AP PHOTOS: Trump says he'll reopen Alcatraz

AP PHOTOS: Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz

May 5, 2025, 9:30 AM | Updated: 12:20 pm

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Noah Berger)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.

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