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Penguins-Geriatric-Island
An African penguin calls out at the New England Aquarium in Boston, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Much like a nursing home, penguins at a Boston aquarium can age with dignity

When Lambert started losing his vision and slowing down a few steps, it became clear that he needed to be relocated to a place where he could age safely and still be with his friends. But he couldn’t be placed in just any nursing home — because he is a critically endangered African penguin. Instead, […]

NOV. 3, 2025

ESPN Vitale Basketball
FILE - Dick Vitale, center, gives a wave during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Feb. 8, 2025, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Scott Kinser, File)
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ESPN icon Dick Vitale is back for start of another college basketball season after cancer fight

The college basketball season has arrived, and broadcasting great Dick Vitale has taken a long journey to again meet the sport at its starting line. Surgeries, radiation treatments and chemotherapy amid a cancer fight kept him off the airwaves for two years until his return shortly before March Madness. But on Tuesday, the 86-year-old Basketball Hall of Famer will […]

NOV. 3, 2025

APTOPIX World Series Dodgers Blue Jays Baseball
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani, pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and pitcher Roki Sasaki celebrate after their win against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of baseball's World Series, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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After the $500 million Dodgers’ title repeat, what’s next for MLB?

The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers’ thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations. Los Angeles’ 5-4, 11-inning win over Toronto in Game 7 on […]

NOV. 3, 2025

APTOPIX Mexico Day of the Dead
Flor Jimenez waters her crop of cempasuchil flowers in preparation for Day of the Dead celebrations in Xochimilco where marigolds are grown on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
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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 Movement
Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg hold a photo of their late son, Liam, in their home in Lowell, Ind., on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
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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

Sports Betting Arrests Basketball
FILE - This combo of images shows, from left, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers' Damon Jones. (AP Photo/File)
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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

Tyrannosaur Mystery
This image provided by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences shows the skull of a tyrannosaur that may be a new species. (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences via AP)
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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’s Haters Football
FILE - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick throws in the first quarter during an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Dec. 6, 2009 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)
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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

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery
FILE - Palestinians search for firewood and plastic at a landfill in Gaza City Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
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Week in Pictures

OCT. 30, 2025

Robotic Rescue Bats
Colin Balfour, a sophomore studying robotics engineering, flies a small drone at a laboratory at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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How tiny drones inspired by bats could save lives in dark and stormy conditions

Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ground for tiny drones that can be deployed in search and rescue missions even in dark, smoky or stormy conditions. “We all know that when there’s […]

OCT. 30, 2025

AP Poll Daylight Savings Time
FILE - Custodian Ray Keen inspects a clock face before changing the time on the 100-year-old clock atop the Clay County Courthouse March 8, 2014, in Clay Center, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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How Americans feel about changing the clocks, according to a new AP-NORC poll

Yes, you’ll get a shot at an extra hour’s sleep. But even with that, it might be one of the most dreaded weekends on the American calendar: the end of daylight saving time. Only 12% of U.S. adults favor the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks […]

OCT. 30, 2025

Egypt Antiquities
Tourists visit the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening

 After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country. Located […]

OCT. 30, 2025

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