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An anonymous person opening the door to their nuclear bunker.

Sales of nuclear bunkers are soaring right now even though experts say they’re basically useless in the event of an atomic blast

By Martha Mendoza and The Associated Press

Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival Shelters, walks out the door of a bunker his company is building for a client during a tour of his operations in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2024, (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Nuclear bunker sales are booming even though experts warn they won’t provide protection

By Martha Mendoza and The Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Elon Musk warns Republicans standing in Trump’s way that he will fund primary challenges to them

By Thomas Beaumont, Juliet Linderman, and others

Eric and Lara Trump watch the second half of an NFL football game between the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Lara Trump addresses Florida Senate seat speculation as she steps down as RNC co-chair

By Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, and others

FILE – President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump defense secretary nominee, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, accused of sexual assault by woman in 2017 police report

By Martha Mendoza, Brian Slodysko, and others

FILE – The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FBI finds $8.3 million embezzled by ‘pure evil’ Kansas banker in a cryptocurrency account

By Martha Mendoza and The Associated Press

West Africa child labor

Your favorite chocolate is probably produced by West African child labor and the government doesn’t care, advocates argue in lawsuit

By Martha Mendoza and The Associated Press

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‘It’s just unprecedented’: Counterfeit face masks are reaching frontline health care workers in U.S.

By Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, and others

Nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 10, 2020, raise their fists in solidarity after telling managers they can’t care for COVID-19 patients without N95 respirator masks to protect themselves.

Amid medical protective gear shortage, nurses are suspended for refusing coronavirus care without N95 masks

By Martha Mendoza, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

Nurses in Seattle process a screening sample for COVID-19 at an appointment-only, drive-up clinic.

Coronavirus healthcare workers need medical gloves but the world’s top producers have cut capacity

By Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, and others

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Migrant Children Held This Year by U.S. Nears a Record 70,000

By Christopher Sherman, Martha Mendoza, and others

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A Dangerous Situation Is Unfolding for Kids at Border Detention Site, Lawyers Say

By Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke, and others