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Supporters of President Donald Trump descend on the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo / Jose Luis Magana)

Capitol riot

Exclusive AP analysis, reporting on Jan. 6 cases reveals judges’ sentencing patterns

JUNE 17, 2022

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FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. The Justice Department says it is gravely concerned about allegations that a high-ranking federal prison official entrusted to end sexual abuse and cover-ups at a women's prison may have taken steps to suppress a recent complaint about staff misconduct. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Bureau of Prisons

AP’s investigation of federal prisons follows lame-duck agency head to notorious women’s prison

MAY 13, 2022

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A tear rolls down Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's cheek as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Associate justice

AP photos, reporting capture cathartic moment in Jackson confirmation hearings

APRIL 1, 2022

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FILE - In this July 6, 2020, photo, a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured on Jan. 31, 2022, during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Government

AP’s ongoing investigation of Federal Bureau of Prisons reveals inmate deaths, sexual assault

FEB. 11, 2022

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Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP)

Government

Years of beat work on troubled US federal prisons leads to AP scoop on director’s resignation

JAN. 14, 2022

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In this June 8, 2021 photo, with dark clouds overhead, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

Abortion

Preparation pays off with dominant coverage of Supreme Court ruling on Texas abortion law

DEC. 17, 2021

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FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. Nearly 100 federal Bureau of Prisons employees have been arrested, convicted or sentenced in criminal cases since the start of 2019, accused of crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to stealing prison property, sexually assaulting inmates and murder. Those arrested include Ray Garcia, the warden at the Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Criminal misconduct

It’s criminal: AP investigation reveals federal prison employees charged with misconduct, crimes

NOV. 19, 2021

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Ethics

Only on AP: South Dakota’s Noem may have pressured state official on behalf of daughter

OCT. 8, 2021

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This undated photo provided by Jodie Gedeon shows David Lidstone, who lived in an isolated makeshift home in the woods of Canterbury, N.H., for nearly three decades, is shown in an undated photo by his friend Jodie Gedeon. “River Dave,” as he’s known locally, refused an order to leave the property and was jailed. While he was in jail his cabin burned to the ground. live out his days off the grid. (Jodie Gedeon via AP)

Government

AP story resonates globally: New Hampshire hermit loses home, finds himself back on the grid

AUG. 13, 2021

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Fatality

AP: Louisiana police brass eyed for obstruction of justice in Black motorist’s deadly arrest

AUG. 13, 2021

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Bill Cosby, center, listens to members of his team speak with the media outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., June 30, 2021, after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction and released him from prison. From left are: spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, atttorney Jennifer Bonjean, Cosby, attorney Brian Perry and attorney Ashley Cohen. The court found that an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented Cosby from being charged in the case. The 83-year-old Cosby had served more than two years at the state prison near Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

#MeToo

Reporter’s instincts, deep preparation break stunning news of Cosby case reversal and prison release

JULY 9, 2021

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A photo illustration combines a defendant’s letter to a judge in the case of weapons he stole from a Massachusetts armory and an evidence photo of an M4 carbine rifle. In the first public accounting of its kind in decades, an AP investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s, with some resurfacing in violent crimes. AP’s total is an undercount of a problem some armed services have downplayed. (AP Illustration / Nat Castañeda)

Government

Years in the making, AP’s ‘AWOL Weapons’ investigation prompts immediate Pentagon reaction

JUNE 25, 2021

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