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Takeaways from AP’s reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Years before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after allegations…
College football traditions: Pudge The Cat has everyone purring on the Bowling Green football team
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Retired NFL star and current coach Eddie George has some…
Trump suggests more US cities need National Guard but crime stats tell a different story
President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, New York, Seattle,…
What to know about a Texas bill to let residents sue out-of-state abortion pill providers
A measure that would allow nearly any private citizen to sue out-of-state prescribers and others…
India’s Modi and Japan’s Ishiba agree to expand ties. Here’s what they said
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Japan on Friday agreed to further expand ties and…
Rodion Shchedrin, the celebrated Russian composer, has died at age 92
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets “Anna Karenina” and…
Mauritania’s coast guard says at least 49 died when a boat carrying migrants capsized this week
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing…
New York City doctor who sexually abused patients in hospital gets 24-year prison sentence
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who sexually abused sedated patients at a New York…
Former Austrian intelligence officer indicted in Russia-linked spying scandal
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian prosecutors said Friday they have indicted a former intelligence officer on…
What Brazil’s soy moratorium fight means – and what happens next
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A move in Brazil to suspend a soybean moratorium has scientists…
Florida’s once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit…
Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The bad news began in the early days of summer and has…
Health leaders launch new Latino-focused data hub to combat NIH budget cuts
A national group of Latino public health leaders this week announced the launch of a…
Photos show the ruins of Palmyra, the ancient splendor in Syria that endures through war and time
PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — The stately remnants of 2,000-year-old columns and temples rise from the…
Japan says security ties with the UK at ‘a new level’ as aircraft carrier arrives in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on…
Wife of ousted president Yoon, and ally, indicted by special prosecutors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol…
Argentina’s libertarian president goes on defense as a corruption scandal spreads
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei of Argentina on Thursday fired back at…
Journalist Mariam Dagga’s final images show where she was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza
The last photos taken by Mariam Dagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in…
Kabul blames Pakistan for airstrikes that killed 3 people in eastern Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Airstrikes that Afghanistan’s Taliban government blamed on neighboring Pakistan struck two eastern…
Samoa votes in an election that will decide the fate of its first woman leader
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa went to the polls Friday in a critical election…
Myanmar’s military government declares Karen ethnic rebels a terrorist group as elections loom
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government designated the Karen National Union a terrorist organization Thursday,…
Lebanese official says disarmament of Palestinian camps could pave way for new refugee rights
BEIRUT (AP) — As more Palestinian refugee camps handed over caches of weapons to the…
A Mexican’s teen 15th birthday goes viral and more top photos this week from Latin America
Aug. 22-28, 2025 A Mexican teen’s 15th birthday turns into a viral stadium bash, deadly…
Photo highlights from the first and second rounds at the US Open
This gallery, curated by AP photo editors, showcases highlights from the first and second rounds…