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Delegate math Clinton wins, and how AP counts delegates

She reached the required 2,383 delegates on Monday, according to an Associated Press count. Here’s a look at the count and how the AP determined Clinton has enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee, besting her primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. ___ WHAT’S THE COUNT In the primary elections and caucuses, Clinton has won […]

JUNE 7, 2016

AP, NCAA to grow college sports coverage with automated game stories

The Associated Press, working with data from the NCAA, plans to use automation technology to provide thousands of stories about college sports previously not covered by the news organization.

MARCH 4, 2015

AP awards to be featured in 4th annual ‘NFL Honors’

A general view of the 3rd Annual NFL Honors awards show at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in New York, NY. (AP Photo/Ben Liebenberg) The National Football League will recognize its best players, performances and plays from the 2014 season with a two-hour prime-time awards special — 4th Annual NFL Honors […]

JAN. 12, 2015

Obama’s final year US spent $36 million in records lawsuits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration in its final year in office spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act, according to an Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data that also showed poor performance in other categories measuring transparency in […]

MARCH 14, 2017

ABC News and AP announce documentary spotlighting intersection between the KKK and law enforcement from George Stephanopoulos Pr

‘Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK’ Premieres on Hulu Thursday, April 27. In a first-time collaboration, ABC News and The Associated Press announced today a documentary that takes viewers inside one of the world’s most sinister secret societies — the Ku Klux Klan. Based on an award-winning investigative AP series, the true-crime documentary captures the infiltration […]

APRIL 19, 2023

Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

Joy Falatiya said her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in March 2024 and that she fell apart after that. Homeless and penniless, the 35-year-old South Sudanese mother said she thought of ending her life. “I wanted to take my children and jump in the river,” she said while cradling a […]

AUG. 11, 2025

Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his autobiography being released Tuesday that also doubles down on some of his more controversial decisions as pontiff. “Hope: The Autobiography” was only […]

JAN. 14, 2025

Two international news directors are named

Paul Haven, vice president and head of global news gathering, announced two key appointments on Monday: James Jordan will lead AP's coverage of Europe and Africa, and Cristiana Mesquita will head Cuba and the Caribbean.

Troy Thibodeaux named director of digital news

Deputy Managing Editor Amanda Barrett today announced a key appointment: Troy Thibodeaux, who has led AP’s data journalism since 2013, is now director of digital news:

Lifetime achievement award for photographer Nick Ut

Photojournalist Nick Ut, an AP staffer for 50 years, received the 2016 Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual dinner on Sunday night.

AP CEO: News agencies must ‘unleash the truth’

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt addressed the role of news agencies in the 21st century.

AP serves up bounty of cooking columns for the home chef

Katie Workman, a popular food blogger and cookbook author, is joining The Associated Press’ lineup of weekly cooking columnists.

JULY 28, 2015