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FILE - Worshippers perform a night prayer called 'Tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
FILE - Worshippers perform a night prayer called 'Tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
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What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of increased worship, religious reflection, charity and good deeds. Socially, it often brings families and friends together in festive gatherings […]

FEB. 28, 2025

FILE- Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) works to the basket against Dallas Wings guard Sevgi Uzun (1) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE- Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) works to the basket against Dallas Wings guard Sevgi Uzun (1) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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From Caitlin Clark and Simone Biles to a new hockey league, women’s sports had a pivotal year

Record numbers of basketball fans filled arenas to watch the rookie seasons of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese unfold. Simone Biles captivated the world at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Coco Gauff made women’s tennis history. It was all part of a pivotal year for women in sports, financially and culturally, and after a steady rise […]

DEC. 17, 2024

FILE - Justine Siegal throws during batting practice to Cleveland Indians minor leaguers during spring training, Feb. 21, 2011, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
FILE - Justine Siegal throws during batting practice to Cleveland Indians minor leaguers during spring training, Feb. 21, 2011, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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Women’s baseball players could soon have a league of their own again

For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau’s trailblazing baseball career — all except her time as a double in “A League of Their Own,” really — she shared the field with men. Frequently as teammates. Always as foes. That’s mostly how it’s been for generations of female players. So when she recently heard about plans […]

NOV. 13, 2024

FILE - Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat,” and won myriad prizes. […]

APRIL 14, 2025

Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic get out of trucks in Carrizal, Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Adames)
Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic get out of trucks in Carrizal, Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Adames)
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Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse as Dominican Republic ramps up deportations

BELLADERE, Haiti (AP) — A crowd of 500 descended from dusty trucks on a recent morning and shuffled through a tiny gap in a border gate separating Haiti from the Dominican Republic. They were the first deportees of the day, some still clad in work clothes and others barefoot as they lined up for food, […]

FEB. 11, 2025

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Brian Bakst, St. Paul, Minn., correspondent.

Reporter reveals disparity in state salaries

As the only news agency with reporters in all 50 statehouses across the country, The Associated Press is well-positioned to break important state government news. A recent report by an enterprising journalist in Minnesota revealed that 145 local officials earn more than the governor. A staff memo from Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes explains:

Anti-Science Movement
FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens to deputy chief of staff Stefanie Spear speaks to him during a hearing the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties […]

OCT. 22, 2025

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Security cameras are seen by a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

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FILE - A Chinese national flag flutters near surveillance cameras mounted on a lamp post in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more than 100 lobbyists from tech […]

OCT. 29, 2025

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Scrambling to obtain exclusive user-generated video of Nice attack

When news broke of a truck running down crowds of people in Nice, France, on July 14, after the Bastille Day fireworks had ended, video of the scene surfaced almost immediately.

Joey Bosa
Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa runs from Michigan running back De'Veon Smith after intercepting a pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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AP to name 90th All-America team, resume teams for all 5 major conferences

The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual roster of the nation’s top college football players, will be announced Dec. 13. The AP also will name all-conference teams for all five major football conferences for the first time since 1977, starting Dec. 14.

DEC. 3, 2015

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Executive editor on why AP sought Newtown 911 tapes

The Associated Press sought the 911 calls made during the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed 20 children and six educators. On Wednesday, the calls were posted on the town’s website after AP prevailed in a monthslong legal effort to obtain them.

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