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AP photographer Griffith awarded for Sydney hostage crisis

In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Jieun Bae runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Rob Griffith, the Sydney-based Associated Press photographer, won the 2015 News Photography award Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 by […]

DEC. 3, 2015

Revelations about job losses to begin AP recession series

The Associated Press will launch a series exploring changes wrought by the Great Recession with reports documenting the downturn’s profound impact on jobs that support a broad middle class in the United States, Europe and other developed countries.

JAN. 17, 2013

For first time, AP to name college basketball players of the week

The Associated Press for the first time will name players of the week for men’s and women’s college basketball throughout the upcoming season.

NOV. 2, 2023

Geopolitical complexities and alliances

PART II AP IMPACT Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites

By JEFF DONN BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.

APRIL 16, 2012

AP to name 93rd All-America team, teams for all 5 major conferences

The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual honor roll of the nation's top college football players, will be announced Dec. 10. The AP also will name all-conference teams for all five major football conferences starting Dec. 3, and all-America teams for the lower divisions starting Dec. 11.

NOV. 29, 2018

Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos. Carmakers could face higher costs and lower sales

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains. “This will continue to spur growth,” Trump told reporters Wednesday. “We’ll effectively be charging a 25% tariff.” The […]

MARCH 28, 2025

Boinas verdes mexicanos: un día de entrenamiento de la unidad élite que abatió a “El Mencho”

Hasta el abatimiento del líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación no era mucho lo que se sabía de la unidad de élite del ejército mexicano que ejecutó la operación. Pero su exitosa misión ha puesto al cuerpo de fuerzas especiales, integrado por unos 2.000 efectivos, en el centro de la atención de un país acosado por la violencia narco.

MARCH 11, 2026

AP nombra director editorial para el Cono Sur

En esta foto del 2 de abril de 2013, el editor de Associated Press Editor Peter Prengaman posa para una foto en Atlanta. Prengaman, periodista multiformato y gerente de noticias que ha reportado desde una docena de países para AP, ha sido nombrado director editorial para el Cono Sur a cargo de la cobertura en […]

DEC. 1, 2014

Technology and industry moves

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed Syria’s navy. Israel acknowledged pushing into a buffer zone inside Syria following the overthrow of […]

DEC. 10, 2024