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Visitors take photos by the Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo Rod McGuirk)

From Mexico to Germany, photos capture the Day of the Dead celebrations

People around the world are celebrating the Day of the Dead, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul’s Day on Nov. 2. The holiday, known in Spanish as “ Dia de los Muertos,” is especially popular in Mexico, but is also observed in other countries, including the U.S. […]

NOV. 3, 2025

Monthlong government shutdown in photos: disruptions, delays and divisions

With no endgame in sight, the U.S. government shutdown is expected to roll on for the unforeseeable future, injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy. The monthlong closure has halted routine federal operations, furloughed around 750,000 federal employees and left others working without pay. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, lapsed after Friday and airports have been […]

NOV. 1, 2025

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Guerrero homers off Ohtani as Blue Jays even World Series with 6-2 win over Dodgers in Game 4

 Dodger Stadium was still shaking with joy when Monday turned to Tuesday as the Toronto Blue Jays trudged into their clubhouse. Their 18-inning loss in Game 3 felt like a monumental setback that might have already decided the World Series. That’s when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stepped up and told his team exactly what it needed […]

OCT. 29, 2025

A new ‘Blue Food’ cookbook champions fish and other seafood for any meal

Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver are what you’d call seafood fanatics. Or blue food evangelists. They want us to eat more things from the water, even first thing in the morning. “Seafood for breakfast is delicious,” says Zimmern, a chef, writer and TV host. Seaver, a chef and National Geographic Explorer, agrees — he argues that some lean protein with […]

OCT. 29, 2025