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Julio Cortez, Saturday, July 20, 2013, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A pond where neighbors say three young boys died after falling into the water is seen Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Bonham, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
‘They were just screaming.’ Mom unable to save 3 sons who fell through icy pond in Texas
Authorities say three brothers died in Texas after falling through ice on a pond as a massive winter storm has gripped much of the nation.
 
A Springdale, Ark., police officer waits to pull over speeding drivers along Old Missouri Road, Nov. 18, 2025, in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
How one Arkansas county helps ICE make hundreds of arrests and spreads fear among immigrants
Northwest Arkansas has emerged as a hot spot in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
 
Ernesto, an immigrant from Venezuela, poses for a photograph in his home, Nov. 18, 2025, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the US
A corner of Arkansas best known as home to Walmart headquarters has emerged as a little-known hot spot in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.
 
Camp Mystic stands next a creek that feeds into the Guadalupe River, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after flash flooding swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman)
Photos of Camp Mystic for girls after the deadly flash floods in Texas
HUNT, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic was overrun by flash flooding that started on Independence Day. Rapidly rising waters ripped through the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp, killing at least 27 people.
 
Search and rescue teams from Kerrville Fire Department walk past debris after flooding near the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Photos of search crews racing against time as Texas flood deaths top 100
Crews search for victims of flooding that has killed over 100 people in the Texas Hill Country, with the risk of more flooding still high in central parts of the state.
 
Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
In photos, rescuers search a devastated landscape after Texas floods
HUNT, Texas (AP) — This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
 
Officials inspect an area at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to 82 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing
The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas has risen to 82 after searchers found more bodies.
 
A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, Saturday, July 5, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Photos of rescue teams searching for missing campers after Texas Hill Country flash flood
HUNT, Texas (AP) — A powerful flash flood swept through Texas Hill Country, causing widespread devastation and leading to the deaths of multiple adults and children.
 
People look at debris on the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape
Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people. Officials say the death toll is 43 and likely to grow in the hardest-hit area of Kerr County.
 
A 42-mile conveyor belt by Atlas Energy carries sand needed for hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Kermit, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
This ‘Dune’ isn’t fiction. It’s the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas
A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production.
 
Natasha Ducre surveys the kitchen of her devastated home, which lost most of its roof during the passage of Hurricane Milton, in Palmetto, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Ducre, her husband, three children and two grandkids, rode out the storm in a government shelter and returned to find their home unlivable and much of their furniture and belongings destroyed by rainwater. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Although Milton has moved on, at least 8 are dead and millions remain in the dark
Hurricane Milton is barreling into the Atlantic Ocean after hitting Florida as a Category 3 storm.
 
A man looks at a damaged car after a tornado hit the day before, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Valley View, Texas. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
At least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states
A series of powerful storms in the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend has killed at least 22 people as they left a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages.
 
A Guadalupe Virgin statue lays among the rubble of the destroyed home of Juana Landeros, who rode out a deadly tornado with her husband and her 9-year-old son when it rolled through the previous night, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Valley View, Texas. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In a north Texas county, dazed residents sift through homes mangled by a tornado
The dazed residents of a remote north Texas county sifted through their mangled homes after seven people there were killed when a tornado ripped through the region near the tiny community of Valley View.
 
Several cars are seen heavily damaged outside the remains of a Shell gas station after a suspected tornado, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Valley View, Texas. (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
At least 15 dead after severe weather carves path of ruin across multiple states in the South
Powerful storms have killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
 
Taylor Swift kisses Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after an AFC Championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. The Kansas City Chiefs won 17-10. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
How this AP photographer captured Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s iconic kiss
AP Photographer Julio Cortez set out to capture postgame images of the world’s most popular couple after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens to advance to the Super Bowl. With some quick thinking, he got the shot that made front pages around the world.
 
Members of the Baltimore Housing Authority walk near tables left on their side in the area of a mass shooting incident in the Southern District of Baltimore, Sunday, July 2, 2023. Police say a number of people were killed and dozens were wounded in a mass shooting that took place during a block party just after midnight. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Baltimore block party shooting victims include more than a dozen minors, police say
Police in Baltimore say two people were killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting, including three people who are in critical condition.
 
A person stands outside of a damaged home after a tornado hit Saturday, May 13, 2023, in the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights, Texas near South Padre Island. Authorities say one person was killed when a tornado struck the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
One killed as tornado hits south Texas near the Gulf coast, damaging dozens of homes
Authorities say one person was killed and a curfew was imposed after a powerful tornado tore through a community near the southern tip of Texas on the Gulf coast.
 
Police officers give evacuation directs to patrons leaving a bar in the area of the search for a gunman Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Fallston, Md. A police officer in Maryland was seriously injured in gunfire Thursday night amid a manhunt for a suspect who had wounded a different officer after firing at police the previous afternoon, officials said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Maryland manhunt ends with arrest in woods, 2 officers shot
Authorities in Maryland have arrested a man accused of shooting two police officers and stealing a detective’s vehicle during a 39-hour manhunt.
 
An official walks near a wooded area during a search for a gunman early Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Fallston, Md. A suspect sought in the shooting of two Maryland police officers was surrounded by law enforcement after fleeing from the vehicle he had stolen from a detective he shot Thursday night, authorities said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Suspect in custody after 2 Maryland police officers hurt
Authorities say a man suspected of injuring two Maryland police officers with gunfire has been taken into custody after fleeing from the vehicle he had stolen from a detective he shot.
 
CORRECTS LAST NAME TO LIVELY FROM LIZELY - Quincey Johnson, left, outreach director Upper Missouri Waterkeeper in Bozeman, Mont., and Martin Lively, Grand Riverkeeper with LEAD Agency in Miami, Okla., fly their drones during a training session, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Poolesville, Md. They work to protect rivers and waterways and are training to use drones to catch polluters in places where wrongdoing is difficult to see or expensive to find. The Waterkeeper alliance has already used drone images to formally accuse companies of wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Enviros train drone pilots to find and pursue pollution
People who work to protect rivers and waterways have begun using drones to catch polluters in places where wrongdoing is difficult to see or expensive to find.
 
A crew removes the Talbot Boys Statue, Maryland's last public Confederate statue, on the grounds of the Talbot County Courthouse, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Easton, Md. The 13-foot tall, copper sculpture features a boy holding a Confederate flag and names the Talbot County men who joined the Confederacy and died in the war. (Tom McCall/Easton Star Democrat via AP)
Maryland’s last public Confederate monument removed
EASTON, Md. (AP) — A statue that was thought to be the last Confederate monument on a courthouse lawn in Maryland was removed Monday.
 
A fire engine carries the casket of Baltimore Fire EMT/firefighter Kenny Lacayo during a procession following a funeral service fo him, Lt. Paul Butrim and firefighter/paramedic Kelsey Sadler, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Baltimore. The three fire officials died while responding to a vacant row home fire. A fourth firefighter was injured during the blaze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Thousands honor fallen Baltimore firefighters at memorial
Thousands gathered in Baltimore to mourn the loss of three firefighters who died after they were trapped inside a burning vacant rowhome when it partially collapsed last week.
 
People embrace one another after a deceased firefighter was put into an ambulance after being pulled out of a collapsed building while battling a two-alarm fire at a vacant row home, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in Baltimore. Officials said several firefighters died during the blaze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Chief: 3 Baltimore firefighters killed in vacant home blaze
BALTIMORE (AP) — Three Baltimore firefighters were killed and a fourth was injured when part of a vacant home collapsed while they were battling a blaze early Monday, the city’s fire chief said.
 
Rioters scale a wall at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Images of chaos: AP photographers capture US Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — When supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, The Associated Press had nine photographers inside and outside the building
 
Death toll rises to 2 people from Baltimore gas explosion
Authorities in Baltimore say that a second body has been recovered after three row houses were destroyed by a natural gas explosion.
 
Mississippi businesses shift production during pandemic
Some Mississippi businesses are shifting their production to essential products in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Mourners, constituents pay tribute to US Rep. Cummings
Mourners have been paying their respects to U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, whose body is lying in repose at a historically black college in Baltimore.
 
Explosion at Maryland school injures child, 2 adults
An explosion in the boiler room of a Maryland school has injured a child and two adults. The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that officials didn’t specify the severity of the child’s injury.
 
AP Photo Gallery: Niagara Falls lit up on dark winter nights
The nightly spectacle of Niagara Falls illuminated after dark just got more spectacular. A $3 million lighting upgrade saw the installation of high-tech LED lights that beam brighter and more vivid rainbows of light from Canada onto the famous waterfalls.
 
New Jersey nun credited with curing boy beatified
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey nun credited with curing a boy’s eye disease moved a step closer to sainthood Saturday in what church officials said was the first beatification Mass held in the United States.