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Bringing AP Fact Checks to Twitter

A new AP Fact Check Twitter account launched today makes it easier to follow AP’s fact-checking and debunking of misinformation online.

Scrambling to secure video exclusives of traveling North Korean official

Ahead of an announcement by President Donald Trump that a top North Korean official would travel to the U.S. for talks about an upcoming summit between the two countries, a sharp-eyed AP journalist spotted Kim Yong Chol en route and set off a worldwide scramble.

Scrambling to secure video exclusives of traveling North Korean official

Ahead of an announcement by President Donald Trump that a top North Korean official would travel to the U.S. for talks about an upcoming summit between the two countries, a sharp-eyed AP journalist spotted Kim Yong Chol en route and set off a worldwide scramble.

2019 APME awards honor AP journalists for powerful stories

Honduran migrant Joel Mendez, 22, feeds his eight-month-old son Daniel as his partner Yesenia Martinez, 24, crawls through a hole under the U.S. border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 7, 2018. This image won the News Photography Single Shot category in the 2019 APME Awards. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Dake Kang and Yanan Wang, both 25, were […]

JUNE 17, 2019

AP to add automated stories previewing NHL games

The Associated Press announced today that it will preview all National Hockey League games with data-driven text stories generated by automation from HERO Sports and data from Sportradar.

MARCH 6, 2019

AP’s Doug Feinberg chosen for US Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) — Doug Feinberg, an Associated Press Basketball Writer who has covered the women’s game for nearly 20 years, has been chosen for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Feinberg joined the AP in 1995 and has covered women’s hoops since 2006, including oversight of the AP Top […]

MARCH 12, 2025

Understanding the vote New AP survey debuts Nov. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press will debut a new survey of the nation’s electorate for Tuesday’s midterms that aims to more accurately capture the story of how Americans voted and why. The launch of AP VoteCast is the largest change in the way final information about voters’ choices is collected by media organizations since […]

NOV. 5, 2018

AP to provide Kalshi its gold standard elections data ahead of primaries

The Associated Press today announced that it will provide its U.S. elections results to Kalshi, the world’s largest prediction market. AP will provide Kalshi with its vote count data and race calls for national and major state elections, making AP’s election information available on the platform. Kalshi, which is credited with creating and establishing the […]

MARCH 2, 2026

The church where MLK gave his final speech is getting a $1.2 million renovation

Standing in the spot where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Church of God in Christ leaders said Monday that a $1.2 million federal grant will be used to modernize the treasured piece of the Civil Rights Movement. Located near the former Lorraine Motel, where King was […]

APRIL 13, 2026

Understanding the election: How AP declares winners

The Associated Press will declare winners in 7,000 races in November, from president, Congress and governor to thousands of elections for state legislature, mayor, judges and more.

Updates to AP’s global investigations team

In a memo to staff on Monday, Global Investigations Editor Ron Nixon announced a reorganized global investigations team at The Associated Press, including two new additions:

‘Aggressive but delicate’ reporting produces gene-editing exclusive

In a memo to staff, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano recounted how AP gained a global exclusive on one of the most important and controversial claims in medical and science history: