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DEC. 12, 2025
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FILE - A performer dressed in a polar bear costume gets a hug from a pedestrian in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
Arizona guard Brayden Burries (5) reacts after scoring against Auburn during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Arizona takes No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, Iowa State up to No. 4, Gonzaga into top 10
Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend. Purdue, which had spent the past three weeks at No. 1, slid to sixth following its 81-58 […]
DEC. 8, 2025
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Texas center Kyla Oldacre (00) battles North Carolina guard Indya Nivar, rear, and forward Ciera Toomey, center, for a rebound during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Big Ten ties record with nine teams in AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll; UConn, Texas still 1-2
The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday. The conference set the mark last year on Dec. 2 and this week has three teams in the top 10 alone. UConn still is No. 1, receiving 23 first-place votes from a national […]
DEC. 8, 2025
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Tracy Herrmann has one of her tattoos removed by Chroma Tattoo Studio Laser Tattoo Removal owner Jaime Howard on Nov. 19, 2025, in West Bloomfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you
Colin Farrell’s had it done — many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did. Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose or even Bart’s partially inscribed homage to his mother, some tattoos simply have to go for one reason or many others. But the […]
DEC. 8, 2025
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Tour guide Ines, in the foreground, listens to comments by visitors about the mural by artist Ligia Fernandes, inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero Hunger, in the background, at the housing project Zambujal in Amadora, on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Murals at a housing project in Portugal highlight UN goals and build local pride
One mural, “No Poverty,” shows a Black woman tenderly braiding the hair of a white woman — a snapshot of family bonds that grew out of difficult times. Another, called “No Hunger,” depicts a local woman showing children her vegetable garden so they know where their food comes from. They are among a collection of […]
DEC. 8, 2025
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Health workers evacuate a woman from a fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
AP journalists provide round-the-clock all-formats coverage of deadly Hong Kong fire
As flames engulfed seven high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong’s Tai Po complex, AP teams sprang into action, delivering an all-formats, round-the-clock response to one of the deadliest urban fires in recent memory. Business writer Thomas Chan was the first to flag the story and kept the team updated on critical developments — often ahead […]
DEC. 5, 2025
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ARCHIVO - Un hombre sostiene una pierna ortopédica en alto entre aficionados del Flamengo brasileño que animan a su equipo en su victoria sobre el Palmeiras en la final de la Copa Libertadores disputada en Lima, Perú, en una pantalla gigante instalada en el estadio de Maracaná, en Río de Janeiro, el 29 de noviembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Bruna Prado, archivo)
LATAM Week in Pictures – Fotos de la semana
DEC. 5, 2025
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Coco Gauff of the U.S. serves to Paula Badosa of Spain during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, File)
The top sports photos of 2025 by AP’s photojournalists
The AP’s top sports photos of 2025
DEC. 5, 2025
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FILE - A woman shows her t-shirt as she arrives for a Mass led by Pope Leo XIV in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz, File)
Week in Pictures
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
DEC. 4, 2025
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This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Michael B. Jordan, foreground from left, Michael B. Jordan and Omar Benson Miller in a scene from "Sinners." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, […]
DEC. 4, 2025
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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)
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
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This combination of photos shows an Elf on the Shelf doll in various locations at the home of Antonia Katsanos in Totowa, N.J. in December 2020-2021. (Antonia Katsanos via AP)
Parents under pressure offer creative tips for moving Santa’s spy Elf on the Shelf
A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning. He decided to make it look like the doll, named Elfie, had painted on their kitchen wall. Neesley used Tootsie Rolls to build an elf-size […]
DEC. 4, 2025
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