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Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

 Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyō in Japanese. That legacy is facing quiet resistance. While professional sumo — the sumo that the world […]

SEPT. 11, 2025

News media coalition announces partnership to test small news drones at FAA test site

A coalition of 10 news media companies [including The Associated Press] is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) for the testing of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to gather news.

JAN. 15, 2015

AP CEO addresses phone records seizure and safeguards

Prepared remarks Gary Pruitt President and CEO, The Associated Press Address to the National Press ClubJune 19, 2013 Good afternoon. Before coming over here to talk to you today, I thought I should get a sense of how the seizure of AP’s phone records by the DOJ is affecting our reporters. It’s been six weeks, […]

JUNE 19, 2013

AP celebrates 175 years of advancing the power of facts

The Associated Press celebrates its 175th anniversary this month, marking nearly two centuries of advancing the power of factual journalism.

MAY 18, 2021

Oskar Garcia named AP’s East sports editor

Oskar Garcia (AP Photo) Garcia, currently based in Honolulu, will be based in Philadelphia and will report to Global Sports Editor Michael Giarrusso, who announced the promotion on Thursday. He will work with a dozen sports journalists in the northeast and others around the globe to lead spot and enterprise sports coverage in 10 U.S. […]

JULY 31, 2014

AP ENPS removes boundaries to news production

AP ENPS Mobile unifies the news production workflow whether staff is in the field or in the office. (AP Photo) The Associated Press will showcase the new look and improved functionality for the mobile version of AP ENPS, the world’s most popular multiplatform news production system, at the NAB Show in Las Vegas next week. […]

APRIL 3, 2014

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Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — From Logan School’s top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily — it was less than two blocks away. But after a monstrous tornado ripped through the Illinois town of Murphysboro on March 18, 1925, Othella saw nothing but flattened wasteland. “She couldn’t tell which […]

MARCH 17, 2025

AP statement on Ethiopia freelancer

UPDATED March 18, 2022: Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Julie Pace issued this statement about AP-accredited freelance journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who today appeared in court in Ethiopia and continues to be detained:

AI guidance, terms added to AP Stylebook

Guidance on how to cover artificial intelligence and 10 key AI terms were added today to the AP Stylebook, to help journalists accurately explain the potential, inherent risks and varying effects of AI and generative AI models.

US indicts 3 it ties to Syrian Electronic Army for hacking

The criminal charges against three Syrians were unsealed on Tuesday in U.S. Eastern District Court of Virginia. None are in custody. Prosecutors allege that Ahmad Umar Agha, 22, and Firas Dardar, 27, tricked email users into revealing their usernames and passwords to compromise domestic and international computer systems from 2011 through 2014. They used a […]

MARCH 22, 2016

Michael Giarrusso named AP global sports editor

AP Global Sports Editor Michael Giarrusso (AP photo) Giarrusso, chief of bureau for The Associated Press for Arizona and New Mexico for the past three years, will oversee AP’s sports operations and manage more than 100 journalists covering events around the world, including the Olympics, World Cup and Super Bowl. He will be based in […]

OCT. 29, 2013