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D.C. Council members Janeese Lewis George speaks to the crowd after winning D.C. Mayor Democratic primary election during the Election Night Party at the Howard Theatre Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Democratic socialists surge in mayoral races across the country as anti-Trump fervor rises

As Janeese Lewis George paves a path to the mayor’s office in Washington, D.C., she’s told voters they could have it all. Her unapologetically expansive, left-wing agenda includes subsidized or even free childcare, increased down payment assistance for homebuyers and community resources to reduce crime, plus a promise to aggressively confront President Donald Trump’s attempts to reshape […]

JUNE 23, 2026

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Luke Boorady, of the White House Historical Association, arranges a suite of four interrelated paintings by Norman Rockwell titled, "So You Want to See the President!" at the association's offices Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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Norman Rockwell people-watched in the West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on public display

For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor’s lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump had seen them. Now, they’re going on public display for the first time after a nonprofit organization paid a whopping sum of more […]

JUNE 25, 2026

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Ana Paula Oliveira poses for a photo by a mural honoring her late son Johnatha, who was killed by police when he was 19, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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United by grief, mothers in Brazil demand reparations after police killed their sons

When a Brazilian police officer killed Ana Paula Oliveira’s 19-year-old son in a Rio de Janeiro favela in 2014, the mother of two didn’t think she would survive the grief. Founding a group with other grieving mothers — attending judicial hearings, protests and commemorative events together and providing essential psychological support to one another — saved her […]

JULY 15, 2026

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Aliyu Saheed and his wife pose for a photograph with his children that were released after being kidnapped with others from a school by al-Qaida-linked fighters in Esinele, Southwestern, Nigeria, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Pelumi Salako)

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Children describe how Nigerian militants moving south are seizing more young captives

Aliyu Saheed feared he might not see his three young sons again. For nearly two months after al-Qaida-linked fighters carried out a mass abduction of schoolchildren in an area of Nigeria formerly free of such attacks, he could hardly sleep at night. He wondered what the boys were doing in captivity and how his youngest, just 5 years […]

JULY 20, 2026

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FILE - A woman pauses while she walks through a water mist machine installed by city administration to assist people in coping with the heat in Bucharest, Romania, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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The best fabric for extreme heat? It’s more complicated than you think

When it’s really hot out, getting dressed seems pretty simple: Wear something light, loose and made for summer. But textile researchers say it’s actually a little more complicated than that. The fabric matters. But so does how heavy it is, how the clothing is made, how it fits and even what color it is. What […]

AUG. 20, 2026

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The U.S. Capitol is pictured from the base of the Washington Monument, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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One issue is uniting Americans in a time of polarization, according to a new poll

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

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FILE - President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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With China and the US at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides

WASHINGTON (AP) — One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times. While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump’s threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation’s willingness to strengthen […]

APRIL 28, 2025

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FILE - Delaney Griffin, center, plays with toddlers at the child care center where she works, March 13, 2024, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

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Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price

PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time — or not at all. But qualified families increasingly are being […]

APRIL 8, 2025

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FILE - This photo combination shows North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, in Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 23, 2024, left, and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, in Gastonia, N.C., July 31, 2025, right. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, Erik Verduzco, file)

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Ukrainian refugee’s train stabbing death becomes early flashpoint in 2026 North Carolina Senate race

Republicans in North Carolina and beyond are making a concerted effort to turn the stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte commuter train into a political liability for Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper in his bid to win a key U.S. Senate race that is still more than a year away. GOP candidate Michael Whatley has said Cooper […]

SEPT. 22, 2025

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Magistrate Amalavalan Anandarajah, center, inspects a mass grave site in Chemmani, Sri Lanka, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children’s clothes and 141 skeletons

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages. The findings were made at a cremation ground in the Chemmani area […]

AUG. 21, 2025

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Bryson "Cupid' Bernard poses for a portrait Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Black Cowboy joy is spread by ‘Boots on the Ground’ viral line dance

When Tre Little two-stepped in his cowboy boots at the BET Awards preshow this summer, he was overcome with joy and gratitude. “I used to watch this on TV every year, and I’m now performing,” said the 22-year-old Atlanta-area resident. “I started crying … tears of joy.” He joined Southern soul singer 803Fresh to perform his massive […]

AUG. 20, 2025

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Santa Ana Pueblo Conservation Officer William Woody points to images of a war shield that was stolen from the tribe's ceremonial village decades ago, during an interview in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M., on June 26, 2025 (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Investigators search for Native American items stolen decades ago in New Mexico

The decades-old case file describes a medium-sized bowl crafted at Santa Ana Pueblo more than a century ago. Handed down over generations, this pottery piece adorned with dark red triangles was used for making bread. The bowl is among nearly 150 antiquities stolen from the Native American community’s ceremonial village during a series of burglaries […]

AUG. 12, 2025

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Democratic socialists surge in mayoral races across the country as anti-Trump fervor rises

Norman Rockwell people-watched in the West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on public display

United by grief, mothers in Brazil demand reparations after police killed their sons

Children describe how Nigerian militants moving south are seizing more young captives

The best fabric for extreme heat? It’s more complicated than you think

One issue is uniting Americans in a time of polarization, according to a new poll

With China and the US at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides

Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price

Ukrainian refugee’s train stabbing death becomes early flashpoint in 2026 North Carolina Senate race

A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children’s clothes and 141 skeletons

Black Cowboy joy is spread by ‘Boots on the Ground’ viral line dance

Investigators search for Native American items stolen decades ago in New Mexico

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