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AP lands exceptional interview with long-underground Syrian whistleblower

The Associated Press delivered an extraordinary piece of journalism with its exclusive, on-camera interview with a long-underground Syrian whistleblower whose clandestine smuggling operation exposed atrocities committed by Bashar Assad’s regime. The whistleblower, Ussama Uthman, played a pivotal role in compiling what became known as the Caesar Files — thousands of photographs documenting the torture and […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP journalists capture single mom’s quest to keep her son in his school following an eviction

Education accountability reporter Bianca Vásquez Toness and photographer Brynn Anderson spent months following a single mother in Atlanta to show how she struggled to keep her children in their schools following an eviction. Their reporting, captured in heartbreaking detail, brought the mother’s challenges and determination to life. The work was rooted in reporting Vásquez Toness […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP headline sets news agenda on Ukraine story

AP began pursuing an interview with Finnish President Alexander Stubb as his access to — and potential influence over — Donald Trump became increasingly clear. European security correspondent Emma Burrows proposed interviewing Stubb during a Finnish civil defense training exercise, an idea that won over the president’s office. With just 20 minutes, Burrows zeroed in […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP captures exclusive eyewitness video and interview marking 2015 Paris attacks anniversary

As the Paris bureau brainstormed how to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Islamic State attacks in a way that felt both digitally relevant and respectful, reporter Jerome Pugmire proposed a powerful “being there” video. Pugmire, who had witnessed the first explosion that night, returned to the national stadium to recount the events on […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP lands exclusive interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Brazil, culmination of years-long effort

AP secured the only one-on-one video interview California Gov. Gavin Newsom granted during the global climate conference in Brazil — the result of years of persistence by California assistant news director Kathleen Ronayne. Seeing COP as the perfect opening, Ronayne pitched Newsom on an on-camera conversation that would showcase his climate views to AP’s global […]

NOV. 21, 2025

AP Fund for Journalism secures over $30 million to bring AP content to local US newsrooms

AP Fund for Journalism today announced significant commitments from several organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc. and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that will help power its first-of-its kind local news program to support the U.S. local news ecosystem. The combined investment of more than […]

NOV. 20, 2025

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NOV. 20, 2025

PHOTO ESSAY: A ‘year of unraveling’ when a man’s immune system hijacked his brain

Sometimes, the immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain. It's called autoimmune encephalitis but one California man dubbed it his “year of unraveling.”

NOV. 20, 2025

Roger Federer elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1st year of eligibility

Well, this will come as no surprise to anyone who’s paid any attention over the past quarter-century: Roger Federer was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, the Rhode Island-based Hall announced Wednesday. The first man to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles, and part of an era of unprecedented greatness with […]

NOV. 19, 2025

Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced Wednesday that archaeologists have mapped the location of 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison. Tamara Thomsen, the state’s […]

NOV. 19, 2025

China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand

China is replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, potentially reshaping global fuel demand and the future of heavy transport. In 2020, nearly all new trucks in China ran on diesel. By the first half of 2025, battery-powered trucks accounted for 22% of new heavy truck sales, up from 9.2% in the […]

NOV. 19, 2025

PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of workers keeping Ukraine out of the dark

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Utility workers in Ukraine are risking their lives as they battle to keep the lights as Russia repeatedly attacks the energy system.

NOV. 18, 2025