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Thai Buddhist monks pray as they gather at Wat Dhammakaya temple to participate in Makha Bucha Day ceremonies in Pathum Thani, Thailand, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit)
FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., left, and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, participate in a spacewalk during construction of the International Space Station on Dec. 12, 2006. In the background are New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean. (NASA via AP, File)
The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit
It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly 300 — mostly professional astronauts but also the occasional space tourist and movie director. The first full-time residents opened the hatch on Nov. 2, 2000. With only five years left […]
OCT. 30, 2025
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FILE - In this 1993 file photo, actor Gene Hackman is seen. (AP Photo/File)
Gene Hackman, found dead at 95, was one of Hollywood’s most respected actors
Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s most respected and honored performers, has been found dead along with his wife at their home. He was 95. Hackman was a frequent and versatile presence on screen from the 1960s until […]
FEB. 28, 2025
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Security officers and rescuers gather at a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers and 15 people in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers on Thursday inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek, according to health and rescue officials, hours after state media in Syria said Israeli strikes in and around the capital killed at least 15 people. Lebanese emergency workers were […]
NOV. 14, 2024
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Houston Cougars defensive tackle Ed Oliver does the Cougar Paw with his teammates and the Bayou Bucket trophy after defeating Rice in a NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
AP to name 93rd All-America team, teams for all 5 major conferences
The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual honor roll of the nation's top college football players, will be announced Dec. 10. The AP also will name all-conference teams for all five major football conferences starting Dec. 3, and all-America teams for the lower divisions starting Dec. 11.
NOV. 29, 2018
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Soldados del ejército mexicano escalan el volcán Iztaccíhuatl como parte de un curso de entrenamiento de fuerzas especiales en el Parque Nacional Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl, en México, el martes 10 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Eduardo Verdugo)
Boinas verdes mexicanos: un día de entrenamiento de la unidad élite que abatió a “El Mencho”
Hasta el abatimiento del líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación no era mucho lo que se sabía de la unidad de élite del ejército mexicano que ejecutó la operación. Pero su exitosa misión ha puesto al cuerpo de fuerzas especiales, integrado por unos 2.000 efectivos, en el centro de la atención de un país acosado por la violencia narco.
MARCH 11, 2026
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How a school bomb-scare case sparked a media vs. FBI fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The young hacker was told in no uncertain terms: You are safe with me. “I am not trying to find out your true identity,” AP journalist Norm Weatherill assured the teenager in an online chat. “As a member of the Press, I would rather not know who you are as writers are […]
MARCH 18, 2017
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This photograph released by the U.S. Navy shows a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter hovering over the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier while operating in the Middle East on April 12, 2025. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Jordan/U.S. Navy via AP)
Another US aircraft carrier in Mideast waters ahead of second round of Iran-US nuclear talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A second U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, satellite photos analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press showed. The operation of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group […]
APRIL 15, 2025
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Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night, threatening one of Los Angeles’ most iconic spots as firefighters battled to get under control three other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to inland Pasadena. The Sunset […]
JAN. 9, 2025
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Some of the hundreds of letters AP reporter Holly Ramer has received from her pen pal in New Zealand are displayed in Bow, N.H., Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
Dear Readers: Yes, pen pal programs still exist in a digital world
In 1985, a 13-year-old girl in New Zealand spotted a pair of purple, lip-shaped sunglasses in “Young Miss” magazine. In March, I traveled 9,000 miles from New Hampshire to deliver them to her, finally fulfilling my pen pal’s decades-old request. International Youth Service, the agency that matched us up 40 years ago, has long since […]
MAY 5, 2026
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The U.S. Capitol and National Mall are seen as the set up for the America 250 celebration continues, Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Fewer Americans say democracy is central to country’s identity, AP-NORC poll finds
As the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country as exceptional, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research highlights many Americans’ feeling of unease over the future of its representative government — particularly among young people. It presents a jarring contrast […]
JUNE 8, 2026
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service Shorebird Monitor Allison Ruhl carries an adult oystercatcher at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingstown, R.I., June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Oystercatchers, known for sharp bills and beady eyes, are making a comeback thanks to conservation
On a pristine Rhode Island beach teeming with noisy seabirds, a group of biologists armed with nets sneak up on a pair of American oystercatcher chicks. But just as they move in to capture them, one of the football-size birds, with bright-orange bills and long legs, scampers into a coastal salt pond. The other briefly takes to […]
JULY 20, 2026
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