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New AP e-book recommends free attractions across U.S

The Associated Press has published an e-book collecting its correspondents’ recommendations of five free things to see and do in 45 top destinations across the United States.

DEC. 16, 2013

Puerto Rico AP visita de nuevo a víctimas de huracán María

SAN JUAN (AP) — El fotógrafo Ramón Espinosa recorrió durante semanas Puerto Rico después que el huracán María devastó la isla en septiembre. Durante ese tiempo documentó las vidas de los puertorriqueños que perdieron techos y posesiones a causa de la tormenta. Espinosa volvió a visitar a las personas de las imágenes antes del inicio […]

JUNE 1, 2018

Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies

This April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau chiefs at The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75), Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). McArthur, a former AP foreign correspondent who reported all over the world and spent years in Saigon covering the Vietnam […]

APRIL 13, 2013

Aging Nukes A four-part investigative series by Jeff Donn

When commercial nuclear power plants were being built in the United States, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, the industry and government experts said they were designed to last 40 years. Now those plants are older than their original life span, many are being relicensed for another 20 years, and there’s talk of operating them for as long as 100 years. All that even though the nation’s nuclear power reactors are already showing signs of their age, as AP national writer Jeff Donn revealed in an extraordinary four-part series.

APRIL 16, 2012

Photographer Heidi Levine receives award named for Anja Niedringhaus

Photographer Heidi Levine, winner of the first Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, speaks during the ceremony in Berlin, Thursday, June 25, 2015. The award was created to honor the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus (1965-2014). (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) AP’s special regional correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Kathy Gannon, speaks at the gathering […]

JUNE 25, 2015

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 to name 92nd 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. 11. The AP also will name all-conference teams for all five major football conferences starting Dec. 4, and all-America teams for the lower divisions starting Dec. 12.

NOV. 27, 2017

Spotlight on AP’s visual storytelling

In 2024, AP photojournalists across nearly 100 countries and in all 50 states documented the world’s most urgent stories. From pivotal moments including the attempted assassination of President-elect Donald Trump to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, AP photographers were on the front lines, capturing history as it unfolded. Beyond breaking news, […]

FRONTLINE and AP Present ‘Putin’s Attack on Ukraine Documenting War Crimes’

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Frontline (PBS) and The Associated Press will go inside Russia’s war on Ukraine with the premiere of 'Putin’s Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes.'

OCT. 24, 2022

Young leaders advancing potential climate solutions could win $1 million grants

NEW YORK (AP) — Youth-led climate groups are getting a $25 million injection from a philanthropic collaborative that hopes other funders will follow their lead in supporting solutions created by younger generations grappling with a future marked by increasing temperatures and rising sea levels. Despite recent upticks in donations to nonprofits combatting climate change, Enlight Foundation President […]

JUNE 26, 2025

Focused amid the gunfire, an AP photographer captures another perspective of attack on Trump

By  GENE J. PUSKAR, The Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Gene Puskar has been with The Associated Press for 45 years. Based in Pittsburgh, his career has spanned a wide range of events including the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the Sept. 11 attack that downed Flight 93, Stanley Cups and World Series, […]

JULY 28, 2024

Cost-related access challenges, solutions in 18 states

CALIFORNIA The state Department of Motor Vehicles estimated a minimum charge of $19,950 in response to an Associated Press reporter’s request last fall to determine whether poor people had their driver’s licenses suspended at a disproportionate rate. The AP requested the number of suspended driver’s licenses by ZIP code, but the DMV said such a […]

MARCH 13, 2015