Claudia Lauer

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A demonstrator holds a sign during a “No Kings” protest, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Protesters crowd into streets, parks and plazas at anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across US

By Marc Levy, Claudia Lauer, and others

Rep. LaMonica McIver, center, demands the release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after his arrest while protesting outside an ICE detention prison, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J

ICE agents arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at detention center protest

By Jake Offenhartz, Claudia Lauer, and others

Government workers are using encrypted messaging apps like Signal to avoid hacks and data leaks—but the price is transparency

By Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer, and others

Rescue and salvage crews with cranes pull up the wreckage of an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Salvage crews recover engine and large portion of American Airlines jet from Potomac River after deadly midair collision

By David R. Martin, Michael R. Sisak, and others

In this undated image provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators and members of the salvage crew recover wreckage from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night, Jan. 29, 2025, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. (NTSB via AP)

Washington, D.C. authorities say 55 of the 67 victims of the midair collision have been recovered and identified

By David R. Martin, Michael R. Sisak, and others

Police and coast guard boats are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River as an American Airlines plane passes in the foreground at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va., (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Data from the collision of the airliner and Army helicopter show a 100-foot difference in altitude

By Claudia Lauer and The Associated Press

FILE – Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, only first game given, return to Mantia’s fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire swept through the area, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

Flawed emergency alert systems meant to warn residents lagged during Los Angeles wildfires

By Christopher L. Keller, Claudia Lauer, and others

Hunter Biden is pictured outside the court room wearing a dark navy suit and tie.

Hunter Biden avoids tax trial with surprise guilty plea

By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, and others

U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before they testify before a Joint Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing examining the security failures leading to the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Secret Service acting director says he is ‘ashamed’ over Trump shooting and blames agency’s ‘failure to challenge our assumptions’

By Eric Tucker, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Col. Christopher L. Paris, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police

2 police officers left their key post to look for Trump gunman before shooting

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Claudia Lauer, and others

Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden convicted of all 3 felony charges in federal gun trial

By Randall Chase, Claudia Lauer, and others

FILE – Police tape cordons off the scene of a crime in Levittown, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2024. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Police officer hiring just rebounded for the first time since the George Floyd crisis of 2020

By Claudia Lauer and The Associated Press

Anne Lopez

Wildfire that caused $5.5 billion in damage ripped through Maui at a rate of a mile per 90 minutes

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone, and others

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump holds gold Trump sneakers at Sneaker Con Philadelphia, an event popular among sneaker collectors, in Philadelphia, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con’ a day after New York judge made a $355 million ruling against him

By Claudia Lauer, Jill Colvin, and others

Brick Starbucks building at an intersection

Starbucks sued for negligence over Pittsburgh store frequented by high school students

By Claudia Lauer and The Associated Press