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At left, nurse Tamzyn Weibort straightens baby clothes in the baby boutique room at Portico Crisis Pregnancy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2022. AP found about a dozen states that have passed more restrictive abortion laws have also funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to privately operated clinics that steer women away from abortions but provide little if any health care services. At right, Amanda Furdge is interviewed in Clinton, Miss., Dec. 10, 2021, describing the contrast of easily finding abortion services when she lived in Illinois, but the difficulty of finding the services after she moved back to Mississippi, which has only one abortion clinic., during an interview in Clinton, Miss., on Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Accountability reporting uncovers taxpayer-funded anti-abortion centers, racial disparities in access

FEB. 11, 2022

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FILE – Takeshi Kasai, World Health Organization regional director for Western Pacific, addresses the media at an annual session in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2019. AP reporting has revealed that dozens of current and former staffers have accused Kasai of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the U.N. health agency’s efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic in the region. Kasai denies the charges. (AP Photo / Bullit Marquez, File)

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Exclusive and explosive: WHO leader in Western Pacific accused of racism and abuse

FEB. 4, 2022

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Workers from Craig Station, a coal-fired power plant, pose for a photograph in Craig, Colo., Nov. 17, 2021. From left: Ron Geary, Gene LeFeure, Trinidad Loya and Wes Lytle. The plant has been a source of job security for decades, but it is closing, along with the mine that feeds it. Together they employ about 300 people; all will lose their jobs according the an owner and operator of the plant. (AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)

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Deeply reported package explores the shift away from fossil fuels, impact on states, communities

JAN. 28, 2022

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Virginia Mavhunga, a 13-year-old teenage mother, holds her child in her rural home in Murehwa, 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, Nov. 12, 2021. Virginia, part of a steep increase in pregnancies among girls and teenagers in Zimbabwe and other southern African countries during the pandemic, dropped out of school after becoming pregnant in a community yet to adjust to the sight of a pregnant girl in school uniform. (AP Photo / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Sensitive reporting, compelling storytelling on spike in Zimbabwe teen pregnancy amid pandemic

JAN. 21, 2022

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Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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‘You had me at AP’: Sweeping coverage of Jan. 6 anniversary showcases AP’s depth and range

JAN. 14, 2022

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Homes burn as a wind-fueled wildfire rips through a development near Rock Creek Village near Broomfield, Colo., Dec. 30, 2021. Colorado’s rare winter wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and tens of thousands of people were evacuated. in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening. (AP Photo / David Zalubowski)

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Resourceful AP team dominates all-formats coverage of Colorado inferno

JAN. 7, 2022

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Joseph Moore stands for a portrait at a park in Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 8, 2021. Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots according to investigators, and investigating ties between law enforcement and the white supremacist organization. To keep a lifeline to his true character, Moore claims to have never used racial slurs while in character–even as his klan brethren tossed them around casually. (AP Photo / Robert Bumsted)

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‘This is Joseph Moore’: FBI informant inside KKK reveals himself in riveting AP interview

DEC. 31, 2021

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, Arizona election staffers, other state officials and political parties’ election observers attend a ballot adjudication test as the Maricopa County Elections Department conducts a post-election logic and accuracy test for the general election in Phoenix, Nov. 18, 2020. Reviewing the results of the 2020 election, county election officials throughout Arizona have found fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud that require review by local prosecutors, according to an Associated Press investigation. (AP Photo / Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Powered by facts: AP investigation undercuts Trump voter fraud claims, prompts rare interview

DEC. 24, 2021

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In this aerial photo, destruction in Downtown Mayfield, Ky., lies in ruins, Dec. 12, 2021, in the aftermath of tornadoes that tore through the region. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)

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AP responds to US tornadoes with sweeping, distinctive all-formats coverage

DEC. 17, 2021

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States Military Academy cadets sit during their graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., May 22, 2021. Despite the academies’ stated commitment to diversity and inclusion, an AP investigation found disparities in the racial composition of student bodies and graduation rates, and accounts of that ranged from racial slights to outright racist behavior.The U.S. military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of the armed services and have welcomed more racially diverse students. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

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AP investigation, analysis reveals that despite diversity gains, racism still plagues US military academies

DEC. 10, 2021

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Tears streak down the cheek of Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, after the jury convicted Travis McMichael of Arbery’s murder, in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 24, 2021., in Brunswick, Ga. (AP Photo / Stephen B. Morton, Pool)

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AP dominates coverage of Ahmaud Arbery verdict with dedicated reporting, planning, teamwork

DEC. 3, 2021

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Kyle Rittenhouse, right, turns to defense attorney Corey Chirafisi at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., in a Nov. 19, 2021 image from courtroom video, as Rittenhouse reacts to the jury’s verdict acquitting him of all charges in the shooting deaths of two men and the wounding of a third during protests over the 2020 shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer.a Black man,. he was acquitted of all charges at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. The jury came back with its verdict after close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation. (AP Photo)

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Enterprising AP coverage of Rittenhouse trial reaches far beyond the courtroom testimony

NOV. 26, 2021

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