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Curveballs are disappearing in MLB as velocity obsession reshapes pitching landscape

ATLANTA (AP) — Curveballs have been thrown a curve by a modern game valuing velocity over variety, disappearing from the major leagues by more than 20,000 annually. The Athletics have thrown curves on just 2.5% of pitches this season. The overall big league figure dropped from 10.7% in 2019 to 8.1% last year, the lowest […]

JULY 14, 2025

Quick response establishes AP as the go-to source for information on the deaths of Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog

The call came in after midnight local time on Feb. 27: Gene Hackman had died in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From there, it was a race to get the news on the wire while most Americans slept. Dozens of AP journalists jumped in to help, delivering a dominant performance across all formats. Freelance photographer Roberto […]

MARCH 7, 2025

US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023. The CDC has been collecting comparable data […]

MAY 14, 2025

International Media & Archive Consortium warns of Judicial Review over UK Government plans to weaken copyright

LONDON – A consortium of the world’s largest news agencies, commercial licensing companies and commercial audiovisual archives has today called on the UK Government to rethink its plans to weaken UK copyright law and its use of secondary legislation.

JAN. 15, 2013

West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates

SEMINOLE, Texas (AP) — Measles had struck this West Texas town, sickening dozens of children, but at the Community Church of Seminole, more than 350 worshippers gathered for a Sunday service. Sitting elbow-to-elbow, they filled the pews, siblings in matching button-down shirts and dresses, little girls’ hair tied neatly into pink bows. Fathers shushed babbling […]

MARCH 4, 2025

Fotógrafo de AP resulta herido en tiroteo en Senado haitiano

El senador del partido gobernante Ralph Fethiere dispara su pistola afuera del Parlamento al llegar a una votación para ratificar la nominación de Fritz William Michel como primer ministro en Puerto Príncipe, Haití, 23 de septiembre de 2019. (AP Foto/Dieu Nalio Chery) Dieu-Nalio Chery fue impactado en la mandíbula por lo que parece ser el […]

SEPT. 24, 2019

Spotlight on AP’s visual storytelling

In 2024, AP photojournalists across nearly 100 countries and in all 50 states documented the world’s most urgent stories. From pivotal moments including the attempted assassination of President-elect Donald Trump to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, AP photographers were on the front lines, capturing history as it unfolded. Beyond breaking news, […]

Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up offensive that Israel’s military said is intended to pressure Hamas and eventually expel the militant group. The bodies of 14 children and five […]

APRIL 4, 2025

Trump won’t block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship. The lawsuit, […]

FEB. 11, 2025

Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters […]

JAN. 31, 2025

Sally Buzbee es designada nueva directora editorial de AP

Buzbee, quien asumirá el 1 de enero, supervisará una empresa noticiosa global con periodistas que envían texto, fotos y video desde más de 260 lugares en 106 países. Sally Buzbee. (AP Foto) “La misión de la AP de periodismo fuerte, imparcial y basado en los hechos nunca ha sido más importante”, dijo Buzbee. “Mis colegas […]

NOV. 17, 2016

AP nombra a Director de Noticias en Brasil

AP Director de Noticias de Brasil Peter Prengaman. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) CIUDAD DE MEXICO (AP) — Peter Prengaman, un periodista multi-formato y con experiencia como mánager en salas de redacción y que ha reportado para The Associated Press desde más de una docena de países, fue nombrado como Director de Noticias de Brasil.  Desde […]

APRIL 12, 2016