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Illinois APME announces winners in 2020 newspaper contest

Jun. 15, 2021 12:17 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Winners have been announced in the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors 2020 newspaper contest. The awards were announced...

FILE -- In this April 12, 2021 file photo, actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, bumps elbows with a worker at the ATC Vaccination Services site in New York's Times Square. He's accompanied by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from right, and ATC Alert founder & CEO Jordan Savitsky, right. Nearly 900 people received expired Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses at the vaccination site in Times Square this month, health officials said Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool, File)
899 people got expired vaccine doses at Times Square site

Jun. 15, 2021 11:29 AM EDT

European ministers vow to protect reporters, free expression

Jun. 11, 2021 02:11 PM EDT
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ministers from 47 Council of Europe member states have agreed to seek new regulations to protect freedom of expression online and in...

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington. On Friday, June 4, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the U.S. military has arrested Birx for conspiring to push face masks on Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Birx, former coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, has not been arrested. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson And Arijeta Lajka Jun. 04, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador applauds during a ceremony at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. Mexico announced Saturday, April 24, 2021, that Lopez Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration, amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Ahead of Harris meeting, Mexico president accuses US

By Christopher Sherman May. 07, 2021 04:25 PM EDT

Ida Chen, a physician assistant student, unfold a banner she carry at rallies protesting anti-Asian hate, Saturday April 24, 2021, in New York's Chinatown. Chen, who is American-born Chinese, join medical professionals of Asian and Pacific Island descent who feel the anguish of being racially targeted because of the virus while toiling to keep people from dying of it. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Asian American health workers fight virus and racist attacks

By Jennifer Peltz May. 07, 2021 01:17 AM EDT

Vendor Ibrahim Gashi, arranges weekly and monthly magazines at his newspaper kiosk were he has been selling newspapers downtown for 35 consecutive years except one, in the capital Pristina, Thursday, April 29, 2021. The printing presses stopped running at the start of the pandemic in Kosovo. The country's five dailies all stopped printing physical newspapers and turned into online media portals. But these do not reach all the people as before, and many fear they prioritise speed over accuracy. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Pandemic leaves Kosovo without printed daily newspapers

By Florent Bajrami And Llazar Semini May. 03, 2021 06:32 AM EDT

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, appears via a live-streamed hearing before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in Washington, D.C, regarding the challenges of combatting misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
New Mexico health secretary, experts push vaccine message

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 15, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

Actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, bump elbows before they tour the grand opening of a Broadway COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's entertainment industry, in New York, Monday, April 12, 2021. At left is Miranda's father, Luis A. Miranda, Jr. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site

Apr. 12, 2021 04:07 PM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, attends the swearing-in ceremony for Israel's 24th government, at the Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The ceremony took place shortly after the country's president asked Netanyahu to form a new majority coalition, a difficult task given the deep divisions in the fragmented parliament. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via AP)
Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try to form government

By Laurie Kellman And Ilan Ben Zion Apr. 06, 2021 11:41 AM EDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo greets people after speaking at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
Fox meteorologist Dean turns into fierce Cuomo critic

By David Bauder And Marina Villeneuve Mar. 22, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

Myanmar police talk to people gathering outside the Kamayut court in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, March 12, 2021. A court in Myanmar is scheduled to hold a hearing on Friday for an Associated Press journalist detained while covering demonstrations against the military's seizure of power last month. He is facing a charge that could send him to prison for three years. (AP Photo)
Myanmar court extends detention of AP journalist

Mar. 12, 2021 08:09 AM EST

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp answers questions during a news conference to discuss the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Georgia opening up four mass vaccination sites for COVID-19

By Jeff Amy And Sudhin Thanawala Feb. 18, 2021 04:29 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 11:23 AM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Republican legislators try to make it harder to get initiatives on Idaho ballot — again ...

Travelers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus use their smartphones as they wait outside the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. China's internet watchdog is cracking down further on online speech, issuing a new requirement that bloggers and influencers have a government-approved credential before they can publish on certain topics. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers

By Huizhong Wu And Fu Ting Feb. 17, 2021 12:40 AM EST

Pleasant Ridge School Nurse Gina Shield administers a coronavirus vaccine Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2021 to a school employee on the gymnasium floor at Nevada Union High School where 1,004 vaccines are planned to be administered through the day today. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)
People desperate for COVID-19 guides seek local journalists

By David Bauder Jan. 30, 2021 09:11 AM EST

A sign that reads "our children deserve better safe choice now" is seen on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. Just down the road from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a community flush with resident health professionals, the Decatur school system had no shortage of expert input on whether to resume in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Scores of public health and medical professionals from the affluent, politically liberal Atlanta suburb have weighed in about what's best for their own kids’ schools.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
In CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides experts

By Kantele Franko Jan. 27, 2021 01:46 PM EST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, visits an anti-coronavirus vaccination facility in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via AP)
Netanyahu reelection hopes hinge on vaccination campaign

By Josef Federman Jan. 06, 2021 01:14 AM EST

FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, attend a press conference in Hong Kong. About 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested by police on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 under a national security law, following their involvement in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase their chances of controlling the legislature, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

By Zen Soo Jan. 05, 2021 08:01 PM EST

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
WH virus coordinator Deborah Birx says she will retire

By Aamer Madhani And Brian Slodysko Dec. 22, 2020 01:26 PM EST