Updates to AP’s Middle East team
In a memo to staff today, Middle East News Director Karin Laub announced changes to the team that covers the region in all formats:
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FILE - Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96
PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, died Tuesday. He was 96. One of the most polarizing figures in French politics, Le Pen made Islam and Muslim immigrants his primary […]
JAN. 7, 2025
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Letter from AP, Reuters on Nasser Hospital strikes
The Associated Press and Reuters today sent this letter to Israeli officials regarding the strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Director of the Government Press Office Nitzan Chen: We are writing […]
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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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This Feb. 27, 2017 photo shows Associated Press photojournalist Desmond Boylan smoking a cigar on the balcony of the agency's office in Havana, Cuba. Boylan, a photographer who covered war and conflict across the world before dedicating his life to documenting the joys and tribulations of daily life in Cuba for The Associated Press, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 29, 2018, in Havana. He was 54. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
AP photographer Desmond Boylan dies in Havana at 54
This Feb. 27, 2017, photo shows AP photojournalist Desmond Boylan smoking a cigar on the balcony of the agency’s office in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) HAVANA (AP) — Desmond Boylan, a photographer who covered war and conflict across the world before dedicating his life to documenting the daily joys and tribulations of life in […]
DEC. 30, 2018
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Wild Anti-Jewish rioting in which seven synagogues were fired in Berlin, took place in Germany on November 10. The German official news agency points out that the demonstrations broke out after the death of party comrade Ernst von Rath, who fell by the hands of the dastardly Jewish murderer Grynszpan. One of Berlin’s newest synagogues on the Prinzregenten-Strasse fired by Anti-Jewish demonstrators, on Nov. 10, 1938. (AP Photo)
AP publishes review of Germany operations before and during World War II
The Associated Press today published a review of its operations in Germany before and during World War II that makes clear the AP took steps to retain its independence and provide factual, unbiased information to the world despite intense pressures from Nazi Germany.
MAY 10, 2017
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This Oct. 28, 1992 photo shows Associated Press newsman and columnist Harry Rosenthal in Washington. Rosenthal a veteran Associated Press writer who covered America's golden age of space exploration, presidents back to Harry Truman and whatever caught his impish eye in the stuffy halls of power, died Thursday, He was 86. (AP Photo)
Harry Rosenthal, AP reporter, dies at 86
This Oct. 28, 1992 photo shows Associated Press newsman and columnist Harry Rosenthal in Washington. Rosenthal a veteran Associated Press writer who covered America’s golden age of space exploration, presidents back to Harry Truman and whatever caught his impish eye in the stuffy halls of power, died Thursday. He was 86. (AP Photo) He died […]
DEC. 12, 2013
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Oklahoma City Thunder players hold up the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy after they won the NBA basketball championship with a Game 7 victory against the Indiana Pacers Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Game 7: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 29 points and Thunder beat Pacers 103-91 for NBA title
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander walked off the court for the final time this season, collapsed into the arms of coach Mark Daigneault and finally smiled. It was over. The climb is complete. The rebuild is done. The Oklahoma City Thunder are champions. The best team all season was the best team at the […]
JUNE 23, 2025
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PART II AP IMPACT Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites
By JEFF DONN BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.
APRIL 16, 2012
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FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows William James Vahey in 1986, 1995, 2004 and 2013. Vahey, 64, killed himself in Luverne, Minn. on March 21, 2014. The discovery of Vahey, a man the FBI regards as one of the most prolific pedophiles in memory has set off a crisis in the community of international schools, where parents are being told that their children may have been victims, and administrators are scurrying to close loopholes exposed by Vaheyís abuses. (AP Photo/FBI, File)
The story of a prolific pedophile: How AP’s investigation came together
The discovery of a teacher whom the FBI regards as one of the most prolific pedophiles in memory has set off a crisis in the close-knit community of international schools and prompted hundreds of people to contact the bureau, greatly expanding the potential number of suspected victims.
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A man uses a cellphone to record musicians performing during Haight Street Daydream, a community event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, in San Francisco, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
Fans toast Grateful Dead’s 60th with concerts at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park
Fans of the Grateful Dead are pouring into San Francisco for three days of concerts and festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the scruffy jam band that came to embody a city where people wore flowers in their hair and made love, not war. Dead & Company, featuring original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, […]
JULY 30, 2025
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AP acquires historic British Movietone archive
The Associated Press today announced that it has acquired the historic British Movietone film archive collection from Newsreel Archive. Spanning almost a century of international events, the archive represents one of the world's most significant and important newsfilm collections. The addition of this outstanding collection of historic video to its own extensive archive ensures AP's position as the leading global supplier of contemporary and historic news video and photography. Originally shown in cinemas twice a week, the British Movietone archive is the first newsreel to have sound and then color film. It is renowned for containing the first recorded speeches of leading personalities such as Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw. The archive's many historic highlights also include: The rise of fascism and the outbreak of World War II
SEPT. 27, 2016
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