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This photo shared by India’s Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows debris of a plane that crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (CISF via AP)

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AP dominates coverage of the fatal plane crash in India, beating competition with fast coverage and dramatic visuals

JUNE 20, 2025

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FILE – This undated photograph handed out by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. (French Army via AP)

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In an exclusive, an AP team of reporters details how Russia is delivering arms to conflict zones in sub-Saharan Africa

JUNE 20, 2025

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FILE – President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)\

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Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

JUNE 20, 2025

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FILE – Sharline Volcy holds a wedding picture of her and her deceased husband, Roland Donat, Feb. 3, 2025, in Orange, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

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AP investigation finds yearslong backlog in federal program promising benefits for families of deceased officers

JUNE 20, 2025

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FILE – Federal law enforcement wait in a parking garage to take people into custody outside immigration court, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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AP provides inside look at large-scale immigration courthouse arrests

JUNE 20, 2025

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A candlelight vigil for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were fatally shot, at the state Capitol, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Nikolas Liepins)

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AP uncovers exclusive details about man accused of killing Minnesota lawmakers

JUNE 20, 2025

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AP dominates coverage of the fatal plane crash in India, beating competition with fast coverage and dramatic visuals

When news broke that a London-bound plane carrying 242 passengers and crew had crashed shortly after takeoff, Ahmedabad-based photographer Ajit Solanki rushed to the scene. His first dramatic photos and video—showing scattered debris near a charred hostel—put AP ahead in a fiercely competitive breaking news environment. Solanki’s striking visuals were delivered an hour ahead of […]

JUNE 20, 2025

FILE – This undated photograph handed out by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. (French Army via AP)

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In an exclusive, an AP team of reporters details how Russia is delivering arms to conflict zones in sub-Saharan Africa

Using deep sourcing, satellite imagery and ship-tracking data, a team of AP reporters across three continents broke the story of Russia’s covert delivery of sophisticated weapons systems to conflict zones in sub-Saharan Africa—part of a broader effort by Moscow to expand its influence in the region. The all-formats exclusive was published just as Russia’s notorious […]

JUNE 20, 2025

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Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

Kimberly Kindy and Amanda Seitz broke a major story revealing that the Trump administration has been providing Homeland Security officials with personal data—including immigration status—of millions of Medicaid enrollees, potentially enabling the government to more easily locate and deport individuals under its expanded immigration enforcement policies. Kindy obtained an internal memo and a series of […]

JUNE 20, 2025

FILE – Sharline Volcy holds a wedding picture of her and her deceased husband, Roland Donat, Feb. 3, 2025, in Orange, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

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AP investigation finds yearslong backlog in federal program promising benefits for families of deceased officers

In the second installment of his Only on AP series “Dying to Serve,” investigative reporter Ryan J. Foley uncovered a deep and persistent backlog in the federal Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program—a program designed to provide life-changing financial support to families of officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. Foley analyzed decades’ worth […]

JUNE 20, 2025

FILE – Federal law enforcement wait in a parking garage to take people into custody outside immigration court, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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AP provides inside look at large-scale immigration courthouse arrests

AP reporters Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush and Kate Brumback teamed up to provide a rare and comprehensive account of large-scale immigration arrests taking place at courthouses across the country. Belisle in Seattle and Brumback in Atlanta had each spent weeks attending immigration court hearings, looking for patterns and untold stories. What they uncovered was startling: […]

JUNE 20, 2025

A candlelight vigil for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were fatally shot, at the state Capitol, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Nikolas Liepins)

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AP uncovers exclusive details about man accused of killing Minnesota lawmakers

AP reporters Jim Mustian and Michael Biesecker uncovered exclusive details about Vance Boelter, the man accused of assassinating former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home outside Minneapolis. Mustian and Biesecker began digging into Boelter’s background within minutes of learning he was the focus of a multistate manhunt. Their reporting […]

JUNE 20, 2025

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