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World War II Cemetery Project
FILE - Eighty years after the liberation of the south of the Netherlands, Scott Taylor, right, Ton Hermes, center, and Maria Kleijnen stand next to the grave of Scott's grandfather Second Lt. Royce Taylor, a bombardier with the 527 Bomb Squadron, at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, southern Netherlands, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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Project connects Americans to the Dutch people who honor their relatives at World War II cemetery

 In the decades since June West Brandt’s older brother was killed in World War II, her kind and artistic sibling who loved to play boogie-woogie on the piano has never been far from her mind. So she was delighted to discover he’s also being remembered by a Dutch couple who regularly visit a marker for […]

OCT. 14, 2025

APTOPIX New Hampshire Daily Life
Maple leaves turn to fall foliage colors at sunrise along a country road, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Auburn, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Drought has muted this year’s leaf-peeping season, but pockets of brilliant colors remain

Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual. Soaking in the fall foliage is an annual tradition in the New England states as well as areas such as the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Great […]

OCT. 14, 2025

Roosevelt Library Isolation
A statue of Theodore Roosevelt is seen Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Medora, N.D. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)
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Theodore Roosevelt library takes ‘calculated risk’ with remote North Dakota site

The day his young wife and mother died, Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his diary that “the light has gone out of my life,” and it was only through extended trips to the isolated Dakota Territory in the 1880s that he regained “the romance” of living. A library examining the country’s 26th president will open next summer […]

OCT. 14, 2025

Gardening- Using Food Scraps
This August 17, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows newly harvested beets on Long Island, N.Y. Sautéing beet greens with oil, salt, pepper, and garlic is a great way to get a second side dish from one plant. (Jessica Damiano via AP)
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How to cook, freeze or pickle plant scraps instead of throwing them away

My beets were slow to grow this year, so I bought a bunch at the farmers’ market. I was taken aback when the seller chopped off the vegetable’s foliage and attempted to discard it after handing me a sad sack of leafless roots. “Wait! I’ll take those, please,” I blurted, catching him just before they hit the […]

OCT. 14, 2025

College BKB Poll Basketball
FILE - Houston's Emanuel Sharp (21), Milos Uzan (7) and Mylik Wilson (8) celebrate during a timeout against Kansas during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, March 3, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Boiler up! Purdue tops preseason AP Top 25 for first time, ahead of Houston, reigning champ Florida

Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday’s poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter’s squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year’s NCAA title game, with runner-up Houston at No. […]

OCT. 13, 2025

APTOPIX California Wildfires
The Eaton Fire burns a vehicle Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

LA’s largest wildfire destruction

APTOPIX California Wildfires
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire around a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Climate related impacts

Sexual Misconduct Diddy
In this courtroom sketch, Sean Diddy Combs breaks down and cries during the playing of a video about his life during his sentencing hearing in Manhattan federal court, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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Live video streaming and a blog on Diddy Combs’ sentencing put AP ahead and secured new viewers

Hosted by AP Radio’s Julie Walker and shot by VJ Ted Shaffrey, the all-formats team broadcast an 11.5-hour live program on YouTube outside the courthouse, where cameras were banned inside due to it being a federal case. On-air guests for the program, which was produced by Nico Maounis of AP360 and directed by output producer […]

OCT. 10, 2025

California Governor
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks before signing legislation related to student literacy in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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New California law aims to stabilize insurance for people who can’t get private coverage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill Thursday that aims to prevent the state’s home insurer of last resort from running out of money following a natural disaster. The FAIR Plan is an insurance pool that provides policies to people who can’t get private insurance because their properties are deemed too […]

OCT. 9, 2025

Washington Maryland Football
Fans cheer during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Maryland and Washington, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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College sports watchdog sets up tip line for confidential reporting of violations in new NIL era

The College Sports Commission launched a tip line Wednesday that allows for anonymous reporting of potential violations of rules in the new name, image and likeness era that outline how players are paid, place limits on roster sizes and set a $20.5 million cap on revenue sharing between schools and their athletes. The commission’s CEO, Bryan Seeley, told […]

OCT. 8, 2025

Kenya Urban Lions
A lioness plays with her cub in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok, Kenya, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Laila Kazziha)
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He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling — and dangerous

This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a girl named Peace Mwende was killed by a lion. The news hit me hard: She was 14, the same age as my youngest daughter, and the lioness responsible may have been one of the animals we see in our neighborhood almost weekly. Our children […]

OCT. 8, 2025

US Scare School
Shayne Powell, of Wixom, poses for a portrait at the Erebus Haunted House Oct. 2, 2025, in Pontiac, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
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Michigan haunted house teaches actors to ‘scare the pee out of’ guests

Grotesque makeup, menacing props and intimidating costumes are just one part of a Michigan haunted house’s 25-year-old formula to terrify guests. It starts by educating the actors looking to provide the most horrifying experience to its visitors. At Scare School, they learn all the tricks of the trade. Lessons begin weeks before the four-level walk-through […]

OCT. 8, 2025

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