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Immigration Agency Misconduct
In this screengrab made from body camera footage provided by the Othello, Wash., Police Department, police officers arrest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisor Koby Williams in July 2022 during an underage sex sting operation. (Othello Police Department via AP)

Law enforcement

Several ICE agents were arrested in recent months, showing risk of misconduct

FEB. 11, 2026

APTOPIX Aging Africa Photo Essay
Deziranta Namisango, second from left, who has dementia, sits on a motorcycle taxi as Christine Nababi, 80, is helped onto the seat by NGO field officer, Elizabeth Nagawa, as they leave their biweekly fellowship gathering for seniors at a church in Mukono, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Africa

In Uganda, AP explores the experience of aging on a continent where it’s unusual to be old

SEPT. 12, 2025

Trump waves
President Donald Trump waves as he returns to the White House, Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Politics

As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another

APRIL 23, 2025

AP Poll Government Spending
FILE - A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Government

AP debunks claims about “tens of millions” of centenarians getting Social Security benefits

FEB. 28, 2025

FILE - A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located about 60 miles northwest of Talkeetna. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
FILE - A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located about 60 miles northwest of Talkeetna. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Elections

Gulf of Whatnow? Trump’s geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next

JAN. 24, 2025

Nobel prize winner in Economics, James A. Robinson, gives an interview to the Associated Press from his home in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Nobel prize winner in Economics, James A. Robinson, gives an interview to the Associated Press from his home in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Business

Nobel economics prize goes to 3 economists who found that freer societies are more likely to prosper

OCT. 15, 2024

Condom Use
Condoms and other sexual wellness items are made available to students at the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Education

Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

OCT. 4, 2024

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Heather Jarvis pauses as she speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, Oct. 19, 2023. Jarvis is part of the fastest-growing prison population in the country, one of more than 190,000 women held in some form of confinement in the United States as of this year. Their numbers grew by more than 500% between 1980 and 2021. AP PHOTO / CAROLYN KASTER

Prisons

Life after prison can be harder than life behind bars, especially for women

APRIL 19, 2024

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One year after a deadly tornado struck, debris of homes and businesses awaits removal in Rolling Fork, Miss., March 22, 2024. Buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and the remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape. The tornado killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. AP PHOTO / ROGELIO V. SOLIS

US News

AP tracks a tornado’s impact on one of the nation’s poorest regions long after the wind dies down

APRIL 19, 2024

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Kevin Reeves looks at his puppy while in his tent in Baker Park, March 21, 2024, in Grants Pass, Ore. AP PHOTO / JENNY KANE

Urban Planning

AP’s deep dive into homelessness in one small Oregon town sets up critical Supreme Court case

APRIL 19, 2024

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Deb Robertson sits for a portrait at her Lombard, Ill. home, March 21, 2024. She didn’t cry when she learned two months ago that the cancerous tumors in her liver were spreading, portending a tormented death. But later, she cried after receiving a call that a bill moving through the Illinois Legislature to allow certain terminally ill patients to end their own lives with a doctor’s help had made progress. AP PHOTO / CHARLES REX ARBOGAST

Ethics

Heart-wrenching story shows how patchwork legislation on physician-assisted death affects people

APRIL 19, 2024

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Carole, a 32-year-old former combatant, sits in her home in Bouar, Central African Republic, March 7, 2024. Nearly 5,000 fighters have put down their arms in Central African Republic since a disarmament program launched nearly a decade ago. Yet former rebels, communities and conflict experts say it‘s hard to halt fighting in a country still in conflict and where little other paid work exists. AP PHOTO / SAM MEDNICK

Conflict

AP’s Mednick questions internationally funded disarmament efforts in hard-to-report CAR

APRIL 12, 2024

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