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Retired AP photographer Ut gives pope ‘Napalm Girl’ photo

Retired AP photographer Nick Ut, center, flanked by Kim Phuc, left, holds his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo “Napalm Girl” as they wait to meet with Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Associated Press photographer Nick Ut […]

MAY 11, 2022

AP Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell dead at age 64

In this April 7, 2013, photo, Associated Press College Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell, left, is honored by Louisville coach Rick Pitino after a news conference at the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) NEW YORK (AP) — Jim O’Connell, the longtime college basketball writer for The Associated Press and a […]

JULY 2, 2018

Tramon Mark’s late jumper gives Texas a 68-66 win over NC State in the First Four

Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.1 seconds left, and Texas survived a late rally to beat N.C. State 68-66 on Tuesday night in a First Four matchup of power conference teams that limped into March Madness. Mark scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns (19-14), who had lost five of […]

MARCH 18, 2026

Knicks fever sweeps New York for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Spurs

Inside Madison Square Garden, Spike Lee wore a Knicks jersey with Pope Leo’s name on the back. On the concourse and the street, fans in blue and orange cheered and chanted. Watch parties sprung up all over the city, including one at a Brooklyn funeral home. Knicks fever reached a new peak Monday night, with New […]

JUNE 9, 2026

Chronicling ‘the unraveling of a nation’

The Overseas Press Club announced today that AP Venezuela correspondent Hannah Dreier has won its award for the best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad.

Additions to AP’s Washington bureau

In a memo to staff, Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson announced the addition of three new reporters to AP’s Washington team:

Sports Week in Pictures

DEC. 19, 2024

Bag containing weed and cash accidentally donated to a New Zealand charity shop

Two teenagers mistakenly left a knapsack containing marijuana and cash at a donation area outside a New Zealand charity shop then returned in a panic to retrieve the bag, police said Monday. A volunteer at the store noticed a pungent aroma before opening the knapsack and finding plastic bags of marijuana amounting to 43.2 grams (1.5 ounces) […]

MARCH 9, 2026

AP calls the presidential race – state by state

NEW YORK -- Since 1848, the Associated Press has counted the votes on which many news organizations base their projections and declare winners.

NOV. 7, 2012

Alan Diaz, AP photographer behind Elian image, dies at 71

Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, one of the two men who rescued the boy from the ocean, right, as government officials search the home of Lazaro Gonzalez for the young boy, in Miami, April 22, 2000. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) MIAMI (AP) — Retired Associated Press photojournalist Alan Diaz, whose photo of […]

JULY 3, 2018

The NBA Finals are set: It’ll be Thunder vs. Pacers, starting Thursday night

The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, back when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school in Wisconsin.

JUNE 1, 2025

Arizona jumps to No. 2 behind Purdue in AP Top 25, Alabama into top 10; Kansas falls out of rankings

Purdue remained at No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while Arizona jumped to No. 2 to continue its opening-month rise after another impressive win against a ranked opponent. The Boilermakers (6-0) earned 46 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to remain at the top after beating then-No. 15 Texas Tech by 30 to […]

NOV. 24, 2025