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JULY 17, 2026
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Participants sprint to the finish line during the teen race during the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Ethiopia urged to uphold press freedom and release reporter
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned. Two lawmakers in the U.S. Congress — Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania — have joined press freedom advocates in calling for […]
MARCH 28, 2022
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AP Muere director de noticias para Caribe Fernando González
Fernando González posa para una fotografía en La Habana, Cuba, el 5 de marzo de 2014. CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Fernando González, quien pasó décadas cubriendo y dirigiendo coberturas de historias importantes para The Associated Press en Latinoamérica, desde visitas papales hasta escaramuzas fronterizas, huracanes y tomas de rehenes, murió en La Habana. Tenía […]
NOV. 22, 2021
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AP says it is reviewing social media policies after firing
The Associated Press logo appears on April 26, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Monday that it is launching a review of its social media policies after questions were raised about last week’s firing of one of its journalists who had expressed pro-Palestinian views. That announcement came hours […]
MAY 25, 2021
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An unwelcome prank Volkswagen purposely hoodwinks reporters
Volkswagen company logo flags wave in front of a Volkswagen factory building in Zwickau, Germany, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists are used to being wary about odd pranksters pulling April Fool’s Day hoaxes at this time of year. Few expect it from a multi-billion dollar corporation. Volkswagen admitted Tuesday that […]
MARCH 30, 2021
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California reveals details of self-driving car accidents
The disclosure came after The Associated Press successfully argued to the Department of Motor Vehicles that the agency was improperly withholding the information. According to the reports, most of the cars were in self-driving mode when the accidents happened, and the other driver caused the accident. None of the crashes were serious enough to injure […]
JUNE 18, 2015
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Iowa AP reporter and editor Melanie Welte dies
Her husband, David Welte, said she died after contracting pneumonia while awaiting a liver transplant. For most of the past 21 years, the news day for the AP in Iowa began with a 5 a.m. message from Welte to AP customers that announced she had arrived at work and was on the hunt for news. […]
FEB. 4, 2013
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AP, Google award six $20,000 scholarships
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Associated Press and Google today announced the second recipients of a national scholarship program targeted at college students whose innovative projects exemplify the new journalist in the digital media age. The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, administers the program. The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship […]
JUNE 3, 2013
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AP launches next-generation live video exchange newsgathering platform
The Associated Press, in collaboration with LiveU, today announced the launch of AP Live Community, the first live video content and service exchange platform for global newsgathering.
SEPT. 15, 2017
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FILE - Offensive lineman Leander Wiegand, of Germany, participates in a drill at the NFL international scouting combine at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)
NFL’s International Player Pathway program is shining a spotlight on talent from around the world
Leander Wiegand knew very little about the NFL — or American football, for that matter — when his best friend urged him to check out something he saw on TV. It was the day after the Super Bowl in February 2016 and Wiegand’s buddy Kolja turned on a replay of Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos beating Cam Newton’s […]
OCT. 28, 2025
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Parishioners pray during a mass in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Returning to the fold? Some young Spaniards embrace Catholicism and can’t wait for Pope Leo’s visit
Until three years ago, Sara Cabral’s faith experience was on trend with other Southern European youth — a “Catholic but never practicing” upbringing with little relevance to her life on Spain’s Canary Islands. Then she listened to a song from a faith youth group that felt as if God were speaking to her. She joined the group, […]
JUNE 1, 2026
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In this image from video provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee Brayan Rayo Garzon looks towards a surveillance camera in the Phelps County jail in Rolla, Mo., on April 7, 2025, shortly before he died by suicide. (Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)
ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an ‘alarming’ rate, an AP investigation finds
Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he was on his fourth day of isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers and chills of COVID-19. His request for mental health treatment had been put off, records show, and staff had forbidden Rayo from making his nightly call to his […]
MAY 27, 2026
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