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Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Monday as lamps illuminated homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival symbolizing the victory of light over darkness. Diwali, derived from the word “Deepavali,” meaning “a row of lights,” is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts. The dates of the festival are based on the Hindu […]

OCT. 21, 2025

One man in an Italian supercar atop an aircraft carrier has a record in his sights

Along Italy’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, driver Fabio Barone raced across the flight deck of a navy ship while chasing a world record: the fastest car on a boat. Last year, Barone set the Italian Timekeepers Federation’s record on another aircraft carrier in southern Italy, hitting 152 kilometers per hour (94.4 mph). In Civitavecchia, on […]

SEPT. 18, 2025

More on AP’s style on Pvt. Chelsea Manning

Yesterday the AP announced that we will use Pvt. Chelsea Manning to refer to the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case, rather than Pvt. Bradley Manning. We also will use female pronouns for Manning.

AP wins Pulitzer for immigration photography; is finalist for education reporting 

The Associated Press was honored Monday for its photojournalism and U.S. education reporting, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as seen in compelling, multi-country photojournalism showing migration from Central America to the United States, and being named a finalist in national reporting for groundbreaking coverage of students who fell out of normal schooling during […]

MAY 6, 2024

AP announces debut of new Election Day survey

NEW YORK – The Associated Press announced today it will debut a new election survey in November aimed at capturing the opinions and preferences of voters as they choose who to vote for, along with the reasons behind their decision.

MAY 15, 2018

A look at the venues for the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina

MILAN (AP) — Next year’s Winter Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but they will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy.

FEB. 5, 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.

Puerto Rico AP visita de nuevo a víctimas de huracán María

SAN JUAN (AP) — El fotógrafo Ramón Espinosa recorrió durante semanas Puerto Rico después que el huracán María devastó la isla en septiembre. Durante ese tiempo documentó las vidas de los puertorriqueños que perdieron techos y posesiones a causa de la tormenta. Espinosa volvió a visitar a las personas de las imágenes antes del inicio […]

JUNE 1, 2018

March Madness: An eighth grader from Pittsburgh is all alone with a perfect women’s NCAA bracket

The only perfect bracket left after the opening weekend of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments — from more than 40 million entries across all the major contests — was produced not by some college basketball expert or betting guru but an eighth grader from suburban Pittsburgh. His name is Otto Schellhammer. He is 14 years old. […]

MARCH 26, 2026

AP’s red carpet experience will broadcast live on Xbox 360

The Associated Press is bringing the red carpet to the Xbox 360® entertainment system from Microsoft.

FEB. 7, 2013

AP announces 2022 midterm election plans

The Associated Press, the most trusted source of information on election night with a history of accuracy dating to 1848, will offer that expertise to its customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote and covers the results of the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

NOV. 1, 2022