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US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader

A veteran U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s personal pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges.

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ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations. That continued despite concerns about safety from a watchdog division of its parent agency, the US Dept. of Homeland Security. (AP Video/Allen G. Breed)

Cassandra Garduño cleans a canal in her chinampa, an island farm built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, a borough of Mexico City, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
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In Mexico, women didn’t traditionally inherit island farms. Now some are determined to protect them

In Mexico, traditionally women didn’t inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. Today, more women are buying them and doing sustainable farming to preserve this unique ecosystem. (AP Video by Monica Wise. Produced by Lucía Torres and Teresa de Miguel)

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Wave of anti-science bills pushed by Kennedy allies hits statehouses, endangering health protections

An AP investigation found more than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year. Anti-vaccine bills were the most common. (AP Video: Laura Bargfeld/Mary Conlon/Cody Jackson)

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Myanmar’s refugees suffer as US aid cuts take hold

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died” because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program. But in Myanmar, families tell The Associated Press their loved ones have died as a direct result of the aid cuts.

Security cameras are seen by a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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How US tech enabled China’s surveillance state

The AP obtained tens of thousands of pages of classified and internal documents that show how U.S. companies designed and marketed systems that became the foundation for China’s digital cage. (AP Video/Serginho Roosblad, Marshall Ritzel)

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US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza

American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press. Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous and irresponsible practices. (Production: Luke Garratt)

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His country trained him to fight, then he turned against it

The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. But after two tours in Iraq, Chris Arthur was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials in his own country. (AP video: Allen Breed, Serginho Roosblad, Rick Bowmer/ production: Serginho Roosblad, Marshall Ritzel)

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‘Sea war’ brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other

A “sea war” is brewing off the West African nation of Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign commercial fishing vessels, and each other. The fight is driven by market forces and foreign seafood appetites that are far beyond their control. (AP Video/Grace Ekpu)

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South Korean adoptee’s search leads to a reunion, for someone else

After a long search for her birth family filled with many twists, Korean adoptee Rebecca Kimmel still doesn’t know who she is. But in the process, she arranged a reunion between a birth father and his twin daughters, who had been separated for decades. (Video: Lora Moftah and David Goldman/ Edited by Serginho Roosblad)

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