AP Investigations

Investigation reveals a Russian factory’s plan to mix decoys with a new deadly weapon in Ukraine

A high-tech factory in central Russia has created a new, deadly force to attack Ukraine: A small number of highly destructive thermobaric drones surrounded by huge swarms of cheap foam decoys.

Operation False Target: How Russia plotted to mix a deadly new weapon among decoy drones in Ukraine

UN force says Israeli work on Syrian frontier saw ‘severe violations’ of cease-fire after AP report

Israel’s military is building along UN-patrolled demilitarized zone in Syria, satellite images show

Florida’s iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise

Takeaways from The Associated Press investigation into sexual abuse of incarcerated women

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras.

Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras.

Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish

With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots generating unfounded claims in Spanish about voting rights.

Takeaways from AP story on Ukrainian schools built underground to guard against bombs and radiation

Most of the Russian weapons that hit the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia kill in an instant: the drones, the ballistic missiles, the glide bombs, the artillery shells.

Ukrainian front-line school system goes underground to protect against bombs and radiation

To be a parent in the Ukrainian front-line city of Zaporizhzhia means weighing your child’s life against the Russian weapons within striking distance.

Native voters could swing US elections, but they’re asking politicians: What have you done for us?

In the leadup to U.S. elections, Democrats and Republicans have flocked the furthest reaches of 22 Native American reservations in Arizona in a bid to pick up votes.

Poachers are exploiting the high demand for eagle feathers that are sacred among Native Americans

America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies. Golden eagles are federally protected but not considered endangered.

Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base

Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program.

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program.

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw. It makes things up that were never said. Whisper was created by OpenAI.

International court prosecutor who charged Netanyahu faces sexual misconduct accusation

As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he was engulfed in a behind-the-scenes personal crisis.

Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported

The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families.

Thousands of children adopted by Americans are without citizenship. Congress is unwilling to act

The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families.