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Black Lives Matter Investigation
FILE - A man carries a Black Lives Matter flag in Lafayette Square outside the White House on the fourth night of the Republican National Convention, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP lands national scoop on a Black Lives Matter fraud investigation

NOV. 7, 2025

Crossing Guards-Disreguarded
School crossing guard Anthony Taylor directs students on when to cross the street, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP reveals life-threatening dangers faced by school crossing guards

NOV. 7, 2025

Trump Trade Deals
FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP investigation finds that the U.S. government allowed and even helped U.S. firms to sell to China tech used for surveillance. 

NOV. 7, 2025

Anti-Science Movement
Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg hold a photo of their late son, Liam, in their home in Lowell, Ind., on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Best of AP — First Winner

Anti-science bills sweep across the U.S.

OCT. 31, 2025

Sports Betting Arrests Basketball
FILE - This combo of images shows, from left, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers' Damon Jones. (AP Photo/File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Strong source work and collaboration put AP out front on sports betting scandal

OCT. 31, 2025

APTOPIX White House Demolition
Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Smart legwork yields AP photos confirming demolition of White House’s East Wing

OCT. 31, 2025

Afghan Refugees
FILE - A boy flies a kite on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP details one family’s globe-spanning migration and deportation saga

OCT. 31, 2025

Film-Adam Driver
FILE - Adam Driver arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" on Dec. 9, 2017. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scoops scuttled plans for Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh’s “Star Wars” movie

OCT. 31, 2025

Climate Heat Farmworkers Pregnancy
A worker harvests pears at an orchard in Naches, Wash., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Dogged reporting and sensitivity focuses on the most vulnerable workers in the U.S.

OCT. 31, 2025

US Election 2026 Maine Senate
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Scoop of Maine U.S. Senate candidate’s tattoo cover-up is culmination of days of smart coverage

OCT. 31, 2025

Madagascar Protests
Soldiers are greeted by people gathering for a ceremony in tribute to demonstrators killed during recent anti-government protest in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mamyrael)

Best of AP — First Winner

Madagascar coup leader breaks news through AP that he is “taking the position of president”

OCT. 24, 2025

ICE-Restraint Device
In this image from surveillance video provided by Jefferson City Correctional Center, jailers examine Othel Moore Jr., at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Mo., on Dec. 8, 2023, who according to an autopsy asphyxiated in the WRAP restraint. (Jefferson City Correctional Center via AP)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Dogged reporting reveals use of a full-body restraint suit known as the WRAP by U.S. immigration authorities

OCT. 24, 2025

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