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Inclusive storytelling chapter added to AP Stylebook

During a panel at the ACES: The Society for Editing national conference in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, Stylebook editor Paula Froke announced that the latest edition of AP Stylebook will include a new chapter on inclusive storytelling.

Nigeria has a food security problem as water for crops is harder to find

KWALKWALAWA, Nigeria (AP) — After two decades of working his farm in northwestern Nigeria, Umaru Muazu now struggles to find water for his crops. A murky puddle is all that remains of a river near his 5-hectare farm and those of others in this community in arid Sokoto state. Because the 62-year-old Muazu can’t afford […]

MAY 13, 2025

Survivors recount ‘very apocalyptic’ cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — They clustered around water taps, rare sources of electricity and each other. Four days after the strongest cyclone in nearly a century ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of Africa, survivors recalled the horror of the storm that caught many by surprise. Associated Press journalists reached […]

DEC. 18, 2024

Trump safe after he is evacuated following shooting at Washington journalists’ dinner, in photos

President Donald Trump was unharmed and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association after a man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby and opened fire. The shooting suspect was taken into custody and identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two […]

APRIL 26, 2026

AP awards to be featured in 4th annual ‘NFL Honors’

A general view of the 3rd Annual NFL Honors awards show at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in New York, NY. (AP Photo/Ben Liebenberg) The National Football League will recognize its best players, performances and plays from the 2014 season with a two-hour prime-time awards special — 4th Annual NFL Honors […]

JAN. 12, 2015

Data journalism chapter debuts in 2017 AP Stylebook

The Associated Press today released the 2017 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes nearly 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on data journalism guidance.

MAY 31, 2017

Foto de AP de asesinato en Turquía gana World Press Photo

En esta imagen de archivo, tomada el 19 de diciembre de 2016, Mevlut Mert Altintas grita después de disparar a Andrei Karlov (derecha), el embajador de Rusia en Turquía, en una galería de arte en Ankara, Turquía. El fotógrafo de Associated Press Burhan Ozbilici ganó el World Press Photo 2017 el 13 de febrero de […]

FEB. 13, 2017

Game 5: Williams scores 40 points and Thunder win 120-109 for a 3-2 NBA Finals lead over Pacers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana comes roaring back in the fourth quarter. Indiana won that one. This time, the Thunder crafted a different ending — and a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals was their […]

JUNE 17, 2025

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 wins RFK Award for immigration coverage

The Associated Press won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the domestic print category Friday for its coverage of U.S. immigration policies under President Donald Trump.

AP to publish first all-time college football ranking

The Associated Press will rank the nation’s all-time top college football programs for the first time, as tabulated from its more than 1,100 weekly polls of top college football teams over the past 80 years.

JULY 26, 2016