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Space Station-25th Anniversary
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)
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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

Music South Asian Influences
Anoushka Shankar, left, and Arooj Aftab perform on stage at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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From India to Pakistan and the global diaspora, South Asian sounds make an impact worldwide

Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani Grammy winner when she took home the global music performance award for her song “Mohabbat” in 2022. A year later, actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh stepped onto the smoke-filled stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Southern California, becoming the festival’s first artist from the Indian state of Punjab […]

OCT. 29, 2025

Dog Cliff Rescue
This photo provided by the San Francisco Fire Department shows firefighters after they rescued a dog who fell over a sea cliff in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Rescue Captain Samuel Menchaca/San Francisco Fire Department via AP)
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A San Francisco dog wags its tail and kisses rescuers after it’s plucked from the side of a cliff

A pet dog fell off an oceanside bluff in San Francisco and spent more than 20 minutes clinging to a narrow ledge until firefighters came to its rescue, officials said. The brown and white dog was playing with another pooch on Tuesday at Fort Funston, a coastal park with steep bluffs that can drop up […]

OCT. 29, 2025

China-US-Digital Cage-Legal Loophole
FILE - A Chinese national flag flutters near surveillance cameras mounted on a lamp post in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more than 100 lobbyists from tech […]

OCT. 29, 2025

Australia Message in a Bottle
This photo provided by Deb Brown shows a bottle with letters inside in Condingup, Australia, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Deb Brown via AP)
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WWI soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast. The Brown family found the Schweppes-brand bottle just above the waterline at Wharton Beach near Esperance in Western Australia state on Oct. 9, Deb […]

OCT. 29, 2025

International Paths Football
FILE - Offensive lineman Leander Wiegand, of Germany, participates in a drill at the NFL international scouting combine at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)
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NFL’s International Player Pathway program is shining a spotlight on talent from around the world

Leander Wiegand knew very little about the NFL — or American football, for that matter — when his best friend urged him to check out something he saw on TV. It was the day after the Super Bowl in February 2016 and Wiegand’s buddy Kolja turned on a replay of Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos beating Cam Newton’s […]

OCT. 28, 2025

US Maduro Pilot
In this image made from a video posted on the Facebook account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Dec. 15, 2023, Maduro stands behind pilot Gen. Bitner Villegas in the cockpit of an airplane. (AP Photo)
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US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader

 The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman. In exchange, the agent told the pilot in a clandestine meeting, the aviator would be made a very rich man. The […]

OCT. 28, 2025

AP Poll Halloween
FILE - Halloween candy is displayed in a grocery store in Carmel, Ind., Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
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How Americans will be celebrating Halloween, according to a new AP-NORC poll

Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, a rural town where much of the original “Friday the 13th” horror movie was filmed. That date is, of course, a huge draw for tourists, but the town and its residents are all in on promoting Halloween as well with a parade and […]

OCT. 28, 2025

Books-Literary Arts Fund
FILE - Elizabeth Alexander speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on April 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits

Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next five years. The idea for the fund was initiated by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the country’s largest philanthropic supporter of […]

OCT. 28, 2025

Mexico Day of the Dead
People take part in the annual Day of the Dead Catrina parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
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LGBTQ+ artists bring pride to Mexico City’s Catrina parade ahead of Day of the Dead, in photos

Thousands of revelers wearing colorful costumes and skeletal face paint filled the streets of Mexico City for the annual Catrina parade, held in the lead-up to the Day of the Dead festivities. Among the participants was the LGBTQ+ collective Exoticas, made up of nearly 200 LGBTQ+ artists, stylists and designers. Exoticas joined more than 40 other […]

OCT. 27, 2025

Turkey Istanbul Porters Photo Essay
A porter pulls a trolley loaded with goods in the popular Eminonu commercial area of Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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PHOTO ESSAY: Istanbul’s porters keep centuries-old trade moving

On the streets of Istanbul, porters hauling massive sacks wrapped in white plastic — on their backs or in handcarts — are a ubiquitous yet often overlooked part of the city’s fabric. Known as hamallık in Turkish, porterage is a profession that has endured from the Ottoman Empire to the present day. It remains especially […]

OCT. 24, 2025

White House Demolition
Work continues on the largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Photos of the White House’s East Wing, then and now

These photos show archival images of the White House East Wing, which housed several offices, including those of the first lady. It was built in 1942. On Monday, the White House started tearing it down to build President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

OCT. 23, 2025

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