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AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being treated for starvation at the same facility. Mariam Dagga, 33, a visual journalist, freelanced for AP and other news outlets during the war. The news […]

AUG. 25, 2025

Photos by journalist Mariam Dagga

AUG. 25, 2025

Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger

Israel’s prime minister stood before the press and declared that there is no hunger in Gaza. But inside the territory, doctors and aid workers were seeing something far different — children arriving daily at hospitals skeletal, starving and sometimes already dead. With meticulous reporting, fact-checking and triple-checking, Mariam Dagga and Lee Keath worked to understand […]

AUG. 22, 2025

AP team in Ukraine captures the reality on the ground in Ukraine as leaders step up diplomatic efforts to end war

When President Donald Trump announced that he would be meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, AP already had a team near the front lines in Ukraine, reporting on the latest developments on the eastern front where the fighting never stops. As attention turned to Alaska, where Trump said the summit would be held, the […]

AUG. 22, 2025

Tenacious AP reporting bypasses official stonewalling to expose a failing system for incarcerated youth

To investigate Florida’s online school for incarcerated youth, education reporter Bianca Vázquez Toness faced official stonewalling, with no access to detention centers or public records. Communications with students were monitored, making interviews nearly impossible. To overcome these hurdles, Vázquez Toness developed sources with families, obtained detainees’ letters to lawmakers and patiently waited for a key […]

AUG. 22, 2025

Gymnast who sparked FBI sex abuse inquiry into coach tells AP she’s proud to come forward

 Recalling the damage her now-arrested coach inflicted on her and many of her gymnast friends, Finley Weldon said she feels a sense of pride. Free from the grip that Sean Gardner had during her years of training at an Iowa academy known for producing Olympians, Weldon told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she is […]

AUG. 21, 2025

A Ukrainian startup develops long-range drones and missiles to take the battle to Russia

When a Ukrainian-made drone attacked an ammunition depot in Russia last September, it showcased Kyiv’s determination to strike deep behind enemy lines and the prowess of its defense industry. The moment was especially gratifying for the woman in charge of manufacturing the drones that flew more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) to carry out this mission. For […]

AUG. 21, 2025

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AUG. 21, 2025

A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children’s clothes and 141 skeletons

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages. The findings were made at a cremation ground in the Chemmani area […]

AUG. 21, 2025

How to protect yourself from Vibrio vulnificus, the bacteria found in some coastal waters

 States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat along the Gulf Coast and — increasingly — up the Eastern Seaboard. People should listen to the warnings, said Bernie Stewart, a 65-year-old retired bounty hunter in Florida who […]

AUG. 20, 2025

Years after abuse reports, ex-coach at renowned US gymnastics academy is arrested by FBI

The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought highly enough […]

AUG. 19, 2025

US pediatricians’ new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. The group’s new COVID-19 recommendations — released Tuesday — come amid a tumultuous year for public health, as vaccine skeptics have come into power in the new Trump administration and government guidance has become increasingly […]

AUG. 19, 2025