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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the […]

NOV. 4, 2024

AP launches local news AI project with Knight Foundation

With support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, AP will launch a two-year project to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in local newsrooms.

Reimagining the power of the cooperative

The Associated Press is reinventing how it cooperates with its member news organizations and nonprofits with the expansion of AP StoryShare, a tool that allows them to share content and collaborate.

Why AP has yet to call Kentucky governor’s race

At 10:02 p.m. ET on Tuesday, AP sent a news alert to its member news organizations and customers that the race for governor in Kentucky was too close to call. AP Election Decision Editor Stephen Ohlemacher explains why:

Amanda Barrett named VP of standards, inclusion

In a memo to AP’s global news staff on Monday, Executive Editor Julie Pace announced that Amanda Barrett, vice president and head of news audience, is now vice president of standards and inclusion:

AP designa a Julie Pace directora ejecutiva de la agencia

Julie Pace, jefa de la oficina de Washington de The Associated Press, en una foto tomada en la oficina de Washington de AP el 26 de agosto de 2021. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin) NUEVA YORK (AP) — Julie Pace, una periodista de Washington que dirigió la cobertura del gobierno de Estados Unidos durante un periodo de […]

SEPT. 1, 2021

AP to cover US water issues with Walton Family Foundation grant

The Associated Press and the Walton Family Foundation today announced the creation of a new reporting team that will cover water issues in the U.S.

APRIL 13, 2021

AP VoteCast to survey voters in all 50 states in US election

NEW YORK – The Associated Press will deploy AP VoteCast, the modern approach to election research, to survey voters in all 50 states in the U.S. general election on Nov. 3.

OCT. 6, 2020

AP CEO Press freedom v. security a ‘false choice’

Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press, makes a point on press freedom while delivering a speech at the 69th General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association at a hotel in downtown Denver on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Gary Pruitt told the 69th General Assembly of the Inter American […]

OCT. 19, 2013

AP to publish first all-time college basketball ranking

The Associated Press will rank the nation’s all-time top men’s college basketball programs for the first time, as tabulated from its more than 1,100 weekly polls of top basketball teams over the past 68 years.

MARCH 14, 2017

ABC News and AP announce documentary spotlighting intersection between the KKK and law enforcement from George Stephanopoulos Pr

‘Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK’ Premieres on Hulu Thursday, April 27. In a first-time collaboration, ABC News and The Associated Press announced today a documentary that takes viewers inside one of the world’s most sinister secret societies — the Ku Klux Klan. Based on an award-winning investigative AP series, the true-crime documentary captures the infiltration […]

APRIL 19, 2023