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Numbers to know for each of the 16 teams remaining in March Madness

The smaller the number, the larger the impact at this year’s NCAA Tournament. Arkansas, the No. 10 seed in the West Region, is the only double-digit seed still alive heading into the regional semifinals. All four No. 1 seeds and three of the four No. 2 seeds are still standing. But the seeds aren’t the […]

MARCH 28, 2025

College football picks: Hoosiers, fourth among Big Ten teams in playoff rankings, biding their time

One of the nitpicks about the first College Football Playoff rankings was that the committee undervalued Indiana. The Hoosiers’ No. 8 ranking — they’re in the same spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll — puts them fourth among Big Ten teams behind No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 6 Penn […]

NOV. 6, 2024

Bracket Reset: NCAA Tournament down to a Sweet 16 of high-majors

Cinderella has been kicked out of the dance early for the second straight season. Following a madness-promising first day of upsets, the NCAA Tournament has turned into a high-major affair. The Sweet 16 invite is for power-conference programs only. Advocates for fewer automatic qualifiers and bracket expansion will have a field day with this one. “I think parity is […]

MARCH 23, 2026

AP to name 92nd all-America team, teams for all 5 major conferences

The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual honor roll of the nation's top college football players, will be announced Dec. 11. The AP also will name all-conference teams for all five major football conferences starting Dec. 4, and all-America teams for the lower divisions starting Dec. 12.

NOV. 27, 2017

Bangkok bureau chief named Journalist of the Year in Asia

The Society of Publishers in Asia named The Associated Press’ Bangkok Bureau Chief Todd Pitman Journalist of the Year, in recognition of his work over the past 12 months, including gripping stories from Typhoon Haiyan and moving coverage of the travails of the Rohingya in Myanmar.

ABC News and AP announce documentary spotlighting intersection between the KKK and law enforcement from George Stephanopoulos Pr

‘Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK’ Premieres on Hulu Thursday, April 27. In a first-time collaboration, ABC News and The Associated Press announced today a documentary that takes viewers inside one of the world’s most sinister secret societies — the Ku Klux Klan. Based on an award-winning investigative AP series, the true-crime documentary captures the infiltration […]

APRIL 19, 2023

The Rays get 120 hours to make the Yankees’ spring stadium their own. Here’s how they’ll do it

TAMPA. Fla. (AP) — “Extreme Makeover: Baseball Edition” is about to premiere. When Tampa Bay players leave Steinbrenner Field following the New York Yankees’ spring training home finale on March 23, their staff will launch a 120-hour transformation of the ballpark for the Rays’ season in exile from storm-damaged Tropicana Field. By the time the […]

MARCH 10, 2025

AP investigation explores hidden cost of ethanol

For years, corn ethanol has been a centerpiece of America's green energy strategy. President Barack Obama and his administration have described this homegrown fuel as a way to reduce greenhouse gases and to wean the country off foreign sources of oil. But an Associated Press investigation to be published Nov. 12 will highlight the environmental impact of ethanol production.

NOV. 6, 2013

AP to name first preseason All-America football team, kick off 82nd year of Top 25 poll

The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual honor roll of the nation’s top college football players, will begin its 92nd year with its first preseason edition on Tuesday, Aug. 22. The preseason edition of the AP Top 25 football poll, entering its 82nd year, will be released a day earlier on Monday, Aug. 21.

AUG. 1, 2017

The World Cup draw is usually a spectacle. This time, FIFA hopes bigger is better

A record 64 nations will be in Friday’s World Cup draw, more than 30% of FIFA’s members, as soccer’s leaders insist a bigger tournament is better. FIFA expanded the field from 32 teams to 48, and just 42 spots have been determined going into the convoluted ceremony in which balls representing nations are plucked from bowls and […]

DEC. 3, 2025

A legacy of documenting the presidency

For 128 years, The Associated Press has documented the presidency in photos, with its photographers capturing some of the most defining moments in American history.  From pivotal moments inside the Oval Office to events on and beyond the White House grounds, AP has witnessed for the world the actions of the president of the United […]

Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service and The Associated Press to Host National Security and Foreign Po

WASHINGTON –  The Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and The Associated Press today announced a forum with Republican presidential candidates on national security and foreign policy.

AUG. 28, 2023