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Informant NYPD paid me to ‘bait’ Muslims

NEW YORK — A paid informant for the New York Police Department’s intelligence unit was under orders to “bait” Muslims into saying inflammatory things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press. Shamiur Rahman, a 19-year-old […]

OCT. 23, 2012

AP compiles US Elections Style Guide

The Associated Press has compiled a list of U.S. political terms, phrases and definitions to assist in coverage of the 2012 national elections. The guidance encompasses the Democratic and Republican conventions to nominate presidential candidates; terminology for presidential races; campaign rhetoric; and elections for the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Many of the terms are from the AP Stylebook. Others include writing with context and avoiding clichés.

AUG. 13, 2012

How does AP count the vote?

In every U.S. election since 1848 AP has counted the vote and declared the winners. As Nov. 5 approaches, David Scott, the AP vice president who oversees our elections operation, explains how AP tallies millions of ballots to deliver the results:

El Mundial arranca en Ciudad de México y otras fotos de la semana en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

México, coanfitrión el Mundial de fútbol más grande de la historia, firmó un excelente arranque en el torneo con una victoria por 2—0 sobre Sudáfrica en el partido inaugural, delante de 80.824 fanáticos en el icónico estadio Azteca de la capital.

JUNE 12, 2026

AP delivers timely, resonant coverage of the Cannes Film Festival over the course of 12 busy days

AP provided timely, expansive, and engaging coverage of the Cannes Film Festival, meeting the demands of both audiences and customers over 12 packed days of red carpets, premieres, and behind-the-scenes moments. Working with a small but highly effective team, AP delivered nearly 4,000 photos to the wire, more than 160 video edits—including newsroom packages, digital […]

MAY 30, 2025

Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia’s children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them

When Patricia Elago Zetty’s 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia’s conflict-ridden southwest, she didn’t hesitate. Elago and five fellow members of the Indigenous Guard trekked across mountainous terrain to confront the guerrillas they suspected of taking her son and another teenager to bolster their ranks. When the unarmed Guard members reached the guerrillas’ camp, about […]

AUG. 12, 2025

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

Advance preparation put AP in position for quick alerts and full analytical story on China’s newest aircraft carrier

Within 50 minutes of China’s announcement that it had commissioned its third aircraft carrier, the AP was out with an analytical story, complete with visuals and explanatory graphics, marking a major milestone in China’s efforts to match U.S. naval power. Anticipating the moment, the team began preparing months earlier after unconfirmed reports suggested the Fujian […]

NOV. 14, 2025

Partido exFARC se juega su futuro: por primera vez busca miles de votos para seguir en el Congreso

Carlos Carreño Marín camina por las calles de Bogotá en busca de votos para conservar su escaño en la Cámara de Representantes por el partido Comunes, surgido del acuerdo de paz que firmó hace una década la extinta guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia. Al pasar por un puesto de frutas y verduras de un mercado entrega […]

MARCH 2, 2026

AP spans the huge Navajo Nation to show rare campaigning for Native votes

AP journalists Rodrigo Abd and Megan Janetsky set out to tell the unique story of voters who don’t often make the evening news: residents of the vast Navajo Nation in Arizona. Since President Joe Biden won Arizona by 10,500 votes in 2020, both political parties have made a new effort to win Native American’s votes. […]

NOV. 8, 2024

AP Washington video team delivers breakthrough State of the Union production

Covering the State of the Union presents a unique challenge: nearly every outlet carries the speech, making differentiation difficult. The AP Washington video team set out to build a livestream that could compete with major networks — and do so at no cost to audiences. On the eve of the address, the team unexpectedly lost […]

MARCH 6, 2026

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota to mark 200 years of emigration to the US

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visited Minnesota on Tuesday as part of a tour marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the United States, highlighting the deep connections between the two countries. The Upper Midwest has some of the largest concentrations of Scandinavian Americans in the U.S., and Minnesota has well over 800,000 […]

OCT. 7, 2025