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Scripps National Spelling Bee guide: How to watch, who the notable spellers are, rules and prizes

The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, continuing a more than century-old tradition. The three-day competition began Tuesday and concludes Thursday night. The first bee was held in 1925, when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited other newspapers to host spelling bees and send their champions to Washington. After a long run […]

MAY 27, 2026

AP’s extensive conventions coverage to include Facebook Live and shareable content

Editors and producers at member news organizations have been learning of AP’s plans to provide comprehensive 24/7 coverage inside and beyond the convention halls where Republicans and Democrats will gather in the next two weeks.

Man charged in attack on AP photographer, police at Capitol

In this Jan. 6, 2021, image from video, Alan William Byerly, right, is seen allegedly attacking an AP photographer during a riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he assaulted an Associated Press photographer and police officers during […]

JULY 7, 2021

AP introduces NFT collectors to iconic photo collection

The Associated Press will auction off a series of 10 non-fungible tokens (NFT) celebrating the news agency’s iconic photojournalism over the past 175 years, making artistic representations of some of history’s most notable photographs available on the blockchain for the first time.

MAY 25, 2021

AP names Sally Stapleton to manage new global religion team

The appointment was announced Friday by Sarah Nordgren, AP’s deputy managing editor for sports, business, entertainment, health, science and religion. As global religion editor, Stapleton will lead a team funded by a $4.9 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. to the Religious News Foundation. The AP will work with Religion News Service and The Conversation to […]

JUNE 21, 2019

AP expands China video news offering with CCTV+ collaboration

As global interest in China continues to grow, The Associated Press has extended its existing relationship with CCTV+, the video news agency of China Central Television, to bring its comprehensive video news coverage to the online AP Video Hub platform.

MARCH 7, 2018

New survey takes pulse of young Americans

As the run-up to the U.S. midterm elections begins, the new Youth Political Pulse survey, by MTV with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, aims to reveal what political issues matter most to young Americans.

Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks

Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss of the country’s measles elimination status comes more than a year after the highly contagious virus started spreading. Canada has logged 5,138 measles cases this year […]

NOV. 10, 2025

Young adults are less likely to follow politics or say voting is important: AP-NORC poll

Mairekk Griffiths, a 26-year-old cook in a Denver suburb, doesn’t think he’ll ever pay a lot of attention to U.S. politics unless radical change happens. “If another party was likely to win, I’d be interested in that,” said Griffiths, who voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential race but, like many his age, does not see voting […]

AUG. 5, 2025

Stellar night for AP race calling

A night of fast and accurate race calls by The Associated Press on Super Tuesday culminated as polls closed in California at 8 p.m. PT, when AP declared Bernie Sanders the winner of the night's biggest prize.

Le Mans — Photo Gallery

Every June, drivers from different countries compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. Established more than 100 years ago, the endurance race is won by the car covering the greatest distance in 24 hours.

JUNE 16, 2025

Teacher in Nigeria loses dozens of relatives and pupils in devastating floods

MOKWA, Nigeria (AP) — On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, now reduced to sludge and shattered wood by devastating floods. The Islamic teacher, clutching only the threadbare clothes he escaped with, started shouting the names of the pupils he […]

JUNE 5, 2025