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Delta State’s women’s basketball legacy endures even as national spotlight has faded

A sparse crowd drifted into Walter Sillers Coliseum for Delta State’s first women’s basketball game in 1973. It was a 4 p.m. tipoff against Holmes Community College, announced only in the local paper in rural Cleveland, Mississippi. There were no tickets, no concessions or buzz. Just a handful of curious women’s basketball fans with no […]

APRIL 2, 2026

Wounded AP reporter vows to return to Afghanistan

In this Oct. 9, 2014, photo, Associated Press reporter Kathy Gannon poses during an interview in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Gannon, a veteran Associated Press correspondent, and Anja Niedringhaus, an award-winning AP photographer from Germany, had negotiated through many stories and many dangers together for five years. But on April 4, as they prepared […]

OCT. 15, 2014

AP wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes for Ukraine war coverage

NEW YORK – The Associated Press today won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its gripping reporting out of Mariupol, Ukraine, during the Russian siege of the port city, and the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for its heart-wrenching visual coverage of the horrors of the Russia-Ukraine war.

MAY 8, 2023

Rights groups condemn Bangladesh for canceling accreditation of 167 journalists

NEW DELHI (AP) — An association of editors and rights groups has condemned a decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to cancel press accreditations for 167 journalists, calling it a threat to press freedom in the country. Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, the Press Information Department revoked the accreditations in three phases, drawing widespread criticism […]

NOV. 13, 2024

The Associated Press launches AP Content Services to help brands tell their stories

2015 — The Associated Press has established a new division to provide talent, technology and distribution to help brands promote their products and services through multiformat storytelling.

SEPT. 9, 2015

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APRIL 24, 2026

Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of US House seats

An effort to reshape South Carolina's congressional districts got its first full airing Monday in the state House, as lawmakers launched what could become a lengthy discussion on whether to accede to President Donald Trump's desires for a U.S. House map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans.

MAY 19, 2026

AP, AppliedXL to deliver AI-powered news tips to local newsrooms

The Associated Press and AppliedXL announced today a collaboration to provide AI-powered local news tips and advisories on health, energy and environment issues to AP member newsrooms in an effort to enhance local journalism. Leveraging AppliedXL’s autonomous news gathering technology and informed by input from AP journalists, the new initiative, AP Local Lede, identifies and […]

SEPT. 17, 2024

PM Carney says ‘Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland’

JAN. 21, 2026

For photographers on campaign trail, a search for ‘unscripted moments’ and access to candidates

Ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Virginia, presidential campaign photography was the issue in question.