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AP image of Turkish assassin wins World Press Photo award

Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty police officer, shouts after shooting Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 19, 2016. AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici won the 2017 World Press Photo competition Monday Feb. 13, 2017 for the image. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) AMSTERDAM (AP) — As an off-duty policeman who had just […]

FEB. 13, 2017

The AP is setting up a sister organization seeking grants to support local and state news

BY DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press says it is setting up a sister organization that will seek to raise money in support of state and local news reporting, as the crisis in that sector shows little sign of abating. The organization, which will have a board of directors […]

JUNE 25, 2024

Celebrity deaths force media to examine suicide reporting

This combination of 2004 and 2016 file photos shows fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Andy Kropa/Invision) NEW YORK (AP) — The deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have caused media organizations to look at how they cover suicide and whether more could […]

JUNE 13, 2018

AP debuts new multiformat content delivery platform  

The Associated Press today unveiled a new, AI-powered content delivery platform that makes it easier to discover and use the global news organization’s vast collection of visual, audio and text content.  With a redesigned interface and range of new and enhanced features, the new AP Newsroom will feature AI-powered search and content recommendations, as well […]

APRIL 10, 2025

AP names Charles Pavlounis chief financial officer 

NEW YORK – The Associated Press announced today that executive Charles Pavlounis has been named the global news agency’s senior vice president and chief financial officer.  As CFO, Pavlounis will oversee all corporate finance, including accounting, financial planning and budgeting, treasury and internal audit. Additionally he will be responsible for global real estate, administrative services […]

JULY 18, 2024

Indonesia’s panda cub Rio thriving 40 days after birth

Indonesia’s conservation park on Tuesday released a video showing the progress of a giant panda cub, 40 days after his birth in the country. The panda named Satrio Wiratama and nicknamed “Rio” was examined for the first time outside the incubator while veterinarians at the Indonesian Taman Safari park in Cisarua, West Java province, took his measures. […]

JAN. 6, 2026

Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrates her 69th birthday at Berlin Zoo

Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrated her 69th birthday with a feast Monday, munching on cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce at the Berlin Zoo. But no birthday cake, because sugar isn’t healthy for the aging primate. Fatou, a western lowland gorilla, arrived in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She was believed to be about […]

APRIL 13, 2026

AP, Frontline documentary ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ to make world premiere at 2025 Sundance Film Festival

“2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a new feature film on the war in Ukraine from Frontline, the award-winning PBS documentary series housed at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press, will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this January in Park City, Utah. “2000 Meters to Andriivka” is the second feature film from […]

DEC. 12, 2024

Good wood: MLB hitters cutting down on strikeouts, even in age of increased velocity

Arizona’s Ketel Marte was on the defensive in the 10th inning of a recent game between the Diamondbacks and Reds, desperately fouling off a handful of 100 mph heaters and 90 mph sliders from Cincinnati flamethrower Graham Ashcraft in a riveting battle. Then on the 13th pitch of the at-bat, the All-Star second baseman muscled a […]

AUG. 27, 2025

Why the AP retracted the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery

BY BRIAN MELLEY LONDON (AP) — The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months ago, was pulled from circulation by The Associated Press and several other news organizations because the image appeared to have been manipulated. Kensington Palace had issued the image Sunday as speculation swirled on social […]

MARCH 11, 2024

The NBA draft lottery: 14 ping-pong balls, and the right to pick No. 1 overall on the line

Sometime around 6 p.m. EDT Monday, locked inside a secure room with no way of communicating with the outside world, team executives and others will watch 14 ping-pong balls start to bounce inside a machine. The balls will be numbered, 1 through 14. One will be drawn, then a second, then a third, then a […]

MAY 12, 2025

Lights, camera, action: Photographing the Oscars

The Associated Press was selected to take all photographs of the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, trusted to capture the event on behalf of members of the photography pool.