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AP says it will no longer name suspects in minor crimes

A police car blocks a road in a suburb of Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2021. The Associated Press says it will no longer publish the names or photographs of people charged with minor crimes, in a recognition of how such stories can have a long, damaging afterlife on the internet. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) NEW YORK […]

JUNE 16, 2021

EXPLAINER Calling a race is tricky How AP does it

The Trumbull County Courthouse is shown, Oct. 16, 2020, in Warren, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer) WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 2020 U.S. general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races – starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every state legislature. To do […]

NOV. 3, 2020

AP photographer documents lava meeting sea in sizzling show

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The glowing lava was extinguished as it met the water with the hiss of a million steam irons. An otherworldly cloud flourished from the fizzle, rapidly expanding outward and upward, morphing into different shapes. It smelled like burnt matches from the sulfur dioxide. Joe Kekedi takes pictures as lava enters the […]

MAY 23, 2018

Women are flocking to DC for a historic pro baseball tryout. Here are some players to know

Hundreds of women will flock to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turning pro baseball dreams into reality. Some at the historic tryout will be seasoned veterans and trailblazers in the women’s game. Plenty others are beginners chasing a shot at the pros. They’ll meet on the same field in a camp […]

AUG. 21, 2025

Pride Parades Across the World

Parades were held across the world on weekends for Pride month.

JUNE 23, 2025

New Middle East leadership team is named

In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on Friday outlined a new structure for AP’s Middle East region:

Ethiopia urged to uphold press freedom and release reporter

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned. Two lawmakers in the U.S. Congress — Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania — have joined press freedom advocates in calling for […]

MARCH 28, 2022

An unwelcome prank Volkswagen purposely hoodwinks reporters

Volkswagen company logo flags wave in front of a Volkswagen factory building in Zwickau, Germany, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists are used to being wary about odd pranksters pulling April Fool’s Day hoaxes at this time of year. Few expect it from a multi-billion dollar corporation. Volkswagen admitted Tuesday that […]

MARCH 30, 2021

AP, GNI to build tool to help local newsrooms collaborate

The Associated Press is launching a pilot project aimed at increasing local news coverage and improving the way member news organizations collaborate with one another.

JUNE 27, 2019

New heads of video, US news are named

In a memo to staff on Wednesday, it was announced that Sara Gillesby will lead global video for AP and Josh Hoffner will direct U.S. news coverage.

Understanding the election: How AP combats misinformation

With misinformation swirling ahead of the U.S. presidential election, fact-checking, a central function of AP for decades, has never been more important.

Beyond exit polls: A new way to survey voters

In its search for new ways to survey a changing electorate, AP continued its experiments aimed at evolving the traditional, in-person exit poll in 2017, testing a new approach aimed at reaching both those who vote in person on Election Day and the increasing number of voters who cast ballots early -- roughly 40 percent in 2016.