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NOV. 4, 2024

FILE – Clemson fans cheer on the Tigers as they arrive at Williams-Brice Stadium before an NCAA college football game against South Carolina Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill

NOV. 4, 2024

FILE – French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after paying his respects by the coffin of slain teacher Samuel Paty in the courtyard of the Sorbonne university during a national memorial event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)

Trial opens in France in the beheading of a teacher over prophet cartoons

NOV. 4, 2024

FILE – People return items purchased online at an Amazon counter inside a Kohl’s department store in Clifton, New Jersey, on September 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Many retailers offer ‘returnless refunds.’ Just don’t expect them to talk much about it

NOV. 4, 2024

FILE – Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary “Quincy” during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2018, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

NOV. 4, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally at Greensboro Coliseum, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses

NOV. 2, 2024

CAPTION CORRECTS TYPE OF MUNITION A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet hits a building in Ghobeiri, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Best of AP — First Winner

John Olsen, of Ankeny, Iowa, stands in line for early voting at the Polk County Election Office, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

AP photographer Bilal Hussein captures moment bomb launched from an Israeli jet hit a building in Beirut

Bilal Hussein happened to be at a nearby Hezbollah press conference when the Israeli military posted a warning that it would strike two buildings on Beirut’s southern outskirts. He was determined to try and capture the moment the bomb fell safely and planned his next moves carefully. And then he did it. “I heard the […]

NOV. 1, 2024

Best of AP — Second Winner

Assistant professor of information science Allison Koenecke, an author of a recent study that found hallucinations in a speech-to-text transcription tool, works in her office at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. The text preceded by “#Ground truth” shows what was actually said while the sentences preceded by “”text”” was how the transcription program interpreted the words. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

American Angst: AP chronicles sentiment of key voting blocs in battleground states

In a year marked by polarization and political division, the AP White House team — Aamer Madhani, Darlene Superville, Will Weissert, Josh Boak and Chris Megerian — along with Gary Fields and Amanda Seitz — ventured into the heart of battleground states to capture the voices of Americans whose votes may shape the presidential election. […]

NOV. 1, 2024

Best of AP — Honorable Mention