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AP lands exceptional interview with long-underground Syrian whistleblower

The Associated Press delivered an extraordinary piece of journalism with its exclusive, on-camera interview with a long-underground Syrian whistleblower whose clandestine smuggling operation exposed atrocities committed by Bashar Assad’s regime. The whistleblower, Ussama Uthman, played a pivotal role in compiling what became known as the Caesar Files — thousands of photographs documenting the torture and […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP journalists capture single mom’s quest to keep her son in his school following an eviction

Education accountability reporter Bianca Vásquez Toness and photographer Brynn Anderson spent months following a single mother in Atlanta to show how she struggled to keep her children in their schools following an eviction. Their reporting, captured in heartbreaking detail, brought the mother’s challenges and determination to life. The work was rooted in reporting Vásquez Toness […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP headline sets news agenda on Ukraine story

AP began pursuing an interview with Finnish President Alexander Stubb as his access to — and potential influence over — Donald Trump became increasingly clear. European security correspondent Emma Burrows proposed interviewing Stubb during a Finnish civil defense training exercise, an idea that won over the president’s office. With just 20 minutes, Burrows zeroed in […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP captures exclusive eyewitness video and interview marking 2015 Paris attacks anniversary

As the Paris bureau brainstormed how to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Islamic State attacks in a way that felt both digitally relevant and respectful, reporter Jerome Pugmire proposed a powerful “being there” video. Pugmire, who had witnessed the first explosion that night, returned to the national stadium to recount the events on […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP lands exclusive interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Brazil, culmination of years-long effort

AP secured the only one-on-one video interview California Gov. Gavin Newsom granted during the global climate conference in Brazil — the result of years of persistence by California assistant news director Kathleen Ronayne. Seeing COP as the perfect opening, Ronayne pitched Newsom on an on-camera conversation that would showcase his climate views to AP’s global […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP Fund for Journalism secures over $30 million to bring AP content to local US newsrooms

AP Fund for Journalism today announced significant commitments from several organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc. and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that will help power its first-of-its kind local news program to support the U.S. local news ecosystem. The combined investment of more than […]

NOV. 20, 2025

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NOV. 20, 2025

Massa lawsuit over 2008 F1 title loss survives attempts to have it thrown out

Felipe Massa’s 64 million pounds ($83 million) claim against Formula 1, its governing body the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone can go to trial, a High Court judge ruled on Thursday. Lewis Hamilton’s first F1 world championship in 2008 is the subject of legal action, with Brazilian driver Massa saying he is the rightful winner of […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Holiday tree featuring thousands of origami works opens at NYC’s American Museum of Natural History

A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan for the holiday season next week. No, it’s not the towering spruce at Rockefeller Center, which is lit in early December. The comparatively smaller Origami Holiday Tree that’s delighted crowds for decades at the American Museum of Natural History opens to the public on Monday. The colorful, richly decorated […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Why does this NYC subway station smell ‘Christmassy’? It’s an ad

 A trip through New York City’s crowded subway system usually offers a pungent mix of industrial and bodily aromas. But inside a stretch of the Grand Central station this holiday season, the air smells of vanilla and fresh pine. The scent is part of a novel advertising campaign for Bath & Body Works, which is […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season

They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship — but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. These toys, marketed to kids as young as 2 years old, are generally powered by AI models that have […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate […]

NOV. 20, 2025