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Border Patrol specialist Mitchell Holmes, right, and Fish and Wildlife Regional Law Enforcement agent Kevin Shinn, use skills they learned in the Border Patrol Chaplaincy academy during a training session, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Dania Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Border Patrol trains more chaplains as the job and polarizing immigration debate rattle agents

NOV. 27, 2024

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Tents occupied by displaced Palestinians are seen at the beach in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets one front but Gaza sees no end to war

NOV. 27, 2024

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FILE – An image of former President James Madison is seen behind Leonard Leo, as he speaks at the National Lawyers Convention in Washington, in this Nov. 16, 2017 file photo. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, file)

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Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of Maine town, it’s more complicated

NOV. 27, 2024

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Daniel Craig, left, and Drew Starkey, cast members in the film “Queer,” pose together for a portrait to promote the film on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Making ‘Queer’ required openness. Daniel Craig was ready

NOV. 26, 2024

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FILE – A couple exchanges wedding bands at City Hall in Philadelphia, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Repealing no-fault divorce has so far stalled across the US. Some worry that’ll change under Trump

NOV. 26, 2024

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Mohammad Mousawi, 8, a displaced boy from the southern suburb of Beirut who suffers from leukaemia, steps out the entrance of the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Childhood cancer patients in Lebanon must battle disease while under fire

NOV. 26, 2024

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An advertising poster pasted on a shop at Dingucha village in Gandhinagar, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Poster reads in Gujarati “Make your dream of going abroad come true”, on top and “Payment after visa”. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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AP traces the final steps of an Indian family who froze to death on the northern US border

Weaving together court documents and new reporting, a cross-continental AP team digs into the pipeline of illegal immigration from India to the U.S. Nearly three years ago, the frozen bodies of a couple and their two young children were found along the desolate U.S.-Canada border. They were part of a group of 11 migrants from […]

NOV. 22, 2024

Rave attendees dance to electronic music in Changchun in northeastern China’s Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

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AP offers rare look at China’s techno rave subculture, and the rebellious angst behind it

Elsie Chen in Washington and Dake Kang in Beijing collaborated around the world to give a glimpse into an often-secretive subculture of techno-music raves that are suddenly booming and thumping in the dark hallways and tunnels of China. While much has been written about the pressures young Chinese face from an ailing economy and an […]

NOV. 22, 2024

U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

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Only-on-AP multimedia package documents last big party for 18-year-old before he joins a Himalayan monastery

Reporter Luis Andres Henao and video journalist Jessie Wardarski of the Global Religion Team produced an exclusive all-formats account of the 18th birthday celebration of Jalue Dorje, who is preparing for the next step in his life: Years of study at a Himalayan monastery to fulfill his destiny as a reincarnated Buddhist lama. Three years […]

NOV. 22, 2024