Oct 09 Death toll during recent hajj pilgrimage worst on record By Joshua Barajas A new tally raised the death toll of the stampede last month near Mecca, Saudi Arabia to at least 1,453 people, making it the deadliest disaster in the history of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 1:38 You can now watch a century of historic newsreels on YouTube By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, 555,000 archival newsreel videos are being released by the Associated Press and British Movietone -- that's more than a million minutes of historic footage and quirky diversions, dating back to 1895. Continue watching
Jul 22 From the Hindenburg to Marilyn Monroe, 10 moments from the new archival footage released to YouTube By Eric Osman The Associated Press and British Movietone are uploading more than 550,000 clips to YouTube that feature news events dating back to 1895, becoming the largest collection of archival news content on the video sharing website. Continue reading
Jul 06 Bill Cosby got drugs to give to women for sex, AP reports By Colleen Shalby The Associated Press obtained documents revealing that in 2005, Bill Cosby testified to acquring Quaaludes -- a central nervous system depressant -- with the intention of providing them to women he wanted to have sex with. According to the… Continue reading
Jun 20 Sanders gaining against Clinton in early polls By Ken Thomas, Associated Press In a race for the Democratic presidential nomination with Hillary Rodham Clinton, the blunt talk about the economy and the gap between the rich and poor is working for Bernie Sanders. Continue reading
Mar 30 AP: NSA weighed ending phone program before Snowden leak By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency considered abandoning its secret program to collect and store American calling records in the months before leaker Edward Snowden revealed the practice, current and former intelligence officials say, because some officials believed the costs… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 4:22 Are negotiators close to an Iranian nuclear deal? By PBS News Hour According to the Associated Press, a draft nuclear agreement would decrease Iran’s centrifuges by 40 percent. While negotiators report progress, there’s still no deal yet. Gwen Ifill talks to George Jahn, the Associated Press reporter who broke the story of… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 1:36 Outlines of a potential Iran deal emerge in AP report By PBS News Hour There were conflicting assessments of the Iranian nuclear negotiations in Switzerland, with some officials expressing cautious optimism and others saying the two sides are still far apart. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that a potential deal would cut Iran's centrifuges… Continue watching
Nov 22 Holder urges calm ahead of Ferguson decision By Associated Press With a decision by a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury believed to be imminent, Attorney General Eric Holder is exhorting police across the nation to prepare appropriately for demonstrations and "minimize needless confrontation" with protesters. Continue reading
Nov 10 AP demands FBI never impersonate any journalist again By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Associated Press on Monday demanded assurances from the Justice Department that the FBI will never again impersonate a member of the news media, following revelations that an agent in Seattle portrayed himself as an AP journalist as part of… Continue reading