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Newsminute April 26 2026

Here’s the latest for Sunday, April 26th: Gunman at WHCD; 1 officer injured, suspect arrested. Iran FM in Islamabad; Pakistan seeks talks, Trump says call possible. Colombia bus blast: 20 dead, 36 injured. Moscow marks 40 years since Chernobyl.

APRIL 26, 2026

Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68

AP national writer Sharon Cohen poses for photo in Chicago on July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Sharon Cohen, a matchless reporter who told American stories with great skill and compassion over more than four decades at The Associated Press, died Monday at her Chicago home. She was 68. At her death, more than a […]

APRIL 5, 2021

AP to release first all-time college basketball ranking

AP will release the all-time rankings, along with analysis, stories looking back at the history of the poll, and other details, on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Teams on the list will include the first-ever No. 1 in an AP poll, St. Louis, as well as teams that haven’t been in the poll for generations, including Seattle […]

DEC. 7, 2023

Spotlight on ‘Reporters reporting’

A new Associated Press Instagram account features AP journalists in the field, shooting photos and video and reporting news stories across the globe.  

APs Divided America series is published as e-book

Is America still great or has the country lost its way? That’s the question that helped launch the long-running Associated Press series, "Divided America," whose 26 stories have been gathered in a new e-book.

OCT. 26, 2016

Regions Bank sponsors AP Top 25 football poll as it enters 86th season

Regions Bank will sponsor the AP Top 25 football poll, the longest-running poll of its kind at 86 years, as well as AP’s marquee college football honors and weekly game picks for the 2022 season.

JULY 26, 2022

FACT FOCUS: Is inflation a red state vs. blue state issue? It’s increasing no matter how you cut it

After cooling slowly in 2024 and 2025, inflation is rising again, squeezing most Americans' budgets and making it harder to afford gas, groceries, and other necessities. Inflation reached 3.8% in April from a year earlier, the highest in three years.

JUNE 5, 2026

AP announces coverage plans for midterm elections

With 36 states holding gubernatorial contests and control of the U.S. Senate in play, the stakes are high in midterm elections on Tuesday, when The Associated Press will be uniquely positioned to count the votes and report the results.

OCT. 29, 2014

AP distributes style guide of holiday terms

The state Christmas tree glows from the 10,000 ultra-low wattages LED bulbs after lighting ceremonies held by Gov. Jerry Brown at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Along with the lights, the 53-foot white fir tree was decorated with 900 hand crafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities donated […]

DEC. 3, 2014

Calling the 2024 presidential race state by state

At 5:34 a.m. ET on Wednesday, The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

AP’s 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning photos

AP today earned its 57th and 58th Pulitzer Prizes—35th for photography—for public service and breaking news photography.

How AP calls a race at poll close

On Super Tuesday, AP declared Bernie Sanders the winner in California as soon as polls closed at 8 p.m. PT— one of four such race calls made that night as polls closed in a state.