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FBI agents search a neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 where Teresa Youngblut and Felix Bauckholt, who were involved in the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, had been renting homes in the neighborhood, their landlord told The Associated Press. (WRAL-TV via AP)

AP puts new spin on Daytona 500 with video package

FEB. 21, 2025

AP elevated its coverage of the Daytona 500 this year by adding video created by reporters Jenna Fryer, Dan Gelston, and Mark Long, making the package more digital-friendly than ever. Fryer secured exclusive access to embed with the Hendrick Motorsports crew of driver Kyle Larson during the race—a first for AP. She provided real-time video […]

FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Tireless reporting, source work, and fact-checking give AP exclusive details on cultlike Zizians group

FEB. 21, 2025

In January, a traffic stop in Vermont turned violent. A Border Patrol agent and a passenger in the car were killed. A wounded suspect was taken into custody. But that was just the beginning. Holly Ramer, Patrick Whittle, and Mark Scolforo began unraveling a violent web of interconnected crimes tied to a cultlike group linked […]

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

AMA spreads AP knowledge on immigration via Reddit

FEB. 21, 2025

Elliot Spagat, Rebecca Santana, and Christopher Sherman—who have extensively covered the impact of the Trump administration’s immigration policies between the U.S. and Mexico—wanted to engage directly with readers to expand the reach of their reporting. They proposed hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit. Working with Karena Phan from Digital News, they organized […]

Fatima Guzman prays during a church service at the Centro Cristiano El Pan de Vida, a mid-size Church of God of Prophecy congregation in Kissimmee, Florida, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)

AP consistently dominates coverage of DOGE disruptions, layoffs at federal agencies

FEB. 21, 2025

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has quickly become the dominant storyline in Washington. White House reporter Chris Megerian has led coverage, coordinating with reporters in the D.C. bureau and across the country to break news and analyze developments—refusing to be sidelined or distracted by President Donald Trump’s moves to bar The Associated Press from […]

FILE – Andrew Lester appears in court to answer charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action, April 19, 2023, in Liberty, Mo. (KMBC via AP, Pool, File)

Years of source work earn AP exclusive on major religion news

FEB. 21, 2025

Early on Feb. 11, a lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.—a sweeping challenge by 27 Christian and Jewish groups, representing millions of Americans, seeking to block a Trump administration move that would give immigration officers more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship. For every media outlet in the U.S., […]

The SNL50 logo is seen outside the Nasdaq Marketplace in New York’s Times Square, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

AP breaks news in case of shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl

FEB. 21, 2025

When news media learned of an unexpected hearing in the case of the Kansas City retiree who shot Ralph Yarl after the Black teenager mistakenly rang his doorbell, Regional Sales Director Kia Breaux sprang into action to uncover more details. Through strong source development and aggressive reporting, Breaux secured confirmation from two anonymous sources that […]

Lebanese men pray after they entered their destroyed hometown of Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

‘Saturday Night Live’ celebrates 50 years with comedy, music and show’s many, many famous friends

FEB. 18, 2025

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon’s “Homeward Bound” to open the show, five-decade “Saturday Night Live” luminary Steve Martin delivered the monologue, and Paul McCartney gave an epic closing to a 50th anniversary special celebrating the sketch institution that was overflowing with famous former cast members, superstar hosts and legendary guests. The 83-year-old […]

This combination of images shows, top row, from left, Christopher David Murray, Cody Olafson, Cornelius Anderson, Timothy Guyer, Edgar Ordonez, Kevin Reaux, Thomas Coulter, second row, Marcus Zeigler, Mulwa Sumbi, Patrick Dupree, Ronald Donat, William “Tex” Bailey, Wisbens Antoine, Spencer Englett, bottom row, Asson Hacker, Donald Fredenburg Jr., Enrique Delgado-Garcia, Michelle Strube, Marquis Kennedy, Vincent Parks and Andrew Sockwell. (Frisco Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, New York City Police Department, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, Daytona Beach Police Department, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Candidates Scholars’ Program, Georgia State Patrol, Sharline Volcy, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, Knoxville Police Department, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department, Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marine Corps, Massachusetts State Police, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Cassidy Hill, Jonesboro Police Department, City of Plano via AP)

Villagers in southern Lebanon begin to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal

FEB. 18, 2025

KFAR KILA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon. Top Lebanese leaders denounced the continued presence of the Israeli troops as an occupation and […]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Dying to serve: Dozens of recruits have died nationwide while training to become police officers

FEB. 18, 2025

Ronald Donat’s longtime dream of becoming a police officer was in jeopardy. The 41-year-old struggled to stand after completing a flurry of pushups, sprints and pullups in the notoriously grueling start of physical training that recruits call “Hell Day.” “You are dead!” classmates recall a sergeant berating Donat, ordering him to sit on concrete at […]

Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift

FEB. 18, 2025

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries’ top diplomats said after talks that reflected an extraordinary about-face in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump. In an interview with The Associated Press […]

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White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf of America’

FEB. 11, 2025

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America. The reporter tried to enter the White House event as usual Tuesday afternoon and was […]

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AP to bolster US news report with support from Knight Foundation

JAN. 29, 2025

The Associated Press and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today an expanded collaboration that will further strengthen AP’s unmatched U.S. news report and coverage of state and local news. An initial investment from the Knight Foundation will bolster the global news organization’s commitment to delivering factual, nonpartisan reporting to digital […]

He is credited with one of history’s most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it

JAN. 16, 2025

By DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press It is one of the 20th century’s most memorable images: a naked girl, screaming, running from a napalm bombing during the Vietnam War. More than a half-century later, a new documentary is calling into question who took it — and the retired Associated Press photographer long credited for the […]

Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot

JAN. 15, 2025

By MATT O’BRIEN, The Associated Press January 15, 2025 Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher. Google announced the deal in a blog post Wednesday, saying that AP “will now deliver a feed of real-time information to […]

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AP, Frontline documentary ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ to make world premiere at 2025 Sundance Film Festival

DEC. 12, 2024

“2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a new feature film on the war in Ukraine from Frontline, the award-winning PBS documentary series housed at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press, will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this January in Park City, Utah. “2000 Meters to Andriivka” is the second feature film from […]

Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists

NOV. 13, 2024

NEW DELHI (AP) — An association of editors and rights groups has condemned a decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to cancel press accreditations for 167 journalists, calling it a threat to press freedom in the country. Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, the Press Information Department revoked the accreditations in three phases, drawing widespread criticism […]