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Items to include in holiday dinners are displayed at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anne D’Innocenzio)

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NOV. 18, 2024

Yu Miao, owner of JF Books, speaks to The Associated Press in his bookstore in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals and store brands

NOV. 18, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent food price inflation. Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, first bundled the makings of a […]

Leaders attending the G20 Summit pose for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas

NOV. 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of business six years ago. “There is no pressure from […]

FILE – Female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

NOV. 18, 2024

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro produced a joint declaration Monday that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group’s members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global pact to fight hunger, taxation […]

People walk past the memorial to fallen soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate

NOV. 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines? The former Fox News commentator has made it clear, in his own book and in interviews, that he […]

U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

A makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war

NOV. 18, 2024

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before Russia’s invasion, this was an ordinary green lawn in the heart of Ukraine’s capital. Tourists would visit to take photos, and locals would stroll there on weekends. But 1,000 days of war have transformed it into a makeshift memorial, dotted with blue-and-yellow flags — each honoring a soldier who died […]

Best of AP — First Winner

Today he is a high school football player. Soon he’ll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas

NOV. 18, 2024

ISANTI, Minn. (AP) — The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile. Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the […]

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Crack election night operation across nation delivers news of Trump’s win, GOP victories elsewhere

NOV. 15, 2024

At The Associated Press, collaboration takes many forms and comes in many sizes across the world. But nothing compares to Election Day (and night) in a presidential election year. This year, months of diligent preparation from all corners of the organization — and a crack election night operation in Washington and across the nation — made […]

FILE – Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary “Quincy” during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2018, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

A late-night call puts AP ahead on reporting news of Quincy Jones’ death

NOV. 15, 2024

AP broke the news on the death of one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century, Quincy Jones, in part because of the connections that entertainment writer Andrew Dalton had built over the years. Jones’ publicist called Dalton late on Sunday night to alert him to Jones’ death. Dalton has worked with the […]

Charlotte Hornets’ Brandon Miller, center, dunks between Philadelphia 76ers’ Kelly Oubre Jr., left, and Jeff Dowtin Jr. during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

FILE – Martin Scorsese appears the National Board of Review awards gala in New York on Jan. 11, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Sports Week in Pictures

NOV. 14, 2024

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Martin Scorsese on ‘The Saints,’ faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be

NOV. 14, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York’s Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls. “The minute I walk out the door of the cathedral and I don’t see […]

Working Well: The simple act of taking deep breaths can reduce stress and anxiety

NOV. 14, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A simple, uncommon ritual starts each staff meeting at Myosin Marketing. When everyone is gathered on Zoom, and before they get to the meat of the agenda, CEO Sean Clayton leads his team through a deep-breathing exercise. The practice sets the tone for the meeting, and helps his employees, most of […]

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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 […]

AP announces winners of 2024 Oliver S. Gramling Awards

OCT. 30, 2024

NEW YORK – Associated Press journalists and staffers from across the globe are among the winners of the 2024 Oliver S. Gramling Awards and Chairman’s Prize, the highest internal honors of The Associated Press. Created in 1994 to recognize AP staffers for professional excellence, the Gramling Awards are decided each year by a panel of […]

A view of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 21, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP announces 2024 general election plans

OCT. 29, 2024

The Associated Press, the most trusted source of accurate information on election night for nearly two centuries, will deliver that expertise to its member news organizations, customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote, declares the winners and covers the results on Nov. 5. On election night, AP will count the […]

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To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories

OCT. 25, 2024

By DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As news outlets get ready for election night, they’re not only focusing on what happens. They’re keeping watch over what doesn’t. Several plans to combat misinformation are in place across newsrooms that will follow the climax of a hard-fought campaign on Nov. 5. The Associated Press and […]

AP, dpa to launch new Arabic news service

OCT. 10, 2024

The Associated Press and German press agency dpa today announced they will launch an Arabic news wire comprising text stories from both news agencies. The news wire, called the Global Arabic News Service, will provide more than 200 Arabic language news stories from AP and dpa each day, from the Middle East, Europe, the U.S. […]

AP, AppliedXL to deliver AI-powered news tips to local newsrooms

SEPT. 17, 2024

The Associated Press and AppliedXL announced today a collaboration to provide AI-powered local news tips and advisories on health, energy and environment issues to AP member newsrooms in an effort to enhance local journalism. Leveraging AppliedXL’s autonomous news gathering technology and informed by input from AP journalists, the new initiative, AP Local Lede, identifies and […]