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Spain Sagrada Familia
Miniature replicas of the new central tower that will crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, making it the largest Christian church in Europe, are displayed during a press conference in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is ready to raise its highest tower and become Europe’s tallest church

After well over a century under construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower and become the tallest Christian church in Europe. The basilica’s General Director Xavier Martínez said Thursday that “the tower will be finished at the end of this year or the beginning of 2026.” “This is an important moment […]

SEPT. 18, 2025

Britain Norway Christmas Tree
The traditional lighting up ceremony starts for the annual Norwegian gifted Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, in London, England, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
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Norway donates a Christmas tree to London every year. Here’s how the tradition began

London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and Oslo in an annual ceremony that highlights the history of the countries’ alliance. Here’s how the tradition began: Token of thanks The bond between the two countries was […]

DEC. 4, 2025

Interstellar Comet
FILE - This image provided by NASA shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025. (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory), J. DePasquale (STScI) via AP, File)
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Radio scans find no alien tech from the latest interstellar comet

The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech. The SETI Institute said Wednesday that extensive radio scans by its telescope in Northern California found no signs of otherworldly technology from our solar system’s latest interstellar visitor. […]

JUNE 3, 2026

Finland Reindeer Racing
Reindeer compete during the Salla Porocup reindeer sprint racing event on the frozen Lake Keselmajarvi in Salla, Finland, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Aino Vaananen)
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Traditional reindeer racing is delighting spectators in frigid Finland

Traditional reindeer racing that’s been delighting spectators for decades in Finland brought hundreds of fans to the Salla Reindeer Cup in the town of Salla this past weekend. Around 1,000 people attended the competition, despite frigid subfreezing temperatures and the remote location near the Russian border, roughly 264 kilometers (164 miles) northeast of the city […]

MARCH 10, 2026

Italy Colosseum
People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it's inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago. Thousands of Romans once flocked to this arena to watch gladiators battle each other and wild animals. The structure still captures the public’s imagination; it is Italy’s most popular tourist […]

MARCH 17, 2026

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DIARY Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came

A police officer stands on rubble from a building housing AP’s office and other media in Gaza City that was destroyed after Israeli warplanes demolished it, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — My colleagues’ shouts awakened me, and the pounding of my heart drowned out the racing of my […]

MAY 16, 2021

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AP in the News

Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68

AP national writer Sharon Cohen poses for photo in Chicago on July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Sharon Cohen, a matchless reporter who told American stories with great skill and compassion over more than four decades at The Associated Press, died Monday at her Chicago home. She was 68. At her death, more than a […]

APRIL 5, 2021

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AP, Frontline documentary ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ wins Academy Award® for ‘Best Documentary Feature Film’

A powerful, first-person view of the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, “20 Days in Mariupol” is told through the perspective of Ukrainian filmmaker and AP video journalist Mstyslav Chernov.

MARCH 10, 2024

ICE-Restraint Device
This photo provided by Safe Restraints Inc., in October 2025, shows a custom version of the WRAP restraining equipment made for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (Safe Restraints via AP)
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ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers clasped shackles on their hands and feet, he said, and told them they were being sent to Ghana, even though none of them was from there. When they asked to speak to […]

OCT. 14, 2025

Immigration Custody Medical Neglect
Maria Jose Gonzalez holds a photo of her husband, Jose-Antonio Segismundo, who was detained for six months at "Alligator Alcatraz," April 16, 2026, in Wimauma, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect

An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said his leg […]

JUNE 2, 2026

US China Tariff Strategy
FILE - President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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With China and the US at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides

WASHINGTON (AP) — One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump’s threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation’s willingness to strengthen […]

APRIL 28, 2025

Election 2026 Senate North Carolina
FILE - This photo combination shows North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, in Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 23, 2024, left, and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, in Gastonia, N.C., July 31, 2025, right. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, Erik Verduzco, file)
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Ukrainian refugee’s train stabbing death becomes early flashpoint in 2026 North Carolina Senate race

 Republicans in North Carolina and beyond are making a concerted effort to turn the stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte commuter train into a political liability for Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper in his bid to win a key U.S. Senate race that is still more than a year away. GOP candidate Michael Whatley has said Cooper […]

SEPT. 22, 2025

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