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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

A beauty pageant for buffaloes in Thailand raises status of the humble animal

It was 5-year-old Tod’s first time competing in a beauty pageant and the bright red interior of his ears turned out and popped against his black fur. The main stud for his owner, food vendor and farmer Thawatchai Daeng-Ngam, Tod was one of the competitors Monday at the annual water buffalo racing festival in Chonburi, […]

OCT. 7, 2025

Alaska’s Fat Bear Week kicks off with online voting to crown the most oversized ursine

After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat Bear Week. Those casting votes online starting Tuesday will choose between 11 mammoth brown bears and […]

SEPT. 23, 2025

AP and TVN Agency to collaborate on news content distribution in Poland

The Associated Press and TVN Agency, part of Poland’s leading media group, have a signed an agreement for the distribution of AP video news content in the Polish digital market.

NOV. 24, 2016

Fighting to inform the public

In an interview on the PBS “NewsHour,” AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee addressed the importance of press access and explained why journalists sometimes need to cite anonymous sources.

AP discussion of war photography set for NY’s 92d St Y

The enduring power of still images from the battlefront in the video age will be the focus of a discussion among three veteran war correspondents on Feb. 27 in New York.

FEB. 7, 2014

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

Israel’s top general resigns over Oct. 7 failures, adding to pressure on Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has delayed any public inquiry that could potentially implicate his leadership. While a fragile new ceasefire in the Gaza Strip held, […]

JAN. 21, 2025

AP releases book marking 20th anniversary of 9-11

The Associated Press has released a commemorative book marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

AUG. 11, 2021

Maria Sherman appointed AP’s music writer, based in Los Angeles

Sherman, whose first day was Monday, will lead music coverage for the AP’s entertainment and lifestyles department, which boasts video, photo and text journalists on three continents. She will also work closely with colleagues in AP’s U.S. and international bureaus and across its global beat teams. “Our readers and our customers will discover new music and be better informed […]

JUNE 6, 2023

Donations to APFJ allow expansion of program providing resources to local and state newsrooms

NEW YORK (AP) — Donations of more than $30 million will allow the AP Fund for Journalism to significantly expand its program that provides news and resources from The Associated Press to state and local nonprofit newsrooms, the organization announced Thursday. Started last year, the program supports nearly 50 news organizations, including Outlier Media in […]

NOV. 20, 2025