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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

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

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.

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.  

Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died at 76

BY ANDREW MELDRUM AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76. Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by […]

APRIL 21, 2024

AP announces coverage plans for midterm elections

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

OCT. 30, 2018

Stellar night for AP race calling

A night of fast and accurate race calls by The Associated Press on Super Tuesday culminated as polls closed in California at 8 p.m. PT, when AP declared Bernie Sanders the winner of the night's biggest prize.

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.

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