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Sandy MacIntyre to lead all of AP’s video business

Sandy MacIntyre MacIntyre, an AP vice president since 2010, will immediately assume the title of director of global video news, responsible for the newsgathering and production of 250 video journalists worldwide and 50 others who contribute to the video report. As the AP’s top video news executive, MacIntyre will oversee AP’s two video hubs in […]

MARCH 18, 2013

Understanding the ‘Politics of pain’

During an especially intense news period, marked by a bomb blast in Manhattan and a subsequent manhunt in New Jersey, an investigation into the politics behind America’s opioid epidemic still received the attention it deserved.

Doncic and Cunningham eligible for NBA awards after appeals of 65-game rule. But Edwards is not

The Los Angeles Lakers ‘ Luka Doncic and Detroit Pistons ‘ Cade Cunningham will be eligible for awards such as MVP and All-NBA this season despite falling short of the 65-game minimum, the league and the National Basketball Players Association said Thursday. Doncic played in 64 games and Cunningham played in 63. But the league and the union both agreed […]

APRIL 16, 2026

Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen. But the move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions of dollars a year. […]

MARCH 14, 2025

AP nombra a dos corresponsales en Sudamérica

García se une a la AP luego de trabajar como corresponsal del periódico “El Mundo” de España, el segundo diario de interés general del país ibérico. En los últimos 15 años de su carrera, García ha sido el responsable de la cobertura de México, América Central y algunos países de Sudamérica y el Caribe para […]

NOV. 19, 2014

Strong winds forecast to return and threaten Los Angeles area’s fight against fires

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Additional water tankers and scores of firefighters arrived at the Los Angeles area on Monday ahead of fierce winds that were forecast to return and threaten the progress made so far on two massive infernos that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people. Planes doused homes and […]

JAN. 13, 2025

AP CEO addresses phone records seizure and safeguards

Prepared remarks Gary Pruitt President and CEO, The Associated Press Address to the National Press ClubJune 19, 2013 Good afternoon. Before coming over here to talk to you today, I thought I should get a sense of how the seizure of AP’s phone records by the DOJ is affecting our reporters. It’s been six weeks, […]

JUNE 19, 2013

Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are being monitored under quarantine

 Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities said Tuesday. The nine include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on Jan. 30. That man remains the only fatality. Eight patients “are receiving medical care and are […]

FEB. 11, 2025

Photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed while working in Afghanistan, Regional Correspondent Kathy Gannon wounded

<p>Brazil's Newsource Globo and AP Global Media Services will offer comprehensive broadcast facilities throughout Brazil at the FIFA World Cup™ 2014. The feed points will be available to both rights and non-rights holders.</p> <br> <br> <br>In a Friday, April 4, 2014 note to AP staff, CEO Gary Pruitt announced the death of AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injury of Kathy Gannon, regional correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

APRIL 4, 2014

FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

A new kind of flu vaccine moved a step closer to the U.S. market Thursday as federal health advisers recommended approval of the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration is evaluating Moderna’s new shot, dubbed mFlusiva, for older Americans ahead of the winter flu season. Moderna […]

JUNE 18, 2026

AP introduces NFT collectors to iconic photo collection

The Associated Press will auction off a series of 10 non-fungible tokens (NFT) celebrating the news agency’s iconic photojournalism over the past 175 years, making artistic representations of some of history’s most notable photographs available on the blockchain for the first time.

MAY 25, 2021

AP names Edelsten to top China editorial position

Miles Edelsten The appointment was announced Wednesday by John Daniszewski, senior managing editor for international news; Sandy MacIntyre, AP’s director of global video news; and Santiago Lyon, AP’s global director of photography.  “China is undergoing dramatic economic growth while facing development challenges that affect not only its people and region, but the entire world,” Daniszewski […]

JULY 24, 2013