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Claire Galofaro

@clairegalofaro

National writer for the @AP, covering politics, poverty and rural America. Based in my hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. Tell me a story at [email protected].

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A war orphan is claimed by two families: her Afghan relatives and a U.S. Marine who adopted her from 7,000 miles away. An The Associated Press investigation pieces together the story of the child, as a judge in a tiny Virginia town decides who gets to keep her. apne.ws/Dd2xDTK

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An Afghan couple accuses a U.S. Marine of abducting their baby girl. Unbelievable story by my colleagues from The Associated Press investigative and enterprise teams: julietlinderman Claire Galofaro and Martha Mendoza bit.ly/3TzUGT7

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An Afghan family raising a war orphan fled as the country collapsed last year. When they got to the U.S., they say a U.S. Marine took the baby. He says he’s protecting her. The Afghan family says he stole her: “It feels like we are living in a dark jail.” apnews.com/article/afghan…

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An Afghan father, mother and their five children were killed in a U.S. military raid in 2019. One surviving baby was pulled from the rubble. Her Afghan relatives, a young couple, raised her for 2 years. Meanwhile, a US Marine and his wife adopted her in a court in Virginia. 1/3

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ICYMI: A U.S. Marine took an Afghan war orphan. He says an adoption order form a judge in Virginia means he’s her lawful parent. But her Afghan relatives say he abducted her, and are suing to get her back. With Claire Galofaro and Martha Mendoza apnews.com/article/b15755…

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What happens when the last hospital in a rural corner of Texas stops delivering babies? Long drives, delayed care and no easy solutions on the horizon. My latest for Texas Tribune International Women's Media Foundation with Jinitzail Hernández texastribune.org/2023/01/05/jas…

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In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge voided a U.S. Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. But her future remains uncertain. apnews.com/article/afghan…

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BREAKING: Video from body cameras worn by Louisville police officers as they responded to a shooting at a downtown bank that killed five people Monday has been released by police. apnews.com/article/louisv…

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A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in #Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why? riazat Martha Mendoza @julietlinderman Claire Galofaro the baby girl is now at the center of a a custody dispute involv a US marine attorney apnews.com/article/afghan…

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What happened when U.S. soldiers descended on an Afghan village is key to a custody fight over a baby found in the rubble. Survivors say she's the daughter of a farmer killed in the raid. By riazat, Martha Mendoza, @julietlinderman, Claire Galofaro apnews.com/article/afghan…

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A gripping account of the #Lahaina fire as it happened, by Claire Galofaro Matt Sedensky, with feeds from a few of us other The Associated Press reporters. They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices apnews.com/article/lahain…

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The federal government has tried to intervene in a high-stakes custody battle over an Afghan war orphan, warning that if the court lets a Marine keep the little girl, it could be viewed as “endorsing an act of international child abduction.” apnews.com/article/afghan…

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This incredible story from Eleanor Klibanoff helps show, in painstaking detail, the deeply personal impacts of abortion bans w/few exceptions. Miranda, carrying nonviable twins, couldn't afford to leave TX. So she contin'd her pregnancy in accordance w/state law. bit.ly/3FbkoIn

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People keep asking me how residents in New Orleans are TRULY doing after the deadly Bourbon Street attack. I’m hopeful this story provides some answer to that question. Proud to share a byline with Jack Brook Sharon Lurye Claire Galofaro apnews.com/article/new-or…