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Ken Paxton
FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday , Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Source work and coordination puts AP out fast on closely watched immigration story

AUG. 30, 2024

Italy Paralympics Transgender Sprinter
Italy's Valentina Petrillo walks before training in Pieve di Cento, near Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympic Games at the end of this month in Paris. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP gets exclusive all-formats interview with first transgender Paralympian

AUG. 30, 2024

Russia Freed Dissidents Human Rights
Oleg Orlov, the co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, listens to questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Best of AP — First Winner

Moving quickly, AP snags series of interviews with newly freed Russian prisoners

AUG. 23, 2024

Emergency Rooms Pregnancy
Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who is filing a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience at her studio, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Burnet County, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP analysis shows pregnant women in medical distress are turned away from ERs

AUG. 23, 2024

Fleretin Jean-Baptiste
History teacher Matt Brophy, left, works with Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste, 16, of Medford, Mass., on making up late assignments during summer school at Medford High School, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Medford. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Education Network’s exclusive data powers nationwide reporting on school absenteeism

AUG. 23, 2024

Osprey Hero
Family members of Marine Corporal Spencer R. Collart, from left, father Bart Collart, sister Gwyneth Collart and mother Alexia Collart, hold his portrait as they pose for a photo at their home in Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2024. Collart, 21, was killed along with two other Marines when the MV-22B Osprey aircraft they were on crashed during drills on a north Australian island on Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Dogged beat reporting and building trust with sources leads to exclusive, heartbreaking interview with family of Marine being honored for heroism in Osprey crash

AUG. 23, 2024

Mobile Tensaw Delta
Downtown Mobile, Ala., is visible from the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP team shows how conservation efforts of ecologically rich Alabama delta could become a model for protecting key environmental areas

AUG. 23, 2024

Israel Palestinians Death Without Dignity
Palestinian morgue worker Nawaf al-Zuriei, a morgue worker prepares a burial shroud at at Deir al-Balah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 4, 2024. Those killed by the war are considered ritually pure under Islamic tradition, so their bodies are not washed, he said. Workers cover the damaged bodies in plastic to avoid bloodstains on white shrouds. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP package highlights the devastation as Gaza death toll reaches 40,000

AUG. 23, 2024

APTOPIX Bangladesh Protests Photo Gallery
Thousands of demonstrators stormed Sheikh Hasina’s official residence and other buildings linked to her party and family after the longtime Bangladesh prime minister resigned and fled the country.

Best of AP — First Winner

AP dominates coverage of Bangladeshi prime minister’s downfall with fast coverage and stunning visuals

AUG. 16, 2024

Brazil Plane Crash
The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 61 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. Brazilian authorities are working to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in Sao Paulo state the previous day, killing all 61 people aboard.

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP deployed quickly to plane crash site outside Sao Paulo and beat its competitors

AUG. 16, 2024

Vivek Murthy
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has concentrated his efforts as the “Nation’s Doctor” on mental health, the importance of community, and well-being-- tracing this focus back to his Indian-American upbringing in the Miami suburbs.

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

In exclusive interview, surgeon general recalls how his mom told him to avoid politics. He didn‘t.

AUG. 16, 2024

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Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP broke news and barriers and generated 30 million page views with Olympic coverage

AUG. 16, 2024

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