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Israeli troops put AP photographer in danger during clashes

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers held an Associated Press photographer against his will during clashes in the occupied West Bank earlier this week, in a spot where Palestinian protesters were hurling stones and the troops were firing tear gas and rubber-coated bullets. The Israeli military said the photographer interfered with an operation and was detained […]

JULY 1, 2021

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress

Migrants flee from the second fire in two days at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Behold, a world in distress: A 64-year-old woman weeps, hugging her husband as he lay dying in the COVID-19 unit of a California hospital. A crowded refugee […]

DEC. 1, 2020

2018 AP Stylebook adds 200 new or revised entries

The Associated Press today released the 2018 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes about 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on polls and surveys.

MAY 30, 2018

2 Syrian nationals indicted in pro-Assad hacking scheme

A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment charging Ahmad ’Umar Agha and Firas Dardar with conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. The indictment says the men were members of the Syrian Electronic Army, which hacked computers to spread propaganda supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In 2013, Syrian Electronic Army hackers allegedly sent a tweet from […]

MAY 17, 2018

Calling the 2020 presidential race state by state

At 11:26 a.m. ET on Saturday, The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

AP’s top editor: Facts ‘foundational’ in 2020 election

Speaking to media executives and journalists at the News Xchange conference in Paris on Wednesday, AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee underscored the importance of factual reporting in covering the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

AP adds 2 journalists to 2020 reporting team

Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace announced today the addition of two political reporters to cover the 2020 presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire.

AP pioneers new form of live underwater broadcasting on Indian Ocean science mission

The Associated Press today transmitted live, broadcast-quality video from a submersible operating 200 meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean.

MARCH 12, 2019

Apple’s iPhone 17 line-up includes a new ultra-thin model and $100 price hike for Pro model

Apple on Tuesday rolled out its next generation iPhones, which include a new ultra-thin model and a slight price hike for one of its high-end models, while the company feels the squeeze of a global trade war. The iPhone 17 line-up includes a new slimmed-down model that will adopt the “Air” name that Apple already […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

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 opens full news bureau in Myanmar

The Associated Press journalists, clockwise from left, Yadana Htun, Khin Maung Win, Aye Aye Win and Zin Chit Aung are seated at AP’s new bureau in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 1, 2013. The Associated Press has become the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two […]

APRIL 1, 2013

Pruitt: ‘Journalists today are targeted’

Three days after the killing of an Associated Press photojournalist and the wounding of an AP correspondent in Afghanistan, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt today decried attacks against journalists in remarks delivered at a press conference in New York: