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Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor’s mansion looking into suspect’s hatred of Josh Shapiro

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect was motivated by the Democrat’s Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza. Police have said that Cody Balmer of Harrisburg harbored hatred toward Shapiro. Several search warrants released Wednesday offer […]

APRIL 16, 2025

How Americans think the government should respond to natural disasters, according to recent polls

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the U.S. adults who have experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause, according to polling conducted earlier this year, before the deadly Texas floods. But while Americans largely believed the federal government should play a major role in preparing for and […]

JULY 9, 2025

New jazz fellowship honors the genre’s elders and gives them each an unrestricted $100,000 grant

NEW YORK (AP) — Bertha Hope was only three years old when she started playing Brahms’ “Lullaby” on the piano just from hearing it on the radio. “How did you do that?” asked her shocked parents, both entertainers. “That’s when they really started paying attention to the fact that I had some talent that needed […]

FEB. 18, 2025

Monfils outduels fellow Frenchman in an Australian Open 1st-round match for the ages

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. The entertainer’s instinct in him got a lot of value out of clinching it in five. In a duel between the 38-year-old […]

JAN. 13, 2025

AP Latin America team advances on the path of presidential interviews

A week after sitting down with former Mexican President Vicente Fox, AP’s Latin America team scored another all-formats, one-on-one interview with the president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri.

Fighting for access in Cohen hearings

An attorney representing five news organizations, including The Associated Press, successfully persuaded a judge to release the name of a third client of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in a notable victory for public access.

Jim Gaines, AP tech staffer, dies in Amtrak derailment

In this Sept. 7, 2006 photo, Associated Press employee Jim Gaines poses for a picture. Gaines, an AP video software architect, was among those killed when an Amtrak passenger train derailed Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Santos Chaparro) The father of two was headed to his Plainsboro, New Jersey, home after attending meetings […]

MAY 13, 2015

Belo Corp. picks AP ENPS for group-wide news production

Belo Corp.’s 16 television, cable news operations and Washington DC Bureau are upgrading their news production systems to AP ENPS, giving their staffs integrated, industry-leading capabilities for getting local news on the air, the Web, mobile devices and social media.   ENPS will unite reporters, writers, editors and producers across all of Belo’s news operations. […]

MAY 14, 2013

Top Washington journalists to discuss fight for press access

As journalists’ struggle for access to public information has become increasingly difficult, Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee has emerged as a leading advocate for more open government.

JAN. 8, 2015

AP names Scott Smith correspondent in Venezuela

AP Venezuela correspondent Scott Smith. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Leer en español. The appointment was announced Monday by Paul Haven, the AP’s news director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Smith joins a staff in Venezuela of award-winning journalists covering one of the world’s most complex stories at a time of fast-moving change following an unprecedented […]

OCT. 23, 2017

Bold new rules have reshaped baseball. Could more changes save starting pitching?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Bold decisions to change Major League Baseball’s longstanding rules quickened the pace of games and revived the popularity of stealing bases over the last few years. A similarly creative move may be needed to help starting pitching regain the relevance it enjoyed as recently as a decade ago. Only four pitchers […]

MARCH 26, 2025

Nobody said vegetable gardens must be in the backyard. Put them out front if it’s sunny

If you’ve dreamed of growing a vegetable garden but your backyard is too shady, is paved or is simply too small, consider the front yard. Planned properly, it will not only provide a nice harvest but might even bring new friends to your gate. Such gardens were commonplace a few generations ago, their popularity shrinking over the years […]

MARCH 10, 2026