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A family talks as they arrive at a port on the banks of the Oiapoque River, in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Takeaways from AP’s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil's Amazon

9:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

FILE - A portrait of Benjamin Franklin is displayed on U.S. $100 bills in Pennsylvania, on July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

In an uncertain environment for corporate giving, Liberty Mutual Foundation launches $600M endowment

9:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Tariff-driven uncertainty, rising costs and tax law changes have prompted many companies to reconsider their strategies

Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali'na community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon

9:15 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Here's where things stand after a tentative, 2-week Iran ceasefire took effect

9:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

The ceasefire reached Wednesday has raised hopes of halting hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States, but many issues remain unresolved

Volunteer Marlene Ring spreads a table cloth while preparing a room for a passover meal Monday, March 30, 2026, at the Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A project to save rural synagogues grows from Maine to Montana

9:03 AM on Wednesday, April 8

The Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College is growing as Passover ends this year

FILE - A Chevrolet logo is shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)

GM recalling more than 270,000 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles in US due to rearview camera screen issue

7:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

General Motors is recalling more than 270,000 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles in the U.S. because the rearview camera screen may display a distorted or blank image

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump is expected to meet NATO leader Rutte as he muses about pulling out of the military alliance

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

FILE - Matthew Perry poses for a portrait in New York on Feb. 17, 2015. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

'Ketamine Queen' to be sentenced for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

5:08 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A woman who admitted to selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced

Government supporters chant slogans after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Photos: US, Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire

3:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Iranian pro-government demonstrators burn the U.S. and Israeli flags during a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: US, Israel and Iran agree to tentative ceasefire, even as the terms remain unclear

12:33 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization

FILE - Rex Heuermann, charged in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, appears in Judge Timothy Mazzei's courtroom at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., for a status conference on Feb. 25, 2025. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, File)

Long Island architect Rex Heuermann set to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach serial killings

12:04 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years

A sign marking the beginning of historic Route 66 stands at the intersection of East Adams Street and South Michigan Avenue, in Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Photos show iconic stops along historic Route 66

12:03 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Aadam Jacobs poses in front of LP (long play) record storage bookcase at his home in Chicago, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 8

In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz

A car is driven along Oatman Highway, historic Route 66, near Oatman, Ariz., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

12:01 AM on Wednesday, April 8

One of the world's most famous highways marks its centennial this year

John Mauro works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Dow surges 1,300 in a worldwide rally as oil plunges toward $90 following a ceasefire with Iran

11:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force a “whole civilization” to die in the war with Iran

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South's hopes for better ties

8:12 PM on Tuesday, April 7

South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

4:05 PM on Tuesday, April 7

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