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The story behind AP report that caused Trump to throw lunch

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the Jan. 6 committee holds a hearing at the  U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) NEW YORK (AP) — The news story that reportedly caused former President Donald Trump to throw his lunch against […]

JUNE 28, 2022

Appalachia coverage earns AP journalist Livingston Award

AP reporter Claire Galofaro received the Livingston Award for Local Reporting from the University of Michigan on Tuesday, in recognition of her outstanding work documenting economic despair in Appalachia.

AP journalists accept Pulitzer Prize for Yemen coverage

At a luncheon at Columbia University in New York on Tuesday, the AP journalists who documented torture, corruption and starvation in Yemen’s civil war accepted a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. 

Aaron Morrison named race and ethnicity news editor

In a memo to staff on Wednesday, Deputy U.S. News Director for Reporting Teams Sarah Rafi announced a key appointment:

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

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Jazz Age style: Chisholm borrows Stanton’s baggy pants, Caballero’s bat to spark turnaround

Baggy pants are in style for the Yankees’ Jazz Age. When Jazz Chisholm Jr. leaned in the batter’s box as he tried to will his drive fair, the material in his baggy, pinstriped pants sagged. In an effort of break out of his early season slump, the New York Yankees second baseman has been wearing […]

MAY 19, 2026

How the AP covered the RFK assassination 50 years ago

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy speaks at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, June 5, 1968, following his victory in the previous day’s California primary election. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File) He heard pops of gunfire, then screams, and quickly rushed into the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel to see what was happening. People stood in a […]

JUNE 4, 2018

‘I want to be with Carrie’: Confirming the Reynolds and Fisher deaths

When actress Carrie Fisher died and her mother Debbie Reynolds passed a day later, AP was determined to confirm the news.

Additions to AP’s standards team

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Vice President of News, Standards and Inclusion Amanda Barrett announced two key appointments to AP’s standards team: Anna Jo Bratton as Stylebook editor and Rob Rossi as Standards manager: At a moment of heightened political polarization in the U.S. and around the world, it’s more important than ever […]

AP’s Doug Ferguson gets PGA lifetime journalism award

AP golf writer Doug Ferguson poses at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, April 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Ferguson is the 30th recipient of the PGA award, which recognizes members of the media for steadfast coverage of golf throughout a career. Ferguson has covered more than 500 golf events. Ferguson joined the AP as […]

JAN. 15, 2019

Indulge in lychee-frosted sugar cookies with citrus notes and buttercream

At first glance, these Lychee-Frosted Sugar Cookies from my cookbook “108 Asian Cookies: Not-Too-Sweet Treats from a Third-Culture Kitchen” appear humble when unfrosted, like any other ordinary sugar cookie, like those you would find at the supermarket. But don’t be fooled. These charming sugar cookies shine even on their own with their rich buttery base, tender crumb, […]

DEC. 15, 2025