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Cost-related access challenges, solutions in 18 states
CALIFORNIA The state Department of Motor Vehicles estimated a minimum charge of $19,950 in response to an Associated Press reporter’s request last fall to determine whether poor people had their driver’s licenses suspended at a disproportionate rate. The AP requested the number of suspended driver’s licenses by ZIP code, but the DMV said such a […]
MARCH 13, 2015
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Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies
This April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau chiefs at The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75), Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). McArthur, a former AP foreign correspondent who reported all over the world and spent years in Saigon covering the Vietnam […]
APRIL 13, 2013
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Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68
AP national writer Sharon Cohen poses for photo in Chicago on July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Sharon Cohen, a matchless reporter who told American stories with great skill and compassion over more than four decades at The Associated Press, died Monday at her Chicago home. She was 68. At her death, more than a […]
APRIL 5, 2021
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In this undated photo released by Jonathan Mattise, Mattise poses for a photo. Mattise, 28, a government and politics reporter for the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers in Florida, is joining The Associated Press to cover West Virginia state government and politics. He will be based at the Statehouse in Charleston. He joins the AP from Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, based in Stuart, Fla., where he covered government and politics, including the legislative sessions in Tallahassee. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise)
Mattise appointed AP’s WV statehouse reporter
Jonathan Mattise (AP Photo) Mattise, 28, will be based at the Statehouse in Charleston. He joins the AP from Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, based in Stuart, Fla., where he covered government and politics, including legislative sessions in Tallahassee. In 2012, he won the Florida Society of News Editors’ Sunshine Award for best 2012 election coverage […]
DEC. 26, 2013
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April Fools’ Day “pranks”?
At April Fools’ time, we’re sometimes asked how we feel about people planting “prank stories” in the media.
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AP Fernando González director de noticias de Caribe, Andes
Fernando González, designado director de noticias de Associated Press para las regiones caribeña y andina.posa para la foto eb Ciudad de México, 23 de marzo de 2020. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte) González, quien desde 2016 era subdirector de noticias para Latinoamérica y el Caribe en Ciudad de México, ayudará a conducir las operaciones de recolección de […]
MARCH 24, 2020
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The west branch of the Susquehanna River flows past Jersey Shore, Pa. on Sunday March 23, 2014. About a third of the borough (population 4,300) is in a flood hazard zone and nearly 470 homes in town are expected to see flood insurance premium hikes because of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
Q&A: How we localized flood insurance investigation for states and small towns
For many years, the federal government offered subsidized flood insurance on homes and businesses constructed before there were many rules about building close to the water. But premiums have been insufficient to cover the payouts, leaving the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in debt. There has been public outcry over some actions taken in Congress to support the program.
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Spotlight on ‘Reporters reporting’
A new Associated Press Instagram account features AP journalists in the field, shooting photos and video and reporting news stories across the globe.
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2), front, celebrates with teammates after Game 5 of the Western Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
The NBA Finals are set: It’ll be Thunder vs. Pacers, starting Thursday night
The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, back when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school in Wisconsin.
JUNE 1, 2025
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William Fontan Quintero and his wife Yadira Sostre pose with a printed photo of them taken on Sept. 30, 2017 when they sat amid the rubble of their home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, at the same spot where they rebuilt their home, behind, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2018. The couple says FEMA rejected their application for financial help but they received $8,000 from family to help them replace their belongings, which they invested in wood to build a small home, behind, where they live with their two children who are university students. The roof is plastic tarp while they wait for their FEMA application to be approved so they can finish rebuilding. "We don't have time to build anything safe without help," said Quintero. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Puerto Rico AP visita de nuevo a víctimas de huracán María
SAN JUAN (AP) — El fotógrafo Ramón Espinosa recorrió durante semanas Puerto Rico después que el huracán María devastó la isla en septiembre. Durante ese tiempo documentó las vidas de los puertorriqueños que perdieron techos y posesiones a causa de la tormenta. Espinosa volvió a visitar a las personas de las imágenes antes del inicio […]
JUNE 1, 2018
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