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Election 2020
A sign for absentee voting is displayed as people wait over four hours for early voting at Fairfax County Government Center, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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AP to explain its critical role in elections in Trusted Elections Network event series

The Associated Press and the American Press Institute’s Trusted Elections Network will hold a series of presentations beginning this week that explain the essential role AP plays in U.S. elections and advise journalists and the public on what to expect on and after Election Day.

SEPT. 21, 2020

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APs Rodrigo Abd among this years 4 Cabot Prize winners

Photographer Rodrigo Abd. (AP Photo/Lorena Pahor) NEW YORK (AP) — Photographer Rodrigo Abd of The Associated Press and three other journalists in Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador won this year’s Maria Moors Cabot Prize, which recognizes excellence in coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean. Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism on Wednesday announced this […]

JULY 20, 2016

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AP in the News

Report At least 60 journalists killed in 2014

Syria was connected to two of the more horrifying killings of journalists this year, the beheadings by the Islamic State group of American freelancers James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Both had disappeared while reporting on the conflict. The conflict in Ukraine between the new government and Russian-backed separatists saw five journalists and two media workers […]

DEC. 23, 2014

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AP to release first all-time college basketball ranking

AP will release the all-time rankings, along with analysis, stories looking back at the history of the poll, and other details, on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Teams on the list will include the first-ever No. 1 in an AP poll, St. Louis, as well as teams that haven’t been in the poll for generations, including Seattle […]

DEC. 7, 2023

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Creating the new standard in election research

Election polling is unlike any other kind of public opinion research, because you can measure your work against a known result – the actual tally of ballots cast. It means that when The Associated Press debuted AP VoteCast in the 2018 midterm elections, we’d know by the end of Election Day if our replacement for the in-person exit poll was a success.

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FILE - In this Feb. 1946 file photo, Associated Press correspondent George E. Bria works by candlelight in the AP Rome bureau during a power failure. Bria, the Associated Press newsman who flashed word of the German surrender in Italy at World War II's end has died at age 101. Bria's daughter, Judy Storey, says he died Saturday, March 18, 2017, at a New York hospital after his health had declined for a time. (AP Photo, File)
AP in the News

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

APTOPIX Huntington Beach Dog Surfing
James Will cradles Faith, a 13-year-old partially blind and deaf American pit bull terrier, prior to competing in the annual Incredible Dog Challenge western regional surfing competition in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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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

APTOPIX Student Gun Protests
Demonstrators hold signs during a "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Chicago. Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington march spearheaded by teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New survey takes pulse of young Americans

As the run-up to the U.S. midterm elections begins, the new Youth Political Pulse survey, by MTV with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, aims to reveal what political issues matter most to young Americans.

APTOPIX NBA Finals Pacers Thunder Basketball
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso (9) celebrates during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the Indiana Pacers, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)
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Game 5: Williams scores 40 points and Thunder win 120-109 for a 3-2 NBA Finals lead over Pacers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana comes roaring back in the fourth quarter. Indiana won that one. This time, the Thunder crafted a different ending — and a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals was their […]

JUNE 17, 2025

APTOPIX Austria School Shooting
A woman holds a candle for victims of a former student who opened fire at a school, fatally wounding 10 people and injuring many others before taking his own life, in Graz, Austria, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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A former student opens fire at an Austrian school, killing 10 and taking his own life

GRAZ, Austria (AP) — A former student opened fire at a school in Austria’s second-biggest city Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding 12 others before taking his own life, authorities said. There was no immediate information on the motive of the 21-year-old man, who had no previous police record. He used two weapons, which he was believed […]

JUNE 10, 2025

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FILE - California Gold Marketing Group's Dwight Manley examines a gold coin, recovered from the S.S. Central America steamship that went down in a hurricane in 1857, in a laboratory, Jan. 23, 2018, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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‘Ship of Gold’ treasure hunter released from prison, but 500 gold coins remain unaccounted for

A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past decade in prison after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of some of its missing gold coins is now free, federal records show. Tommy Thompson, who in 1988 located what was known as the Ship of Gold off […]

MARCH 10, 2026

Flood Insurance
The west branch of the Susquehanna River flows past Jersey Shore, Pa. on Sunday March 23, 2014. About a third of the borough (population 4,300) is in a flood hazard zone and nearly 470 homes in town are expected to see flood insurance premium hikes because of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)

Q&A: How we localized flood insurance investigation for states and small towns

For many years, the federal government offered subsidized flood insurance on homes and businesses constructed before there were many rules about building close to the water. But premiums have been insufficient to cover the payouts, leaving the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in debt. There has been public outcry over some actions taken in Congress to support the program.

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