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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Spotlight on ‘Reporters reporting’

A new Associated Press Instagram account features AP journalists in the field, shooting photos and video and reporting news stories across the globe.  

Homes and construction show strains on the economy

AP’s reporting from Honduras, Gaza and Syria wins prestigious awards

Associated Press journalists have won a number of prestigious awards for their work covering a variety of difficult stories spanning from Latin America to the Middle East.

AP video recognized for excellence in international coverage

The Associated Press has been nominated for two Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, including one nomination for its international news coverage of Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Advancing climate storytelling in Latin America

Today, AP began conducting a week-long training on climate and environment storytelling for 16 journalists from Latin America during the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England.

A bird’s eye view of Greenland’s melting glaciers

An all-formats team of AP journalists spent three days traveling across Greenland to document the impact of its shrinking glaciers in photos, text and video. 

Decision 2016: Counting the vote

On Nov. 8, it’s The Associated Press that will be tabulating election results for national, state and local races and distributing them to members and customers worldwide.

Decision 2016: Calling the winners

With a history of calling election winners quickly and accurately for its member news organizations and customers in the U.S. and around the world, AP is poised to again do so on Nov. 8.

One year later: AP minidoc marks COVID-19 anniversary

The Associated Press has released a minidocumentary marking the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Challenging insurance market in California

Spain train crash: How a journalist’s quick thinking led to vital info

It was Spain’s worst rail disaster in 70 years. An express train careened off the tracks in a jumble of flying steel, killing 79 people. In chaos that followed one key question emerged almost instantly: Was the train driver speeding? Initial but unsourced reports indicated he was. Video of the crash from a security camera seemed to show this. But as in the immediate aftermath of most disasters, precise, reliable information was very hard to come by.