Reporter @AlanSuderman obtained documents showing how the tiny country of Qatar used a former CIA officer to spy on soccer officials and target critics.
The private surveillance business has flourished in the last decade in the Persian Gulf region.https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-business-migration-middle-east-d9716b62fc69ab88beb3553d402da7d1 …
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When police use of force is discussed, kids are rarely mentioned. But an
@AP investigation found hundreds of instances where kids have been handcuffed, tased, and pinned to the ground by officers twice their size.https://apnews.com/article/arrests-george-floyd-chicago-only-on-ap-82193c995f313f5c0aefb0c08e0d5091 …12 replies 78 retweets 115 likesShow this thread -
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@AP investigative intern@roselyn_romero began investigating fake vaccination cards after hearing colleges would require proof. What she found was a cottage industry set up to help people circumvent proof of COVID-19 vaccination rules.https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-education-fake-vaccination-cards-8c4ca2b4d54434c2fc022b34087df8cb …10 replies 31 retweets 71 likesShow this thread -
An investigation by
@AP and@hrcberkeley found a disturbing pattern when examining the Myanmar military’s attacks on civilians: Security forces appeared to be using corpses and the bodies of the wounded intimidate the civilian population.https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-business-b2187c696e428139437778aeab0c43d4 …2 replies 22 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
Years in the making, the
@AP AWOL Weapons investigation got immediate results. Led by@kmhall, the series showed stolen military weapons reach America’s streets. The Pentagon is now overhauling how it tracks guns and explosives.https://apnews.com/hub/awol-weapons …2 replies 29 retweets 51 likesShow this thread -
Through painstaking financial analysis,
@ReeseDunklin and@MikeRezendes showed Catholic entities in the US received billions of dollars in pandemic small business relief, even as dioceses held billions in cash and short-term investments.https://apnews.com/article/catholic-church-get-aid-investigation-39a404f55c82fea84902cd16f04e37b2 …15 replies 97 retweets 124 likesShow this thread -
Reporting from the seas off South America,
@APjoshgoodman introduced the world to China's distant water fishing fleet. Many of the ships@AP and@Univision surveyed had been flagged for labor abuses or showed signs of violating maritime law.https://apnews.com/article/china-oceans-overfishing-squid-294ff1e489589b2510cc806ec898c78f …1 reply 17 retweets 33 likesShow this thread -
Following the publication of
@AP aerial photos, federal and Louisiana agencies responded to oil and chemical spills after Hurricane Ida. Reporter@mbieseck documented the telltale rainbow sheen near port facilities, oil refineries and shipyards.https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-oil-spills-b86c00b79c13613e08255384c27008d8 …1 reply 21 retweets 39 likesShow this thread -
THE BADGE AND THE CROSS: An FBI informant goes inside the KKK and stops a murder plot by prison guards.https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-only-on-ap-2b4106de3ebcbfae85948439a7056031 …
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@JHDearen followed up to show white supremacy is more common in Florida law enforcement than the state lets on.https://apnews.com/article/prisons-florida-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-60b96681445509d89e6c0497405497d6 …7 replies 49 retweets 82 likesShow this thread
And finally, the confidential informant gave @AP an exclusive interview.https://apnews.com/article/florida-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-veterans-ku-klux-klan-fa0ec4120b1457f56c527108074795b5 …
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AP’s
@ekinetz worked for months with@oiioxford to show how China has created an army of fake Twitter accounts – impersonating citizens of Western countries - to amplify pro-China messages and shape the public’s views of the country.https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-china-europe-middle-east-government-and-politics-62b13895aa6665ae4d887dcc8d196dfc …26 replies 102 retweets 176 likesShow this thread -
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