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FOX Sports and The Associated Press announce agreement to sell sports data company STATS LLC to Vista Equity Partners

NEW YORK — FOX Sports and The Associated Press announced Thursday that they have agreed to sell their sports data company, STATS LLC, to Vista Equity Partners, a leading San Francisco-based private equity firm with over $12 billion in committed capital focused on investing in software, data and technology-enabled services companies. FOX Sports brought in […]

MAY 15, 2014

AP to publish first all-time college basketball ranking

The Associated Press will rank the nation’s all-time top men’s college basketball programs for the first time, as tabulated from its more than 1,100 weekly polls of top basketball teams over the past 68 years.

MARCH 14, 2017

College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill

At Tennessee, they are adding a ‘talent fee’ to the price of sports tickets. At Arkansas, they will charge 3% more at the concessions stands. At Michigan and Michigan State, athletic directors sent letters alerting boosters that winning is going to start costing more. And, in a first, Clemson is going to start adding an […]

NOV. 4, 2024

Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquette

WASHINGTON (AP) — As movie theaters worked to entice Americans back into seats after COVID-19 lockdowns and labor strikes, the industry marketed blockbuster films like ” Wicked ” and the dueling releases of “ Barbie ” and “ Oppenheimer ” as no less than cultural events. But when certain movies become “events” unto themselves, sometimes […]

JAN. 9, 2025

Israelis and Palestinians rejoice after more hostages and prisoners are freed

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Eight more hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed Israel’s release of 110 Palestinian prisoners and underscored the fragility of the ceasefire that began earlier this month. The exchange of hostages for prisoners is a key […]

JAN. 31, 2025

A Pulitzer for the entire AP that ‘took real physical courage’

As noted by the judges, the Pulitzer Prize won today by AP was: “For an investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms.”

Trial opens in France in the beheading of a teacher over prophet cartoons

PARIS (AP) — The trial of eight people in Paris on terrorism charges started on Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by an Islamic extremist after showing caricatures of Islam’s prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression. Paty’s shocking death left an imprint on […]

NOV. 4, 2024

Nobody said vegetable gardens must be in the backyard. Put them out front if it’s sunny

If you’ve dreamed of growing a vegetable garden but your backyard is too shady, is paved or is simply too small, consider the front yard. Planned properly, it will not only provide a nice harvest but might even bring new friends to your gate. Such gardens were commonplace a few generations ago, their popularity shrinking over the years […]

MARCH 10, 2026

Ann Patchett’s next accolade: A peace prize rooted in the Dayton Accords legacy

Ann Patchett’s latest honor has an international scope. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation announced Wednesday that Patchett is this year’s recipient of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award for “a writer whose body of work reflects the Prize’s mission of fostering peace, social justice, and global understanding.” The award is named for the […]

JUNE 17, 2026

Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes its style to Gulf of America

By DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will continue to restrict The Associated Press’ access to his events and news conferences until the news outlet goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico in its reports. He acknowledged that the move was a presidential retaliation against the news agency’s […]

FEB. 18, 2025

AP’s top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé She rode in on a white horse, in patriotic chaps and wielding an American flag. She declared, this “ain’t a Country album” but “a ‘Beyoncé’ album” — positioning herself in opposition […]

DEC. 5, 2024

‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Schmigadoon!’ earn 12 Tony nominations each to lead the field

“The Lost Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” each earned a leading 12 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, as nominators also made June Squibb the oldest Tony-nominated actor in history at 96. Danny Burstein is now the most-nominated male actor in Tony history. “The Lost Boys,” an adaptation of a 1987 teen movie vampire thriller, and “Schmigadoon!,” an adaptation of an Apple TV series that […]

MAY 5, 2026