AP celebrates 175 years of advancing the power of facts
The Associated Press celebrates its 175th anniversary this month, marking nearly two centuries of advancing the power of factual journalism.
MAY 18, 2021
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FILE - Utah State Prison's execution chamber is seen during a media tour Jan. 24, 1996, in Point of the Mountain, Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane alternative to lethal injection. The firing squad has a long and thorny history in the U.S. South Carolina […]
MARCH 7, 2025
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AP expande su oferta de video en Latinoamérica ofreciendo contenido LANA
Hoy, The Associated Press y Latin America News Agency anuncian una colaboración que dará acceso a los clientes de AP a una combinación de noticias en vídeo, tanto globales como enfocadas a Latinoamérica, producidas por LANA.
MAY 3, 2021
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FILE-Mary Hudetz, seen in this July 2013 photo, a former Associated Press journalist and current editor of Native Peoples Magazine in Phoenix, will return to the AP in August to become the news cooperativeís law enforcement reporter in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hire was announced Wednesday by Traci Carl, the APís West editor overseeing news in 13 states. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz)
AP names Mary Hudetz as New Mexico law enforcement reporter
Mary Hudetz, seen in this July 2013 photo, a former Associated Press journalist and current editor of Native Peoples Magazine in Phoenix, will return to the AP in August to become the news cooperative’s law enforcement reporter in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hire was announced Wednesday by Traci Carl, the AP’s West editor overseeing news […]
JULY 30, 2015
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AP expands Korean entertainment news content through collaboration with YTN
The Associated Press today announced a content collaboration with South Korean broadcaster YTN. AP clients can now access YTN's Korean video entertainment news with its extensive coverage of Korean Wave or Hallyu. This content will be available to all AP Video Hub subscribers.
APRIL 21, 2016
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Obama’s final year US spent $36 million in records lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration in its final year in office spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act, according to an Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data that also showed poor performance in other categories measuring transparency in […]
MARCH 14, 2017
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FILE- The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, Feb. 5, 2018. In a proposal released Thursday, July 27, 2023, the nation’s biggest and most complex banks will need to hold additional capital on their balance sheets under an initial proposal by the Federal Reserve designed to help banks better withstand risks to their businesses that go beyond a recession or financial crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Economic impacts in monetary policy
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Olympic rings are seen near a slope of the Stelvio Ski Center, venue for the alpine ski and ski mountaineering disciplines at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A look at the venues for the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina
MILAN (AP) — Next year’s Winter Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but they will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy.
FEB. 5, 2025
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Spain train crash: How a journalist’s quick thinking led to vital info
It was Spain’s worst rail disaster in 70 years. An express train careened off the tracks in a jumble of flying steel, killing 79 people. In chaos that followed one key question emerged almost instantly: Was the train driver speeding? Initial but unsourced reports indicated he was. Video of the crash from a security camera seemed to show this. But as in the immediate aftermath of most disasters, precise, reliable information was very hard to come by.
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People wait for a bus at a cool bus stop in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
In one Indian city, reflective paint and bus stop sprinklers offer relief from killer heat
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — For 20-year-old Mayank Yadav, riding a crowded bus in the summer months in this western Indian city can be like sitting in an oven. That makes it a treat when he steps off and into a bus stop outfitted with sprinklers that bathe overheated commuters in a cooling mist. “Everyone is […]
MAY 14, 2025
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Some of the hundreds of letters AP reporter Holly Ramer has received from her pen pal in New Zealand are displayed in Bow, N.H., Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
Dear Readers: Yes, pen pal programs still exist in a digital world
In 1985, a 13-year-old girl in New Zealand spotted a pair of purple, lip-shaped sunglasses in “Young Miss” magazine. In March, I traveled 9,000 miles from New Hampshire to deliver them to her, finally fulfilling my pen pal’s decades-old request. International Youth Service, the agency that matched us up 40 years ago, has long since […]
MAY 5, 2026
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The FED is balancing unemployment and inflation pressures
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