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General ‘shocked’ by AP report on AWOL guns, considers fix

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense in Washington, June 17, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP) Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, […]

JUNE 17, 2021

New York spy museum to feature ‘Seafood from Slaves’ investigation

The Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporting that exposed modern day slavery in the fishing industry in Southeast Asia will be showcased at a new interactive spy museum in midtown Manhattan.

FEB. 9, 2018

AP publishes history of baseball’s ‘Banned’ players, coaches

The Associated Press and Diversion Books have published “Banned: Baseball’s Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans,” a comprehensive history written by former AP sports writer Hal Bock.

FEB. 21, 2017

AP publishes special edition of ‘Pearl Harbor’ for 75th anniversary

The Associated Press announced today it has published a special edition of its Pearl Harbor book to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base by Japanese forces.

DEC. 6, 2016

Maddow breaks down reading AP story on ‘tender age’ shelters

MSNBC television anchor Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” moderates a panel at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) The host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” was live on the air Tuesday evening when she tried to read the AP’s exclusive story . After trying to get through the first […]

JUNE 20, 2018

‘I needed to tell their story’ AP staffer captures ER save

A respiratory specialist operates a ventilator for a patient with COVID-19 who went into cardiac arrest and was revived by staff, April 20, 2020, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Associated Press photographer rushed into the emergency room with his equipment. He needed to capture video and still pictures, all […]

APRIL 22, 2020

‘Footprints on the Moon,’ an AP e-book, recounts space race

“Footprints on the Moon,” an Associated Press account of how man succeeded in freeing himself from the bonds that held him to Earth, is now available as an e-book.

JULY 21, 2014

‘The Reckoning’ AP event to examine accountability in clergy abuse crisis

The state of the clergy abuse crisis across the globe and the effectiveness of measures taken by the Catholic Church since it vowed to end the scourge of abuse nearly two decades ago will be examined at an Associated Press panel discussion on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in New York.

NOV. 12, 2019

‘We don’t speculate’ How AP counts votes and calls races

A woman casts her ballot on the first day of early voting in a recently-shuttered store at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas, Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) AP will use that vote count to declare winners in some 7,000 races, so the world knows who wins not only the White House, but […]

OCT. 24, 2020

‘Vietnam The Real War,’ photo history by AP, to publish Oct 1

“Vietnam: The Real War” (Abrams; Oct. 1, 2013; 304 pages; 300 photographs; US $40.00/CAN $45.00/UK £25.00) UPDATED: Read The New York Times preview. To cover the Vietnam War, the Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the great photographic legacies of the 20th century. Collected in […]

SEPT. 5, 2013

National AP investigation on airport security spurs local reports

An AP investigation into security breaches at U.S. airports has been echoed and localized by dozens of member newspapers and broadcast customers.

AP introduces presidential campaign kit for radio stations

The Associated Press has introduced the 2016 Radio Campaign Kit, a turnkey advantage that gives radio members election returns and AP journalists’ digital and on-air reporting on the presidential campaign in the months leading to Election Day and the inauguration of the 45th president in January.

JAN. 6, 2016