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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

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball’s Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the phone for the expected call Tuesday. Fifteen minutes passed without a ring. “I actually started getting kind of nervous,” […]

JAN. 21, 2025

Longtime AP executive James W. Mangan dies at age 87

Andrew Mangan said his father died of a heart ailment Friday while playing tennis in San Antonio. “If you look at his career history, AP tossed a lot of different challenges to Jim. He did well in every one of them,” said Louis D. Boccardi, former AP president and CEO. James Mangan started with AP […]

AUG. 26, 2015

Exploring ‘a landscape of mafias, violence and corruption’

The Overseas Press Club announced this morning that three Associated Press journalists have won its award for the best reporting on Latin America in any medium.

Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service and The Associated Press to Host National Security and Foreign Po

WASHINGTON –  The Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and The Associated Press today announced a forum with Republican presidential candidates on national security and foreign policy.

AUG. 28, 2023

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

Argentino Rodrigo Abd de AP recibe premio Moors Cabot

Fotógrafo Rodrigo Abd. (AP Foto/Lorena Pahor) Rodrigo Abd, fotógrafo para The Associated Press, es uno de los ganadores del premio de periodismo internacional más antiguo, el Maria Moors Cabot, que otorga la Universidad de Columbia, anunció la institución el miércoles.  La Facultad de Periodismo de la universidad neoyorquina dijo que el argentino de 39 años […]

JULY 20, 2016

More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds

The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. About 840,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported on death certificates in 2020 and 2021. But a group of researchers — using a form of artificial intelligence — estimate that […]

MARCH 18, 2026

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.

Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace named AP executive editor

NEW YORK – The Associated Press announced today that AP Assistant Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace has been named the global news agency’s senior vice president and executive editor, effective immediately.

SEPT. 1, 2021

PM Carney says ‘Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland’

JAN. 21, 2026

White House reporter takes top honors for deadline reporting

Most of the White House Press Corps had departed for the evening, but AP’s Josh Lederman was one of a few still at work inside at 8 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2014 when he heard a commotion outside the doors of the briefing room. Secret Service agents were shouting at people to get inside, saying the building was on lockdown.