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FILE - Members of law enforcement are pictured outside Democratic National Committee headquarters, Sept. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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AP delivers first comprehensive account of long-awaited arrest in Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation

Justice Department reporters Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer delivered the first full, authoritative account of the long-awaited arrest in the Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation — complete with exclusive visuals and regional reporting — well ahead of major competitors. The reporters got an early heads-up from sources that, nearly five years after the Capitol […]

DEC. 12, 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)

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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

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A Springdale, Ark., police vehicle, center, pulls over a convertible vehicle, right, Nov. 18, 2025, in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the US

She was already separated from her husband, the family breadwinner and father of her two youngest children, and had lost the home they shared in Arkansas. Then Cristina Osornio was ensnared by the nation’s rapidly expanding immigration enforcement crackdown just months after her husband was deported to Mexico. Following a traffic stop in Benton County, in the state’s […]

DEC. 4, 2025

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FILE - A PlayStation 3 video console is displayed during a news conference in Los Angeles on May 16, 2005. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

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The PlayStation turns 30: Looking back at the console that gave us Lara Croft and ‘The Last of Us’

When Kendrick Lamar began his Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year, he picked a stage design likely familiar to anyone tuning in: a square, triangle, cross and circle. The Grammy-winning rapper — in front of more than 133 million people — chose to perform on a massive, industrialized grid of flashing lights resembling a giant PlayStation controller. It was […]

DEC. 3, 2025

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A protester, wearing a flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman, shouts outside the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government, during a protest against corruption and a ban on social media in Kathmandu, on Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

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The top 100 photos of 2025 from The Associated Press: Images that defined the year

Years come and go, sometimes before we even realize that time has passed. Events blur and run together. The news is overwhelming, and even those who follow it closely can feel a sense of unremitting vertigo. Such is 21st-century life on a connected and chaotic planet.

DEC. 1, 2025

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People visit Herrnhuter Sterne GmbH manufacturing, a Christmas stars manufacturing company in Herrnhut, Germany, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Moravian stars light up Germany’s Christmas season

Bright Christmas stars have long been a familiar sight across Germany during the darkest days of the year, but none is more famous — and lately as popular — as the Moravian stars from the eastern village of Herrnhut near the Polish and Czech borders. They come in different sizes and shine in varying colors. They decorate church steeples […]

NOV. 26, 2025

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APTOPIX Greece Olympics Milan Cortina Flame Lighting

High Priestess Mary Mina, left, lights a torch from the Olympic flame during the flame lighting ceremony for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, at the archaeological museum of Olympia, Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ceremony indoors, from Olympia’s ancient stadium and temples to a nearby museum. The flame is lit by focusing the sun’s rays with a […]

NOV. 26, 2025

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Elizabeth Arnold, the owner of Sugar Magnolia Bakery, slices into a sweet potato pie on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Flowood, Miss. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

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Sweet potato or pumpkin? The Thanksgiving pie debate

They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from. The two Thanksgiving favorites have more in common than not. They’re similar in color, taste and texture, and derived from European carrot pie. Those similarities make […]

NOV. 24, 2025

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AP Fund for Journalism secures over $30 million to bring AP content to local US newsrooms

AP Fund for Journalism today announced significant commitments from several organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc. and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that will help power its first-of-its kind local news program to support the U.S. local news ecosystem. The combined investment of more than […]

NOV. 20, 2025

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FILE - An emotional Roger Federer, left, of Team Europe sits alongside his playing partner, Rafael Nadal, after their Laver Cup doubles match against Team World's Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe in London, Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

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Roger Federer elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1st year of eligibility

Well, this will come as no surprise to anyone who’s paid any attention over the past quarter-century: Roger Federer was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, the Rhode Island-based Hall announced Wednesday. The first man to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles, and part of an era of unprecedented greatness with […]

NOV. 19, 2025

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This photo made available by Wisconsin Historical Society Maritime Archeologist Tamara Thomsen, shows the remains of an ancient canoe sitting on the bottom of Lake Mendota, in Madison, Wis., in June 2025. (Tamara Thomsen/Wisconsin Historical Society via AP)

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Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced Wednesday that archaeologists have mapped the location of 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison. Tamara Thomsen, the state’s […]

NOV. 19, 2025

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APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War Energy Portraits Photo Essay

Andrii Dzhuma, 58, poses for a portrait while waiting out an air alarm on the job, where his team was supposed to fix power lines damaged following a Russian attack, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chernihiv, Ukraine. “Somehow, but we still give people light,” Dzhuma says with a shy smile, acknowledging that he is proud of his work and of his colleagues. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of workers keeping Ukraine out of the dark

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Utility workers in Ukraine are risking their lives as they battle to keep the lights as Russia repeatedly attacks the energy system.

NOV. 18, 2025

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AP delivers first comprehensive account of long-awaited arrest in Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation

Norway donates a Christmas tree to London every year. Here’s how the tradition began

A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the US

The PlayStation turns 30: Looking back at the console that gave us Lara Croft and ‘The Last of Us’

The top 100 photos of 2025 from The Associated Press: Images that defined the year

Moravian stars light up Germany’s Christmas season

Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Sweet potato or pumpkin? The Thanksgiving pie debate

AP Fund for Journalism secures over $30 million to bring AP content to local US newsrooms

Roger Federer elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1st year of eligibility

Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of workers keeping Ukraine out of the dark

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