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FILE - Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
FILE - Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

JAN. 7, 2025

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Supporters hold candles during a candlelight vigil Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, outside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, Wis., following a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

College students

Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

DEC. 27, 2024

This combination of before and after images shows damage at the Dzaoudzi Port on the French Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after Cyclone Chido, Dec. 16, 2024. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
This combination of before and after images shows damage at the Dzaoudzi Port on the French Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after Cyclone Chido, Dec. 16, 2024. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Extreme weather

France rushes aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead

DEC. 17, 2024

Gov. Josh Shapiro, center, speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Gov. Josh Shapiro, center, speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Fatalities

New York prosecutors charge suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing with murder, court records show

DEC. 9, 2024

O.J. Simpson
FILE - O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994. (AP Photo/Pool/Lois Bernstein, Pool, File)

Celebrities

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

DEC. 3, 2024

Workers carry a body from the home of former Kansas City, Kan. police detective Roger Golubski on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, in Edwardsville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Workers carry a body from the home of former Kansas City, Kan. police detective Roger Golubski on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, in Edwardsville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Fatalities

An ex-detective accused of abusing women died in an apparent suicide as his trial was starting

DEC. 2, 2024

Two Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22B Ospreys fly low and fast in formation on a training range named the Hornet at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)
Two Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22B Ospreys fly low and fast in formation on a training range named the Hornet at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp)

Airmen

The Osprey’s safety issues spiked over five years and caused deaths. Pilots still want to fly it

NOV. 21, 2024

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press briefing with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press briefing with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Fatalities

Suicides in the US military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend

NOV. 14, 2024

Security officers and rescuers gather at a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Security officers and rescuers gather at a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Airstrikes

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers and 15 people in Syria

NOV. 14, 2024

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after paying his respects by the coffin of slain teacher Samuel Paty in the courtyard of the Sorbonne university during a national memorial event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after paying his respects by the coffin of slain teacher Samuel Paty in the courtyard of the Sorbonne university during a national memorial event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)

Fatalities

Trial opens in France in the beheading of a teacher over prophet cartoons

NOV. 4, 2024

Powered by exclusive details, AP’s Lethal Restraint investigation shines light on what happens when police police themselves

Fatalities

Powered by exclusive details, AP’s Lethal Restraint investigation shines light on what happens when police police themselves

OCT. 18, 2024

In this image from video made by the Evansville Police Department, rookie sheriff’s Deputy Asson Hacker, below, undergoes training with Mike Fisher, a sheriff's major from a nearby county, during
In this image from video made by the Evansville Police Department, rookie sheriff’s Deputy Asson Hacker, below, undergoes training with Mike Fisher, a sheriff's major from a nearby county, during "Big Fight" day for the Southwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Evansville, Ind., on March 2, 2023. (Evansville Police Department via AP)

Fatalities

A series of deaths and the ‘Big Fight’: Uncovering police force in one Midwestern city

OCT. 10, 2024

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