Michael Biesecker

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A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed during a vigil for Alex Pretti by nurses and their supporters outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Justice Department opens a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti, with FBI leading the investigation

By Michael Biesecker, Rebecca Santana, and others

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Ilhan Omar says ‘death threats skyrocket’ every time Trump attacks her but ‘fear and intimidation doesn’t work on me’

By Michael Biesecker, Farnoush Amiri, and others

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11 days before he was shot and killed by ICE, Alex Pretti kicked out a vehicle taillight and got wrestled to the ground

By Michael Biesecker, Jesse Bedayn, and others

This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)

Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man killed by Border Patrol in Minneapolis, was an ICU nurse at veterans hospital and had no criminal record

By Michael Biesecker, Tim Sullivan, and others

People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)

Wife of Renee Good, the Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting, says ‘We had whistles. They had guns’

By Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press

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Renee Good’s ex-husband describes her as no kind of activist whatsoever, she was heading home before ICE encounter

By Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian, and others

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37-year-old mother of 3 shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen who had recently moved to the state

By Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian, and others

Texas residents cry and mourn the dead after catastrophic floods

Experts worry Trump’s National Weather Service cuts will result in a patchwork system where taxpayers pay private companies for accurate forecasts

By Michael Biesecker, Brian Slodysko, and others

An Israeli tank moves in a staging area in southern Israel, near the border with Gaza, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza

By Michael Biesecker, Garance Burke, and others

FILE – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addresses attendees at the Microsoft Ignite conference, Nov. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Microsoft hit with worker protest over its sale of AI and cloud services used in bombing target selection by Israeli military

By Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press

A Microsoft building with a large Israeli flag hanging from the exterior

Israel’s use of Microsoft and OpenAI raises questions about what could go wrong with the powerful tech

By Sam Mednick, Garance Burke, and others

A private property sign is attached to a fence outside the old Stauffer chemical plant toxic waste dump site in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Over 1 billion tons of radioactive waste is in Hurricane Milton’s path

By Michael Biesecker, Jason Dearen, and others

People donate blood for those who were injured by their exploded handheld pagers.

Experts explain how hundreds of pagers exploded at once in Lebanon and Syria

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Michael Biesecker, and others

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Man accused of trying to kill Trump voted for him once then called on Iran to assassinate him

By Michael Biesecker, Audrey McAvoy, and others

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet

Motive of man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump remains elusive as authorities hunt for clues

By Michael Biesecker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others