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OCT. 24, 2025
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FILE - A worker pounds a wall of rock to make gravel and sand in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
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)
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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FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens to deputy chief of staff Stefanie Spear speaks to him during a hearing the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties […]
OCT. 22, 2025
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Additions to US News team
U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner announced Monday that several reporters, including visual journalists, are joining AP’s U.S. News reporting team, comprising journalists in all 50 states. Here is his memo to staff: We have three new team members joining U.S. News, and I wanted to send a quick note introducing them. We are thrilled […]
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FILE - An arrangement of peanuts is seen Feb. 20, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Peanut allergies began to decline in the U.S. after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending introducing the allergen to […]
OCT. 21, 2025
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A girl performs on a mallakhamb pole as fireworks light up the sky during the festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights
Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Monday as lamps illuminated homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival symbolizing the victory of light over darkness. Diwali, derived from the word “Deepavali,” meaning “a row of lights,” is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts. The dates of the festival are based on the Hindu […]
OCT. 21, 2025
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FILE - UConn's Sarah Strong in the second half of an exhibition NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Hidalgo, Betts, Booker headline AP All-America preseason women’s college basketball team
Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame, Lauren Betts of UCLA and Madison Booker of Texas headline The Associated Press All-America women’s college basketball team released Tuesday. The trio were first-team All-Americans last spring after having stellar seasons. They were joined on the preseason team this year by UConn’s Sarah Strong and South Carolina’s Ta’Niya Latson. Latson […]
OCT. 21, 2025
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FILE - Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
What Americans think about rising health care costs, according to a new AP-NORC poll
Most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about next year’s health coverage and a government shutdown keeps future health costs in limbo for millions. About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going up in the next year, the survey from The […]
OCT. 21, 2025
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People enter the building on Oct. 10, 2025, at 7500 South Shore Drive in Chicago, which was raided by federal agents on Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
The music begins low and ominous, with the video showing searchlights skimming along a Chicago apartment building and heavily armed immigration agents storming inside. Guns are drawn. Unmarked cars fill the streets. Agents rappel from a Black Hawk helicopter. Authorities said they were targeting the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, but only two of the 37 immigrants arrested […]
OCT. 21, 2025
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts after a teammate scored during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Champion Thunder enter the season looking to end the NBA’s run of parity
The defending NBA champions aren’t thinking of themselves in that way. The 80th season of the NBA starts Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder — the “defending” champion, even though they don’t seem to like the term — will get their rings and enjoy one final moment of celebrating last season’s seven-game triumph over the […]
OCT. 20, 2025
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People react as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Israel and Hamas accept part of Trump peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners
It started when Evan Vucci, who was covering President Donald Trump at a roundtable event with conservative Christians, noticed an agitated Marco Rubio slipping Trump a note. Vucci and other news photographers in the room zoomed in on the handwriting on White House stationery that read, “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon […]
OCT. 17, 2025
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Ross Colquhoun wakes up his wife Mary E. Brunkow to talk about her winning a Nobel Prize in medicine for part of her work on peripheral immune tolerance, in Seattle, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
AP’s race to Nobel winners highlights exclusive access and global collaboration
With the Nobel team in Northern Europe alerting the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, the clock was ticking to find this year’s laureates. That task fell for the second year in a row to science writer Adithi Ramakrishnan, who searched for addresses and contact details for the winners or their institutions. In Seattle, photographer Lindsey […]
OCT. 17, 2025
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