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Native American teens kayak major US river to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon

KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on the sandy spit that partially separates the Klamath River from the Pacific Ocean in northern California. […]

JULY 14, 2025

Curveballs are disappearing in MLB as velocity obsession reshapes pitching landscape

ATLANTA (AP) — Curveballs have been thrown a curve by a modern game valuing velocity over variety, disappearing from the major leagues by more than 20,000 annually. The Athletics have thrown curves on just 2.5% of pitches this season. The overall big league figure dropped from 10.7% in 2019 to 8.1% last year, the lowest […]

JULY 14, 2025

The reconstruction of Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange takes shape after a destructive fire

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Balancing on wooden boards, coppersmiths are hammering and fastening sheets of the reddish-brown metal onto the roof of Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange. Fifteen months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half the building, a multistage effort to restore the 400-year-old landmark is beginning to take shape as workers lay a new copper […]

JULY 14, 2025

A designer dressed Chappell Roan with seaweed. But don’t expect to find the approach in stores — yet

NEW YORK (AP) — At her kitchen stove, fashion designer Caroline Zimbalist looks like an alchemist at work as she stirs a pot full of corn starch and a thickener made from seaweed. The peppermint-scented mixture glitters as she carefully pours it into silicone molds of hearts and leaves. When the material hardens, Zimbalist will […]

JULY 14, 2025

Week in Pictures

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

JULY 14, 2025

U.S. contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza

From the moment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s launch in May, reporters Julia Frankel and Sam Mednick have worked tirelessly to develop strong sources close to, and inside, the organization and its associated entities. Their hard work paid off when two whistleblowers agreed to share exclusive testimonies, videos and other evidence that illustrate chaos and […]

JULY 11, 2025

Los Angeles team offers a vivid look into a day outside an immigration detention center

A federal immigration detention center in Los Angeles has been the focus of protests and a military presence in the city since June. While interviewing the son of a man recently detained outside the building, Los Angeles-based reporter Jaimie Ding, video journalist Eugene Garcia and photographer Damian Dovarganes were struck by the emotional narratives. After […]

JULY 11, 2025

AP scores a scoop and major online traffic with a deeply reported accountability story on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s claim about Epstein videos

Justice Department reporters Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer went to work investigating Attorney General Pam Bondi’s claims of video evidence in the high-profile sex trafficking case of Jeffrey Epstein. And what resulted was a deeply reported piece of accountability journalism. After Bondi twice said the Justice Department was in possession of tens of thousands […]

JULY 11, 2025

Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam final

LONDON (AP) — Amanda Anisimova upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Wimbledon on Thursday to reach the first Grand Slam final of her career a little more than a year after taking a break from tennis because of burnout. The 13th-seeded Anisimova, who was born in New Jersey and grew up in Florida, was playing in her second […]

JULY 10, 2025

Sabalenka gets past Siegemund and faces Anisimova in the Wimbledon semifinals. Fritz vs. Alcaraz

LONDON (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka was having a hard time dealing with her Wimbledon quarterfinal opponent’s unusual game style. The mistakes were mounting Tuesday. The stress was rising. The deficit was troubling. As things went awry, Sabalenka would look at her box with a quizzical expression and raise her hands. After missing one forehand off a short ball, she […]

JULY 8, 2025