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The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening

 After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country. Located […]

OCT. 30, 2025

Q&A: How AP counts the vote

As votes in the U.S. midterm elections roll in across the country on Nov. 4, it’s The Associated Press that will be counting the results through the evening. The news industry and the public turn to AP, a not-for-profit cooperative, to provide fast and reliable results on national, state and local races and key ballot measures.

Scrambling across continents to fact-check the pope

During his in-flight press conference heading home from South America last month, Pope Francis said he could not remove a bishop implicated in a sexual abuse scandal in Chile because he had never heard from any victims about the bishop’s behavior. 

AP’s top editor: We need ‘good old-fashioned facts’

As she accepted the William Allen White Foundation National Citation for outstanding journalistic service at the University of Kansas on Thursday, AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee outlined three guideposts news organizations must use to navigate the future of journalism.

Boinas verdes mexicanos: un día de entrenamiento de la unidad élite que abatió a “El Mencho”

Hasta el abatimiento del líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación no era mucho lo que se sabía de la unidad de élite del ejército mexicano que ejecutó la operación. Pero su exitosa misión ha puesto al cuerpo de fuerzas especiales, integrado por unos 2.000 efectivos, en el centro de la atención de un país acosado por la violencia narco.

MARCH 11, 2026

Fighting for press freedom

This World Press Freedom Day, which serves a reminder to governments of their duty to uphold the right to freedom of expression, AP continues to advocate for the ability of journalists to operate freely and safely across the globe.

Using the word ‘war’ in Ukraine

There has been some discussion about whether to term the fighting in Ukraine a “war.” The AP is using the word, and here is why:

Angela Charlton named Western Europe news director

In a memo to staff, AP Europe and Africa News Director Anna Johnson today announced that Bureau Chief Angela Charlton is now AP’s Western Europe news director, a new position responsible for leading all formats in France, Belgium and the Netherlands:

How I got that Trump photo

On the final night of the Republican National Convention, AP photographer Mark Terrill captured a dramatic image of Donald Trump from above that had people talking.

Reporters measure impact of state’s gay marriage law

Seeking to measure the first month’s impact of the new gay marriage law in Minnesota, two resourceful AP reporters built their own database to find the answer. A staff memo from Managing Editor Kristin Gazlay explains how:

A Q&A with AP’s health law expert

Viewers of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” today got the chance to interact with Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press’ expert on the rollout of the nation’s new health insurance system. During the 45-minute segment, he took questions from callers and discussed trends in national health care spending and health law costs.