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As storm season starts, AP photographer revisits Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Associated Press photographer Ramon Espinosa spent weeks roaming Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island last September. He documented the lives of Puerto Ricans who lost roofs and possessions in the storm. Others saw their houses torn completely from their foundations, leaving only a concrete base. Espinosa revisited the […]

JUNE 1, 2018

Alan Diaz, AP photographer behind Elian image, to retire

In this April 22, 2000, photo by AP photojournalist Alan Diaz, Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, right, as government officials search for the boy in his relative’s home in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) Alan Diaz poses at Domino Park on Calle Ocho in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Nov. […]

DEC. 1, 2017

AP CEO Government undermining ‘right to know’ laws

Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press (AP photo by Santos Chaparro). By Gary PruittPresident and CEO The Associated Press It’s getting harder and more expensive to use public records to hold government officials accountable. Authorities are undermining the laws that are supposed to guarantee citizens’ right to information, turning the right to […]

MARCH 13, 2015

AP names McCartney as West Coast entertainment editor

West Coast Entertainment and Lifestyles Editor Anthony McCartney. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) The appointment was made Wednesday by Nekesa Moody, AP’s global entertainment and lifestyles editor. McCartney, 38, will be based in Los Angeles and lead a team of reporters there and in New York who report on film, the court and celebrity beats, and other entertainment […]

JULY 12, 2017

What to know about China’s new regulations on rare earths

China released new interim measures Friday tightening controls on mining and processing of rare earths that are used in many high-tech products including electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets. The rules released Friday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology apply both to rare earths originating in China and those that are sent to China for […]

AUG. 22, 2025

Russia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?

The silent black-and-white surveillance camera video of the Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was brief but chilling: Six huge fireballs pierced the darkness and slammed into the ground at astonishing speed. Within hours of the Nov. 21 attack on the military facility, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the rare step of […]

DEC. 9, 2024

What to know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria and its attacks with the UK in Yemen

BEIRUT (AP) — British forces on Saturday joined their American allies in new attacks against militia in Yemen. The U.S. military earlier launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed fighters in western Iraq and eastern Syria in retaliation for a drone strike in Jordan in late January that killed three U.S. service members and wounded […]

FEB. 4, 2024

When news breaks, ‘everyone is a reporter’ at AP

In a memo to AP staff, Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano explains how quick-thinking and collaboration across states and formats led to definitive coverage of a tragic story that captured national attention:

AP statement on comment about Gaza journalists

The Associated Press issued this statement on Saturday in response to a comment that Israel's Channel 12 TV attributed to Israeli Military Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, saying that AP journalists drank coffee with Hamas electronics experts in the cafeteria of the building that housed AP's former bureau in Gaza:

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week. The main event featuring adult bears starts next week, but first up Thursday is what the National Park Service […]

SEPT. 18, 2025

How to protect yourself from Vibrio vulnificus, the bacteria found in some coastal waters

 States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat along the Gulf Coast and — increasingly — up the Eastern Seaboard. People should listen to the warnings, said Bernie Stewart, a 65-year-old retired bounty hunter in Florida who […]

AUG. 20, 2025

DIARY Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came

A police officer stands on rubble from a building housing AP’s office and other media in Gaza City that was destroyed after Israeli warplanes demolished it, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — My colleagues’ shouts awakened me, and the pounding of my heart drowned out the racing of my […]

MAY 16, 2021