilty to reckless endangerment charges related to throwing a chair off a six-story balcony Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

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AP publishes exclusive on video of Morgan Wallen’s chair-toss arrest

OCT. 10, 2025

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People perform mass gymnastics at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, during the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

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Photos show North Korean state celebrations on the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party

OCT. 10, 2025

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FILE – Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds up tally sheets during a protest against the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro one month after the disputed presidential vote which she says the opposition won by a landslide, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

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Photos of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Peace Prize

OCT. 10, 2025

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Middle East team uncovers sexual exploitation in Gaza

Sam Mednick and Sally Abou Aljoud’s story was the first to expose that sexual exploitation associated with aid is happening during the war in Gaza. Their reporting, with assistance from other staff in the region who are not being named for safety reasons, revealed that local men—some linked with aid groups including the United Nations—are […]

OCT. 10, 2025

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Live video streaming and a blog on Diddy Combs’ sentencing put AP ahead and secured new viewers

Hosted by AP Radio’s Julie Walker and shot by VJ Ted Shaffrey, the all-formats team broadcast an 11.5-hour live program on YouTube outside the courthouse, where cameras were banned inside due to it being a federal case. On-air guests for the program, which was produced by Nico Maounis of AP360 and directed by output producer […]

OCT. 10, 2025

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AP reveals FBI director’s 3D-printed gun gifts violated New Zealand law

The tip came in on an encrypted messaging app: a longtime source told New York-based investigative reporter Jim Mustian that FBI Director Kash Patel’s summer trip to New Zealand to open a new legal attaché office included a problem that had not been made public — Patel had gifted officials inoperable 3D-printed pistols that were […]

OCT. 10, 2025

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AP publishes exclusive on video of Morgan Wallen’s chair-toss arrest

Jonathan Mattise, Kristin M. Hall Country music superstar Morgan Wallen made national news when police charged him with tossing a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk roof and almost hitting two police officers in April 2024. When he pleaded guilty in December 2024, chief videojournalist Kristin Hall and newsperson Jonathan Mattise knew the story wasn’t over. […]

OCT. 10, 2025

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One with Col. Christopher Robinson, right, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Sharp, digitally focused coverage of UN General Assembly resonates with audiences

The AP’s U.N. General Assembly crew met the moment head-on this year with reduced staff but smart thinking and tireless work. The team delivered a digital-audience-friendly package from the 80th session of the UNGA while keeping pace with the huge amount of news that emerged, particularly about U.S. President Donald Trump, Israel, the Palestinians and […]

OCT. 3, 2025

FILE – Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers take a knee with demonstrators, as they march on Pennsylvania Ave, June 4, 2020, in Washington, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Top-tier sourcing leads to AP scoop on FBI firing agents who kneeled during racial justice protests

Top-tier sourcing by Justice Department reporter Eric Tucker led to exclusive reporting that the FBI had fired more than a dozen agents who kneeled during a racial justice protest in Washington, D.C. Tucker, who has spent months covering the turmoil at the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency, got a tip from a trusted source […]

OCT. 3, 2025

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