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Japan Women’s Sumo Photo Gallery
Wrestlers train during a practice session at a sumo camp in Tottori Johoku High School in Tottori, Japan, on July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
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Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

 Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyō in Japanese. That legacy is facing quiet resistance. While professional sumo — the sumo that the world […]

SEPT. 11, 2025

Ultraprocessed Foods
FILE - Potato chips are displayed at a store in New York, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says

Most Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, those super-tasty, energy-dense foods typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, according to a new federal report. Nutrition research has shown for years that ultra-processed foods make up a big chunk of the U.S. diet, especially for kids and teens. For the first time, however, the U.S. Centers […]

AUG. 7, 2025

People hold signs as they gather outside the U.S. District Court after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to halt the nation's refugee admissions system Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
People hold signs as they gather outside the U.S. District Court after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to halt the nation's refugee admissions system Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
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A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s suspension of the nation’s refugee admissions system, saying that while the president has broad authority over who comes into the country, he cannot nullify the law passed by Congress establishing the program. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by individual […]

FEB. 25, 2025

APTOPIX Hong Kong Robots
A humanoid robot squares off against a visitor during a demonstration at an exhibition in Hong Kong on Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/ Chan Long Hei)
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Humanoid robots show off their language and boxing skills in Hong Kong

A humanoid robot about the size of a primary school student had something to share in Hong Kong — it sang songs and spoke to people in Mandarin and English, answering whatever questions they posed and delighting the audience around it. More than 100 robots were showcased at two exhibitions starting Monday at the Hong Kong Convention […]

APRIL 13, 2026

Philanthropy Americares
Americares' website sits open on a computer monitor in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/James Pollard)
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An unnamed donor responds to global aid cuts with a record gift for the nonprofit Americares

A major American aid group is promising to deliver more medicines in high-need areas around the world after receiving its largest ever donation. Americares, a nonprofit that supports thousands of health centers globally, announced a $50 million gift Wednesday from an unidentified Connecticut family. The contribution represents an unusual expansion at a time when the United […]

SEPT. 9, 2026

California Kelp Farm
FILE- A man walks past kelp as he goes for a swim in the Pacific Ocean at La Jolla Shores, July 24, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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California officials allow plans for the country’s biggest kelp farm to move forward

California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States’ largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up aquaculture in the Pacific Ocean. […]

SEPT. 10, 2026

Italy WC Trophy Design
Giorgio Gazzaniga, son of the late sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, gestures as he speak to the Associated Press explaining the original drawing of World Cup trophy at a warehouse in Pioltello, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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How an Italian sculptor created the World Cup trophy that became an icon

The Italian sculptor who designed the FIFA World Cup trophy wanted to capture three sporting emotions in a single spiraling form: the athlete’s struggle, the fan’s jubilation and the moment of victory. On Sunday, either Spain or Argentina will lift the trophy after the 2026 World Cup final. Here’s what to know about the most coveted prize in soccer. The World Cup […]

JULY 16, 2026

Education Harvard Funding Cuts
Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio opens a liquid nitrogen freezer used to store blood samples used for research at the university's T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
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Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze

Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio’s research is literally frozen. Collected from millions of U.S. soldiers over two decades using millions of dollars from taxpayers, the epidemiology and nutrition scientist has blood samples stored in liquid nitrogen freezers within the university’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The samples are key to his award-winning research, which […]

AUG. 7, 2025

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Sweat, tears, devotion: Pilgrims cross the wilderness to honor the Rocío Virgin in Spain

EL ROCIO, Spain (AP) — Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of the Virgin Mary after slogging on foot, horses and wagons through dirt roads for nearly 12 hours. The festive flamenco music stopped, the ubiquitous beer bottles and wine glasses […]

JUNE 9, 2025

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AP acquires historic British Movietone archive

The Associated Press today announced that it has acquired the historic British Movietone film archive collection from Newsreel Archive. Spanning almost a century of international events, the archive represents one of the world's most significant and important newsfilm collections. The addition of this outstanding collection of historic video to its own extensive archive ensures AP's position as the leading global supplier of contemporary and historic news video and photography.  Originally shown in cinemas twice a week, the British Movietone archive is the first newsreel to have sound and then color film. It is renowned for containing the first recorded speeches of leading personalities such as Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw. The archive's many historic highlights also include: The rise of fascism and the outbreak of World War II

SEPT. 27, 2016

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Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service and The Associated Press to Host National Security and Foreign Po

WASHINGTON –  The Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and The Associated Press today announced a forum with Republican presidential candidates on national security and foreign policy.

AUG. 28, 2023

Husband Jason Love speaks at funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Mia Love at the University of Utah Institute of Religion in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 7, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)
Husband Jason Love speaks at funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Mia Love at the University of Utah Institute of Religion in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 7, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)
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First Black Republican woman in Congress honored in Utah after her death from brain cancer

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49. The former lawmaker from Utah, a daughter of Haitian […]

APRIL 7, 2025

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