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AP expands work with Howard Hughes Medical Institute

People walk by Associated Press photographs on display at AP headquarters in New York, April 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) “Science will shape the world of tomorrow. So it is especially important to explain the scientific evidence that should inform our decisions, both in everyday life, and for society at large,” said Sean B. Carroll, […]

FEB. 27, 2018

AP All-America team: Travis Hunter, Xavier Watts back on first team; Ashton Jeanty is unanimous pick

Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter of Colorado was a first-team selection at two spots and a second-team pick at another on The Associated Press All-America team announced Monday. Hunter and Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts were repeat first-team selections, and Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty was the only unanimous pick after he posted one of the […]

DEC. 16, 2024

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

International photo festival to showcase AP Middle East images AR

أعلنت وكالة أسوشيتد برس اليوم أنها تعمل مع مهرجان Xposure الدولي التصوير الفوتوغرافي في الإمارات العربية المتحدة من أجل تسليط الضوء على مجموعة مختارة من الصور المتميزة التي صورتها الوكالة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.

OCT. 5, 2016

AP photo exhibit, “A View of Daily Life,” to open in Mitoyo, Japan

“A View of Daily Life,” a photo exhibit by The Associated Press, will open this fall on Awashima Island in the city of Mitoyo, Japan.

AUG. 26, 2014

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.  

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day. In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield […]

JUNE 12, 2025

Numbers to know for each of the 16 teams remaining in March Madness

The smaller the number, the larger the impact at this year’s NCAA Tournament. Arkansas, the No. 10 seed in the West Region, is the only double-digit seed still alive heading into the regional semifinals. All four No. 1 seeds and three of the four No. 2 seeds are still standing. But the seeds aren’t the […]

MARCH 28, 2025

AP launches dedicated Content Services division in Asia

The Associated Press announced today that it is expanding its AP Content Services division by adding a new office in Japan that will provide dedicated support for clients across Asia.

FEB. 7, 2019

AP to showcase images of daily life worldwide at Tokyo gallery

LONDON — An exhibit of Associated Press news photography depicting daily life around the world will be showcased at the Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery in Tokyo beginning Jan. 2, 2014.

DEC. 19, 2013

WWII vets are rock stars in France as they hand over the duty of remembering D-Day

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, have returned with the same message they fought for then: Freedom is worth defending. In what they acknowledge may be one of their last hurrahs, […]

JUNE 5, 2025

AP Hong Kong photos garner global front pages

Newspapers across the globe, from Barcelona to Taiwan to Toledo, Ohio, featured on the front pages of their Monday editions gripping AP images of Hong Kong police clashing with protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.