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A pickup truck with a Confederate flag-themed decal is parked outside the Reception and Medical Center, a Florida prison hospital where new inmates are processed, in Lake Butler, Fla., April 16, 2021. An AP investigation revealed state prison guards openly touting associations with white supremacist groups to intimidate inmates and Black colleagues, a persistent practice that goes unpunished and is allowed to fester in Florida and prisons elsewhere in the U.S. (AP Photo / David Goldman, File)

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AP investigation reveals white supremacists working in Florida prisons, race-based abuse of inmates

NOV. 26, 2021

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FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. Nearly 100 federal Bureau of Prisons employees have been arrested, convicted or sentenced in criminal cases since the start of 2019, accused of crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to stealing prison property, sexually assaulting inmates and murder. Those arrested include Ray Garcia, the warden at the Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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It’s criminal: AP investigation reveals federal prison employees charged with misconduct, crimes

NOV. 19, 2021

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With wind turbines in the foreground, steam rises from the coal-fired power station Neurath near the Garzweiler open-pit coal mine in Luetzerath, Germany, Oct. 25, 2021. Coal is the world’s biggest fuel source for generating electric power, and also the single biggest source of greenhouse gases impacting climate. (AP Photo / Michael Probst)

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Planning, expertise, global perspective connect AP readers to Glasgow climate talks

NOV. 12, 2021

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In an AP illustration, people are arrested on the street by Myanmar’s military. Since its takeover of the government in February, the the country’s military has used torture against those it has detained in a methodical and systemic way across the country, the AP found in rare interviews with 28 people imprisoned and released in recent months.(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

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With rare interviews, AP reveals Myanmar military using systematic torture across country

NOV. 5, 2021

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Children stand in the courtyard of the Maison La Providence de Dieu orphanage it Ganthier, Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Oct. 17, 2021, where a gang abducted 17 missionaries — 12 adults and five children — of U.S.-based Christian Aid Ministries. The 400 Mawozo gang, notorious for brazen kidnappings and killings took the group of 16 U.S. citizens and one Canadian after a visit to the orphanage. (AP Photo / Joseph Odelyn)

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AP team delivers sweeping all-formats coverage of missionaries’ kidnapping in Haiti

OCT. 29, 2021

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Supporters of a Shiite group allied with Hezbollah help an injured comrade during armed clashes that erupted during a protest in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Oct. 14, 2021. The chaotic street fighting between Shiite Muslim and Christian factions erupted during a protest organized by the Hezbollah group against the judge leading the probe into the 2020 blast in the city’s port, and raised the specter of a return to sectarian violence in Lebanon. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar)

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Anticipation, preparation by Beirut photo team delivers standout coverage of deadly street battles

OCT. 22, 2021

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A farmer walks past Chinese government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with a slogan reading: “Unity, Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune,” near Kashgar in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2021. Four years after Beijing’s brutal crackdown on largely Muslim minorities native to Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are dialing back the region’s high-tech police state and stepping up tourism. But even as a sense of normality returns, fear of the authorities remains, hidden but pervasive. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)

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Of terror and tourism: Resourceful AP reporting from the Uyghur homeland in China

OCT. 15, 2021

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Only on AP: South Dakota’s Noem may have pressured state official on behalf of daughter

OCT. 8, 2021

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In this July 2021 photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society., A Chinese-flagged ship fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America July 2021 photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Since 2009 the number of Chinese-flagged vessels in the southern Pacific surged 10-fold to 557 in 2020, according to an intergovernmental group charged with ensuring conservation and sustainable fishing. (Isaac Haslam / Sea Shepherd via AP)

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AP and Univision team up on investigation of China’s distant water fishing fleet

OCT. 1, 2021

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 14, 2021, after beating back the recall attempt that aimed to remove him from office. The rare, late-summer election emerged as a national battlefront on issues from COVID-19 restrictions to climate change. (AP Photo / Rich Pedroncelli)

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AP provides standout coverage of California’s recall campaign, fast call on election night

SEPT. 24, 2021

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AP journalists share deeply personal stories of Afghanistan and traumas that endure

SEPT. 17, 2021

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Farmer John Boyd Jr., poses in front of a hay baler at his farm in Boydton, Va., May 27, 2021. “I’m owning land that many of my forefathers worked when it was scotch free. You know — slave labor, man,” says Boyd. “I’m just trying to make them proud.” Like other Black farmers, Boyd has encountered prejudice while trying to make a living on his 1,500 acres. (AP Photo / Steve Helber)

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AP finds shrinking numbers of Black farmers in the US against a history of discrimination

SEPT. 10, 2021

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