Daisy Veerasingham named AP chief operating officer
NEW YORK – The Associated Press today named Daisy Veerasingham executive vice president and chief operating officer.
FEB. 10, 2021
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White tern parents looking at an egg holding their chick on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, Jan. 18, 2022, in Honolulu. (Melody Bentz via AP)
How a seabird native to Hawaii has adapted to life in Honolulu’s concrete jungle
Kaʻiulani Murphy is quick to spot white terns flapping their wings when she’s guiding Polynesian voyaging canoes across the Pacific. The birds hunt for food at sea and lay eggs on land. So traditional navigators like her, who look to the stars, waves and other elements in nature to pilot across the ocean, see the bird’s presence […]
APRIL 2, 2026
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AP, Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets enter into development deal
Morgan Spurlock (Photo courtesy CNN) Agreement grants Warrior Poets unlimited access to AP’s extensive media portfolio for the development of multiplatform projects NEW YORK -– The Associated Press and Morgan Spurlock’s production company, Warrior Poets, have entered into a development deal offering Warrior Poets unlimited access to the extensive resources of AP and its broadcast, […]
APRIL 29, 2014
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Virginia's Braxton Key (2) blocks a shot by Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver (23) during the second half in the championship of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 8, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP preseason basketball polls to be released beginning Oct. 21
The preseason AP Top 25 polls for men’s and women’s college basketball, the longest-running polls of their kind, will be released the weeks of Oct. 21 and 28.
OCT. 8, 2019
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, a Libyan honor guard stands at attention during the arrival of U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon in Tripoli. The work of photographer and video journalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa, who was killed in Libya on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, reflected Libya's post-2011 chaos of rival militias fighting for control as well as the humanitarian tragedy of waves of people fleeing North Africa, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa, File)
AP PHOTOS Slain journalist captured Libya’s turmoil
A Libyan honor guard stands at attention during the arrival of U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon in Tripoli, Jan. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa) In one photo, a wave rolls gently over the arm of a dead refugee. In another, a love letter written on pink paper is seen next to the […]
JAN. 21, 2019
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FILE - This Feb. 15, 1985 file photo shows former AP photographer Ed Kolenovsky transmitting photos at the bureau office in Houston. Kolenovsky, who for some 40 years chronicled development of the nation's space program, covered countless Gulf Coast hurricanes and travelled the world taking photos of championship fights and other sports for the AP, has died, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. He was 87.(AP Photo, File)
Longtime AP photographer Edward Kolenovsky dies at 87
This Feb. 15, 1985 file photo shows former AP photographer Ed Kolenovsky transmitting photos at the bureau office in Houston. (AP Photo) Terry Kolenovsky said her father-in-law died at the Houston-area home of her and her husband, Edward Kolenovsky Jr. She said he had Parkinson’s disease and dementia and been hospitalized, but that he insisted […]
MAY 17, 2016
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FOR ONE-TIME EDITORIAL USE ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE AP EXHIBITION "THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT" 2016 -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt sits at the wheel of his car in Warm Springs, Ga., April 1939, fielding questions at an outdoor news conference. (AP Photo)
AP photo exhibit The American President to open at Federal Hall in Manhattan
"The American President," an exhibit of compelling presidential news photos from The Associated Press, will be on display Sept. 8 through Election Day at Federal Hall National Memorial in New York.
SEPT. 6, 2016
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This combination of photos shows Associated Press editors Sarah Rafi, left, and Delano Massey. Rafi, currently the deputy editor for the U.S. Central Region, has been named the region's deputy director of newsgathering, and Massey, currently the AP's news editor in Ohio, will be the region's deputy director of storytelling. Both will be based in Chicago. The appointments are part of a move by the Associated Press to integrate news operations across media formats in 14 states stretching from Texas to the upper Midwest. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green and Kellen Dargle, WKYT via AP)
AP names two top managers in US Central region
This composite photo shows Sarah Rafi, left, and Delano Massey, right. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green and Kellen Dargle, WKYT via AP) Sarah Rafi, currently the deputy editor for the U.S. Central Region, will become deputy director of newsgathering for the region, and Delano Massey, currently the AP’s news editor in Ohio, will be deputy director […]
MAY 29, 2018
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FILE - In this Feb. 1946 file photo, Associated Press correspondent George E. Bria works by candlelight in the AP Rome bureau during a power failure. Bria, the Associated Press newsman who flashed word of the German surrender in Italy at World War II's end has died at age 101. Bria's daughter, Judy Storey, says he died Saturday, March 18, 2017, at a New York hospital after his health had declined for a time. (AP Photo, File)
Bria, AP newsman who flashed Nazi surrender, dies at 101
In this Feb. 1946 photo, Associated Press correspondent George E. Bria works by candlelight in the AP Rome bureau during a power failure. (AP Photo, File) “George Bria was a multitalented journalist of many interests, a dedicated professional of the old school who exemplified the best of the AP during a long, distinguished career,” said AP […]
MARCH 18, 2017
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Texas Techs famed halfback, Tarbox, No 21, at extreme right, gives the well known neck tie tackle, a bit in the mouth, to Pinion of West Virginia after the latter made 21 yards around end as Tech lost the bruising clash in the Sun Bowl by a 7-6 count on Jan. 2, 1937 in El Paso. (AP Photo)
AP to publish first all-time college football ranking
The Associated Press will rank the nation’s all-time top college football programs for the first time, as tabulated from its more than 1,100 weekly polls of top college football teams over the past 80 years.
JULY 26, 2016
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Former AP civil rights reporter Kathryn Johnson dies
Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing civil rights reporter for the AP, died Oct. 23, 2019, at the age of 93 in Atlanta. (AP Photo) Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led to a string of legendary scoops, died Wednesday. She was 93. Her […]
OCT. 23, 2019
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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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