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Join us as we review the key moments that shaped October 2025.

NOV. 1, 2025

This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico. Here, in the winding canals and farms on the fringes of Mexico City, the flower also known as the Mexican marigold has been farmed for generations, and takes the spotlight every year […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Anti-science bills sweep across the U.S.

Reporters Laura Ungar and Michelle Smith have documented how federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump have undermined public health programs across the country. As part of that work, they set out to show how anti-science and “health freedom” ideas were reshaping state laws in ways that put more Americans at risk of disease and […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Strong source work and collaboration put AP out front on sports betting scandal

A collaboration between the AP’s law enforcement and sports teams landed a scoop about the arrest of more than 30 people, including the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat, in a massive sports gambling bust. The story began when the U.S. law enforcement team received a tip […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Smart legwork yields AP photos confirming demolition of White House’s East Wing

When the first reports of the demolition of the White House’s East Wing started coming in, the Washington photo team began the hunt for the perfect vantage point. Their quest initially seemed stymied – access to the neighboring Treasury Building wasn’t granted. The Washington Monument and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and […]

OCT. 31, 2025

AP details one family’s globe-spanning migration and deportation saga

In March, Mexico & Central America correspondent Megan Janetsky received a panicked message from Suraiya Hussaini. She was scrambling for any information about her younger brother Amir, who was being deported back to Afghanistan — the country they had both fled. Janetsky had been reporting on the deportation of hundreds of migrants from Afghanistan and […]

OCT. 31, 2025

AP scoops scuttled plans for Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh’s “Star Wars” movie

Film Writer Jake Coyle caused a major disturbance in the force when he revealed that actor Adam Driver and director Steven Soderbergh had scripted a new “Star Wars” movie but Disney refused to make it. The scoop – which created a viral stir thanks to a large and passionate fan base  – was the culmination […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Dogged reporting and sensitivity focuses on the most vulnerable workers in the U.S.

As global average temperatures rise, extreme heat is becoming the deadliest consequence of a warming planet — and farmworkers who toil under the sun or in humid nurseries are among the most vulnerable. What if those essential workers are also pregnant? Climate reporters Dorany Pineda, Annika Hammerschlag and Melina Walling turned their lens on the […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Scoop of Maine U.S. Senate candidate’s tattoo cover-up is culmination of days of smart coverage

After U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner faced backlash for a chest tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol, the Maine Democrat initially said he would have it removed. But AP reporters Kimberlee Kruesi and Patrick Whittle stayed close to the story, and turned a short phone interview into a newsmaking scoop: Platner had already covered the […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Young T. rex or a new dinosaur? New bones add to the debate

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go by, making it hard to tell if it belonged to a child or adult. Another skull and skeleton nicknamed Jane added to the debate, but […]

OCT. 30, 2025

Michael Vick sparked protests when he joined the Eagles in ’09. Some fans can’t forgive his cruelty

Debbie Sanville and her husband say they tore up their season tickets in 2009 and refused to watch Eagles games once the team signed convicted felon Michael Vick. Nancy Harrold said she became physically ill and has friends to this day so traumatized by the quarterback’s arrival they still refuse to watch the Super Bowl […]

OCT. 30, 2025

Week in Pictures

OCT. 30, 2025