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Kathy Gannon
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 file photo, Associated Press Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan Kathy Gannon sits with girls at a school in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Gannon was wounded and her colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
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Canadian-born journalist Kathy Gannon wounded in attack in Afghanistan

In this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 file photo, Associated Press Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan Kathy Gannon sits with girls at a school in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Gannon was wounded and her colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in […]

APRIL 4, 2014

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Fisnik Abrashi at Associated Press' London office, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Abrashi, an AP correspondent and editor who covered wars and their aftermath on three continents, has been appointed all-formats news director for central and eastern Europe, responsible for leading video, photo and text coverage in a region stretching from the Balkans to Poland, it was announced Friday Feb. 7 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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AP names news director for East-Central Europe

Fisnik Abrashi at Associated Press’ London office, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Abrashi, an AP correspondent and editor who covered wars and their aftermath on three continents, has been appointed all-formats news director for central and eastern Europe, responsible for leading video, photo and text coverage in a region stretching from the Balkans to Poland, it […]

FEB. 7, 2014

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Court sides with AP over access to gov’s calendar

The seven-member Commonwealth Court panel unanimously upheld a ruling by the state Office of Open Records ruling that the governor’s office must turn over the requested records without redacting portions that it claimed are protected by exceptions to the state Right-to-Know Law. The AP sought records covering an 18-day period shortly after Corbett took office […]

APRIL 23, 2013

AP Guild Contract
FILE- In this April 18, 2017, file photo Associated Press photographs are displayed at the AP headquarters in New York. The Associated Press and the News Media Guild said on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-and-a-half-year contract that includes pay raises each year of the agreement and health care revisions. The agreement comes after more than 17 months of negotiations. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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AP, News Media Guild reach new tentative 3 ½ year agreement

AP photographs are displayed at AP headquarters in New York, April 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) The agreement comes after more than 17 months of negotiations and is subject to ratification of the union membership. The tentative agreement will require employees choosing a premium plan to pay 20 percent of their health care plan costs […]

FEB. 1, 2019

Coal Ash Spill
Amy Adams, North Carolina campaign coordinator with Appalachian Voices, shows her hand covered with wet coal ash from the Dan River swirling in the background as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of a spill of coal ash into the river in Danville, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Duke Energy estimates that up to 82,000 tons of ash has been released from a break in a 48-inch storm water pipe at the Dan River Power Plant in Eden N.C. on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Paddling in sludge to get the story

In an era of smartphones and social media, an AP team opted for a more rudimentary tool to get the story: a canoe. The following note to staff from Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes describes how AP journalists paddled into the middle of a river to get a firsthand look at a coal-ash spill in North Carolina, determine the scope of the mishap and keep AP ahead of the competition:

This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)
This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)
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Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor’s mansion looking into suspect’s hatred of Josh Shapiro

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect was motivated by the Democrat’s Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza. Police have said that Cody Balmer of Harrisburg harbored hatred toward Shapiro. Several search warrants released Wednesday offer […]

APRIL 16, 2025

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma holds up the championship trophy after UConn defeated South Carolina in the national championship game at the Final Four of the women's NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
UConn head coach Geno Auriemma holds up the championship trophy after UConn defeated South Carolina in the national championship game at the Final Four of the women's NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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UConn returns to top of women’s basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — During the final sweet moments of UConn’s 12th national title, Geno Auriemma and Paige Bueckers embraced after the star guard departed her final game with the Huskies. It was the moment they wanted all along. “They’ve all been gratifying, don’t get me wrong,” Auriemma said. “But this one here, because of […]

APRIL 7, 2025

In this photo provided by Jazz Foundation of America, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, who is a member of The Mellon Foundation and Jazz Foundation of America's inaugural class of Jazz Legacies Fellows, poses for a photo in January 2025, in New York. (Steven Baboun/NativRoots courtesy of Jazz Foundation of America via AP)
In this photo provided by Jazz Foundation of America, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, who is a member of The Mellon Foundation and Jazz Foundation of America's inaugural class of Jazz Legacies Fellows, poses for a photo in January 2025, in New York. (Steven Baboun/NativRoots courtesy of Jazz Foundation of America via AP)
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New jazz fellowship honors the genre’s elders and gives them each an unrestricted $100,000 grant

NEW YORK (AP) — Bertha Hope was only three years old when she started playing Brahms’ “Lullaby” on the piano just from hearing it on the radio. “How did you do that?” asked her shocked parents, both entertainers. “That’s when they really started paying attention to the fact that I had some talent that needed […]

FEB. 18, 2025

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Probe Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, talks to members of the media in Istanbul, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) BOSTON (AP) — An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is […]

JULY 18, 2021

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AP video recognized for excellence in breaking news

The Associated Press has been nominated for three Royal Television Society awards, including one nomination for its breaking news coverage of the Paris attacks.

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AP VoteCast data from midterms is now available

The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago today made available the data from AP VoteCast’s more than 120,000 interviews with voters in the runup to the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.

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UK court News-clipping service must obtain licenses from newspaper publishers

The country’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Meltwater’s customers and anyone else in the UK cannot be prosecuted for viewing news stories online. But the court confirmed that Meltwater and its customers must obtain licenses from the newspaper publishers. The ruling stems from a dispute between Meltwater and the UK’s Newspaper Licensing Agency, which represents […]

APRIL 19, 2013

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