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Speed, planning and teamwork give The Associated Press a decisive advantage in covering the Iran war in its earliest hours

AP’s comprehensive coverage of the Iran war demonstrated the power of preparation, coordination and global reach. From the moment the first explosion in Tehran was confirmed on Feb. 28, bureaus across the Middle East, Washington and multiple time zones moved in lockstep to deliver fast, authoritative reporting. Teams issued dozens of news alerts and moved […]

MARCH 6, 2026

AP’s 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning photos

AP today swept the Pulitzer Prize photography awards, winning both the breaking news and feature photography prizes for images of explosive protests over racial injustice and the pandemic’s toll on the elderly in Spain.

The NFL season begins in less than a week. Here’s a look at intriguing storylines and how to watch

The NFL regular season opens on Thursday night when the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys.

AUG. 29, 2025

Día del payaso en Perú, violencia en Colombia y más fotos de la semana en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Los payasos celebraron su día nacional en Lima, Perú. Viviendas en ruinas cinco meses después de un ataque de disidentes de las antiguas Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia en Cauca, Colombia. En el mundo del deporte, Cruz Azul ganó la liga mexicana de fútbol ante Pumas, otro de los equipos de la capital.

MAY 29, 2026

Ethiopia urged to uphold press freedom and release reporter

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned. Two lawmakers in the U.S. Congress — Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania — have joined press freedom advocates in calling for […]

MARCH 28, 2022

Iowa AP reporter and editor Melanie Welte dies

Her husband, David Welte, said she died after contracting pneumonia while awaiting a liver transplant. For most of the past 21 years, the news day for the AP in Iowa began with a 5 a.m. message from Welte to AP customers that announced she had arrived at work and was on the hunt for news. […]

FEB. 4, 2013

NYPD Muslim spying led to no leads, terror cases

NEW YORK (AP) — In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department’s secret Demographics Unit never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation, the department acknowledged in court testimony unsealed late Monday. The Demographics Unit is at the heart of a […]

AUG. 21, 2012

AP reporter recounts covering fall of Berlin Wall in 1989

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, Frieder Reimold, former Berlin bureau chief of AP’s German service, shows an undated photo from late 1989 or early 1990 showing the staff of the AP German service Berlin offices. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) History didn’t give Reimold a break that night. About an hour into the rambling news conference, Schabowski […]

NOV. 7, 2019

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

Fernando González, AP head of Caribbean news, dies in Cuba

Fernando Gonzalez poses for a portrait in Mexico City, March 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fernando González, who spent decades covering and directing major stories for The Associated Press across Latin America, from papal visits to border skirmishes, hurricanes and hostage standoffs, has died in Havana. González, 60, died at his […]

NOV. 22, 2021

How faith-based support is helping Scouting America stabilize

For the Boy Scouts of America — recently renamed Scouting America — the past 12 years have been arduous. Opening its programs to gay people and later to girls sparked dismay in some quarters. Its 2020 bankruptcy declaration led to prolonged wrangling over compensation for thousands of men claiming they were sexually abused as scouts. Yet the 115-year-old organization […]

SEPT. 17, 2025

FRONTLINE and AP Present ‘Putin’s Attack on Ukraine Documenting War Crimes’

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Frontline (PBS) and The Associated Press will go inside Russia’s war on Ukraine with the premiere of 'Putin’s Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes.'

OCT. 24, 2022