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A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution shattered records Tuesday as it sold at auction for 22.9 million pounds ($30.2 million). The Winter Egg, which was compared to the iconic Mona Lisa, was just one of seven of the opulent ovoids remaining in private hands, Christie’s London […]
DEC. 2, 2025
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children 10 and under an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation. The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1 billion. […]
DEC. 2, 2025
Bright Christmas stars have long been a familiar sight across Germany during the darkest days of the year, but none is more famous — and lately as popular — as the Moravian stars from the eastern village of Herrnhut near the Polish and Czech borders. They come in different sizes and shine in varying colors. They decorate church steeples […]
NOV. 26, 2025
They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from. The two Thanksgiving favorites have more in common than not. They’re similar in color, taste and texture, and derived from European carrot pie. Those similarities make […]
NOV. 24, 2025
Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a trace left behind by her ancestor, an enslaved potter who shaped the vessel nearly 175 years ago in South Carolina. Standing in the gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts […]
NOV. 20, 2025
Purdue moved back to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday ahead of Houston, which spent a single week there after leapfrogging the Boilermakers. It’s hardly a two-team race for the top, though. UConn, Arizona and Duke also got No. 1 votes from the 61-member media panel in a poll that also […]
NOV. 17, 2025
Pessimism about the country’s future has risen in cities since last year, but rural America is more optimistic about what’s ahead for the U.S., according to a new survey from the American Communities Project. And despite President Donald Trump’s insistence that crime is out of control in big cities, residents of the nation’s largest metropolitan centers are less […]
NOV. 17, 2025
It’s a process that has been going on for years — returning to tribes the remains of Native American children who died and were buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The AP has covered the annual repatriations each year. When Mark Scolforo set out to report on this year’s return, he embraced a digital-first […]
NOV. 14, 2025
Before the college football season kicked off, the Sports Department set out to highlight the passion and pageantry of the game beyond the scoreboard. That plan included a weekly Joy/Wonder/Discovery feature to explore themes that resonate with fans, such as mascots, tailgating—and, in this case, music. Reporters leaned into a quirky and culturally rich angle: […]
NOV. 14, 2025
Within 50 minutes of China’s announcement that it had commissioned its third aircraft carrier, the AP was out with an analytical story, complete with visuals and explanatory graphics, marking a major milestone in China’s efforts to match U.S. naval power. Anticipating the moment, the team began preparing months earlier after unconfirmed reports suggested the Fujian […]
NOV. 14, 2025
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, Frontline, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press will present the U.S. broadcast and streaming premiere of “2000 Meters to Andriivka”: a stunning and immersive portrayal of the men fighting on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. From the Oscar®-winning team behind “20 […]
NOV. 13, 2025
In the second century, as the canonical Gospels were being copied and circulated throughout the Roman Empire, another text about the life of Jesus was simultaneously spreading. Although the Infancy Gospel of Thomas didn’t make it into the New Testament, it remained popular among Christians for centuries. When filmmaker Lotfy Nathan was introduced to the apocryphal text […]
NOV. 13, 2025
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