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Israeli Airstrike Flattens Building Housing AP And Other Media In Gaza City

4:57pm May 15, 2021

by Dustin Jones

A dozen journalists and freelancers were evacuated from the AP offices in the 12-story building before it crumbled to the ground. AP said the military has long known the building housed journalists.

Pedestrians shield themselves from wind and rain brought by Typhoon Lingling Saturday, in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Typhoon Lingling Makes Landfall In North Korea After Wreaking Havoc In South Korea

7:43pm September 07, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The storm killed at least three people in South Korea and caused widespread power outages.

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers celebrate around a statue of Kawa, a mythology figure in Kurdish culture as they prepare to destroy it in city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday.

Turkish Forces Seize Syrian City of Afrin

11:58am March 18, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The Turkish military has taken control of Afrin, a city in northwestern Syria. An advocacy group says nearly 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting.

With an opioid addiction crisis that shows no sign of abating, how we describe addiction and dependence matters.

Why We Should Say Someone Is A 'Person With An Addiction,' Not An Addict

5:00am June 11, 2017

by Maia Szalavitz

Journalists should quit calling a person who uses drugs an "addict," according to The Associated Press Stylebook. This follows a trend toward "person first" descriptions of people with diseases.

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AP: Hawaiian Seafood Caught By 'Foreign Fishermen Confined To American Boats'

3:01pm September 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The Associated Press reports that Hawaiian fishing boats rely on hundreds of undocumented workers who can't step foot on shore and aren't protected by labor laws — all thanks to a legal loophole.

This image released by the the Mass Graves Directorate of the Kurdish Regional Government shows a human jaw bone exhumed from a mass grave containing Yazidis killed by Islamic State militants in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in 2015.

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Associated Press Report Documents More Than 70 Mass Graves Left By ISIS

5:09pm August 30, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Using interviews and photos, the wire service has mapped the locations of 72 mass graves in territory once occupied by the Islamic State — including five at the foot of Iraq's Mount Sinjar.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) toasts with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on the first day of the state visit in October 2015. Elizabeth said on camera that Chinese officials had been

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WATCH: A Day Of British Diplomatic Honesty Caught On Camera

12:52pm May 11, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

British Prime Minister David Cameron called Nigeria and Afghanistan "fantastically corrupt." Then, Queen Elizabeth II was taped calling Chinese officials "very rude" during a state visit last year.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski sits before a large image of his twin brother, Lech Kaczynski, who was the president of Poland from 2005 until his death in a plane crash in 2010. Today Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a former prime minister of Poland, doesn't hold political offic

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A Tale Of Twin Brothers: Poland's Mourned Leader And Lonely Mastermind

3:41pm February 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The Guardian and The Associated Press offer two windows into the gripping drama of Polish politics: a look at a nation-shaping plane crash, and a profile of the man pulling Poland's political strings.

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Woman Charged With Murder In Car Crash On Las Vegas Strip

5:33pm December 22, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Lakeisha Holloway allegedly killed one person and injured three dozen others when she drove her car onto a busy pedestrian walkway. Prosecutors have charged her with murder, saying it was intentional.

Rescuers use machinery to search for potential survivors following a landslide in the south of China.

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A Day After Massive Landslide In China, 85 People Still Missing

9:04pm December 21, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The landslide of mud and construction materials is the latest in a string of disasters in China that were caused by human error.