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Photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed while working in Afghanistan, Regional Correspondent Kathy Gannon wounded

<p>Brazil's Newsource Globo and AP Global Media Services will offer comprehensive broadcast facilities throughout Brazil at the FIFA World Cup™ 2014. The feed points will be available to both rights and non-rights holders.</p> <br> <br> <br>In a Friday, April 4, 2014 note to AP staff, CEO Gary Pruitt announced the death of AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injury of Kathy Gannon, regional correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

APRIL 4, 2014

Jonathan Wolman, Detroit News editor, former AP exec, dies

Jonathan Wolman, editor and publisher of The Detroit News, speaks during an announcement at the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News during a news conference in Detroit, Dec. 16, 2008. (AP Photo) Jonathan Wolman, who over more than 45 years in journalism served as editor and publisher of The Detroit News and previously worked […]

APRIL 15, 2019

Piecing together the story of a girl, 10, left in an African forest

Her name is Hamamatou Harouna. She is 10 years old and unable to walk because she has polio.

AP to name breakthrough entertainers of 2017

For the first time on Tuesday, The Associated Press will name its Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year. The inaugural list comprises eight artists, including newcomers who made a splash in 2017 as well as more established entertainers who found success this year.

Bria, AP newsman who flashed Nazi surrender, dies at 101

In this Feb. 1946 photo, Associated Press correspondent George E. Bria works by candlelight in the AP Rome bureau during a power failure. (AP Photo, File) “George Bria was a multitalented journalist of many interests, a dedicated professional of the old school who exemplified the best of the AP during a long, distinguished career,” said AP […]

MARCH 18, 2017

The Seine in Paris is open for swimming. Tourists and residents embrace it as temperatures soar

Swimming in the Seine is an increasingly popular tourist attraction in the French capital — and a must-do for Parisians themselves. Thousands of people have enjoyed a dip in the river since three public bathing sites opened last month, the first in over a century. The swimming areas are expected to get even more crowded as […]

AUG. 12, 2025

Huntington Beach Dog Surfing

Fans flocked to Huntington Beach on Friday to watch top canine athletes compete in the Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge surf contest. Dogs ranging from 2 to 13 years old — Corgis, Dalmatians, Pit Bulls, Labradors and more — showed off their skills riding waves, drawing cheers from beachside spectators as they aimed to “hang ten” and secure a spot in K9 surfing history.

JUNE 21, 2025

Honoring Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll

AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll will receive the 2016 Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement from The Newswomen’s Club of New York, the organization announced today.

‘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

FRONTLINE and AP Present ‘Putin’s Attack on Ukraine Documenting War Crimes’

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Frontline (PBS) and The Associated Press will go inside Russia’s war on Ukraine with the premiere of 'Putin’s Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes.'

OCT. 24, 2022

AP compiles Super Bowl Style Guide

To help with spellings and usage in coverage of the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis, The Associated Press has compiled a style guide of essential pro football terms, phrases and definitions. Some terms are from the AP Stylebook: https://www.apstylebook.com/. Others are common usage in AP sports stories. The terms include input from AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner. See a list of terms below sent to AP members and subscribers in a Jan. 26 advisory.

JAN. 26, 2012