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AP introduces AP Verify to strengthen, streamline online content verification

The Associated Press today introduced AP Verify, a verification dashboard combining AI-powered features with established digital verification tools to transform the way newsrooms authenticate online photos, videos and other digital content. The unified web-based interface features: “In an era of rampant misinformation and digitally altered content, verification is more essential than ever,” said Gianluca D’Aniello, […]

DEC. 15, 2025

Week in Pictures

DEC. 12, 2025

Arizona takes No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, Iowa State up to No. 4, Gonzaga into top 10

Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend. Purdue, which had spent the past three weeks at No. 1, slid to sixth following its 81-58 […]

DEC. 8, 2025

Big Ten ties record with nine teams in AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll; UConn, Texas still 1-2

The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday. The conference set the mark last year on Dec. 2 and this week has three teams in the top 10 alone. UConn still is No. 1, receiving 23 first-place votes from a national […]

DEC. 8, 2025

If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you

Colin Farrell’s had it done — many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did. Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose or even Bart’s partially inscribed homage to his mother, some tattoos simply have to go for one reason or many others. But the […]

DEC. 8, 2025

Murals at a housing project in Portugal highlight UN goals and build local pride

One mural, “No Poverty,” shows a Black woman tenderly braiding the hair of a white woman — a snapshot of family bonds that grew out of difficult times. Another, called “No Hunger,” depicts a local woman showing children her vegetable garden so they know where their food comes from. They are among a collection of […]

DEC. 8, 2025

AP journalists provide round-the-clock all-formats coverage of deadly Hong Kong fire

As flames engulfed seven high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong’s Tai Po complex, AP teams sprang into action, delivering an all-formats, round-the-clock response to one of the deadliest urban fires in recent memory. Business writer Thomas Chan was the first to flag the story and kept the team updated on critical developments — often ahead […]

DEC. 5, 2025

LATAM Week in Pictures – Fotos de la semana

DEC. 5, 2025

The top sports photos of 2025 by AP’s photojournalists

The AP’s top sports photos of 2025

DEC. 5, 2025

Week in Pictures

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

DEC. 4, 2025

The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, […]

DEC. 4, 2025

Norway donates a Christmas tree to London every year. Here’s how the tradition began

London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and Oslo in an annual ceremony that highlights the history of the countries’ alliance. Here’s how the tradition began: Token of thanks The bond between the two countries was […]

DEC. 4, 2025