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OCT. 24, 2025
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FILE - A worker pounds a wall of rock to make gravel and sand in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
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)
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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FILE - An arrangement of peanuts is seen Feb. 20, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Peanut allergies began to decline in the U.S. after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending introducing the allergen to […]
OCT. 21, 2025
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Beach front properties are burned to the ground by the Palisades Fire Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Legal challenges to insurance coverage in California
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The FED is balancing unemployment and inflation pressures
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FILE- The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, Feb. 5, 2018. In a proposal released Thursday, July 27, 2023, the nation’s biggest and most complex banks will need to hold additional capital on their balance sheets under an initial proposal by the Federal Reserve designed to help banks better withstand risks to their businesses that go beyond a recession or financial crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Economic impacts in monetary policy
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A child refugee from Myanmar stands on a water pipe while foraging for food in a forest near the Mae La refugee camp in the Tak province of Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
AP tells exclusive story about devastation caused by U.S. foreign aid cuts
Kristen Gelineau, who has reported on Myanmar and the Rohingya crisis since 2017, investigated claims that U.S. aid cuts were causing deaths, contrary to American officials’ assertions that they were not. With foreign journalists barred from the region and communications cut off, Gelineau relied on trusted local contacts to secure rare interviews inside Rohingya camps […]
OCT. 17, 2025
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Economy Minister Fernando Haddad, from left, Chamber of Deputies President Hugo Motta, Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senate President Davi Alcolumbte, pose for a group photo during a signing ceremony to enact the Sovereign Brazil Plan, an aid program to support companies affected by the 50% tariffs imposed on Brazilian products in the United States, at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Trump’s politically motivated sanctions against Brazil
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Children hold a sign that reads in Portuguese "Fascists will not pass" during a protest against the military coup of 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain who waxes nostalgic for the 1964-1985 dictatorship, asked Brazil's Defense Ministry to organize "due commemorations" on March 31, the day historians say marks the coup that began the dictatorship. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
1964 Military Coup
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Career experts say asking for a raise isn’t off the table in a tough job market
With the U.S. experiencing a significant hiring slowdown, it’s a daunting time to be looking for a job. Many workers are staying put instead of changing jobs to secure better pay. Artificial intelligence tools increasingly screen the resumes of applicants. Now may seem like an inappropriate time to request a raise.
OCT. 16, 2025
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UConn guard Ashlynn Shade (12) reacts toward UConn guard Azzi Fudd in the first half of an exhibition NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
UConn tops women’s preseason AP Top 25 ahead of South Carolina, UCLA; SEC has 5 teams in top 10
Defending champion UConn picked up where it left off as the No. 1 team in the country in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason women’s basketball poll released Tuesday. The Huskies received 27 first-place votes from a 31-member national media panel. South Carolina, last season’s runner-up to UConn, was picked second in the poll and garnered the […]
OCT. 14, 2025
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Maple leaves turn to fall foliage colors at sunrise along a country road, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Auburn, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Drought has muted this year’s leaf-peeping season, but pockets of brilliant colors remain
Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual. Soaking in the fall foliage is an annual tradition in the New England states as well as areas such as the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Great […]
OCT. 14, 2025
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