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The Associated Press obtained exclusive data from a risk analysis firm that showed frequent flooding and flood risk hit communities along the Mississippi River at a 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a whole, then performed its own analysis to find and report on some of the hardest-hit towns. This package had its roots […]
JUNE 21, 2024
The AP was alone in reporting that the executive inspector general for Illinois has begun an investigation into the purchase of a 19th century flag by the state-run Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, focusing on whether procedures were followed in purchasing the flag and whether money was spent properly. A source tipped […]
MAY 31, 2024
By digging into data, putting it in context and giving it a human face, Ryan Foley, Carla Johnson and Shelby Lum shed light on how and why injections of powerful sedatives were used as tools of control when police restrained people. AP’s lethal restraint investigation has stunned readers by detailing for the first time the […]
MAY 3, 2024
In an exclusive based on documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, Washington-based health policy reporter Amanda Seitz reported on complaints that pregnant women were being turned away from emergency rooms in the months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, despite federal law requiring that they be treated. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, […]
APRIL 26, 2024
Sportswriters Jay Cohen, Ron Blum, Janie McCauley and David Brandt marked the 50th anniversary of Tommy John surgery on the baseball world with an all-formats package that looked at the past, present and future of the surgery and its impact on thousands of players and even teenagers who have gone through it, uncovering surprising details. […]
MARCH 22, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks during an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program, in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Fernando Hermida waits for his appointment at the Pineapple Healthcare medical clinic in Orlando, Fla., on May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
This Sunshine Week, a joint reporting project from AP and CNHI News finds a prohibitive system behind public record requests.
Election worker Donna Young inspects a mail-in ballot for damage at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Why has The Associated Press tallied votes and declared winners in U.S. elections since the middle of the 19th century? Because the Founding Fathers didn’t establish a national clearinghouse […]
OCT. 28, 2022
Two of the most challenging aspects of covering the ongoing abortion story in the U.S. are getting inside abortion clinics and telling the stories of women who have decided to end their pregnancies. So it was significant when two AP journalists gained exclusive access to a pair of abortion clinics — and to a woman […]
SEPT. 9, 2022
With extensive preparation ahead of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the AP moved at lightning speed and revved up to cover the historic ruling comprehensively in all formats. The long-awaited abortion decision required meticulous planning and smart execution to get the word out quickly and then deploy teams of AP journalists to […]
JULY 1, 2022
