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Chernobyl anniversary produces AP exclusives

The 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted AP journalists in Eastern Europe to produce disturbing environmental stories near the site in Ukraine and also from Mayak, the scene of at least two of Russia’s worst nuclear accidents dating from the late 1940s.

Scoop shows how much Elon Musk’s influential America PAC spent during the 2020 election in support of the Trump campaign

Washington reporter Dan Merica used his strong source network to show that Elon Musk’s influential super PAC spent roughly $200 million over four-plus months to help elect Donald Trump. After Trump’s victory, Dan took on a story about the allied super PACs to which the Trump campaign outsourced its get-out-the-vote efforts and other operations. A […]

NOV. 22, 2024

AP opens full news bureau in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Associated Press opened its newest bureau here Monday, becoming the first international news organization with a full-time presence to cover news from North Korea in words, pictures and video.   In a ceremony that came less than a month after the death of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il and […]

JAN. 16, 2012

Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor’s mansion looking into suspect’s hatred of Josh Shapiro

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect was motivated by the Democrat’s Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza. Police have said that Cody Balmer of Harrisburg harbored hatred toward Shapiro. Several search warrants released Wednesday offer […]

APRIL 16, 2025

Monfils outduels fellow Frenchman in an Australian Open 1st-round match for the ages

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. The entertainer’s instinct in him got a lot of value out of clinching it in five. In a duel between the 38-year-old […]

JAN. 13, 2025

Elmo tells all: ‘Sesame Street’ 55th season features SZA, Chris Stapleton, Reneé Rapp and more

NEW YORK (AP) — Appearing on “Sesame Street”? That’s the best idea. The 55th season of the acclaimed family program features a star-studded lineup of musicians that would be the envy of any summer festival: SZA, Chris Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Reneé Rapp and Samara Joy. The upcoming season will focus on lessons in emotional well-being. […]

JAN. 9, 2025

Probe Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, talks to members of the media in Istanbul, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) BOSTON (AP) — An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is […]

JULY 18, 2021

AP breaks news as tribes find path to recovering Native American children from U.S. boarding school cemeteries

It’s a process that has been going on for years — returning to tribes the remains of Native American children who died and were buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The AP has covered the annual repatriations each year. When Mark Scolforo set out to report on this year’s return, he embraced a digital-first […]

NOV. 14, 2025

Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on

 A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor. The comet known as 3I/Atlas will hurtle within 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) of the red planet, its closest approach during its trek through the inner solar system. Its breakneck speed: 193,000 mph (310,000 kph). […]

OCT. 2, 2025

AP scores an exclusive: pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended

When AP investigative reporter Michelle R. Smith learned about a letter signed by doctors in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as the next secretary of Health and Human Services, she questioned the credibility of the signatories—knowing Kennedy had been associated with doctors who had lost their licenses or faced disciplinary action. But obtaining […]

FEB. 7, 2025

Understanding the ‘Politics of pain’

During an especially intense news period, marked by a bomb blast in Manhattan and a subsequent manhunt in New Jersey, an investigation into the politics behind America’s opioid epidemic still received the attention it deserved.

Any Cabrera corresponsal y editora de AP fallecio a los 60 anos

In this April 17, 2013 photo, Associated Press news editor Any Cabrera poses for a staff photo at AP’s Mexico City AP bureau. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Any Cabrera, veterana periodista del servicio en español de The Associated Press, quien cubrió muchas de las historias más importantes de Latinoamérica durante 33 años en la cooperativa noticiosa […]

MAY 24, 2016