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The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. — Wikipedia
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🍞plain
🌧️grim news
😇sunnier than others
✏️13.1 rewrites per 100
📡a wire service
📰 1871 headlines in 30 days · 45 on its front page now
🧬 Its fingerprint
🏷️ Outside the partisan webs
Everyone outside the two partisan webs, from the wires to cable news: a big, mixed group that runs more of the stories everyone runs. Not a mark of quality or lean; its look-alikes say more.
📡 Wire: a wire service, the yardstick the others are measured against.
🌶️ Heat: 24th percentile. Its headlines are worded more heatedly (loaded words, combat verbs, anger) than 24% of them.
👯 Behaves most like Reuters, CBS News and The Epoch Times.
From what it did on its front page in the last 28 days (348 of our stories, 1438 headlines), not from its ratings.
The feelings in its headlines
On its front page now
- Saudi Arabia says air defenses intercept Houthi missiles over capital, and other Mideast news
- Truck stolen by escaped Tennessee inmate is found abandoned in Illinois, authorities say
- Results trickling in after Israel's election shine a light on a complex political system
- Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison after women spoke of being drugged and raped by them 📰 Three Alexander brothers sentenced to 30 years each for sex trafficking
- Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'
- Disinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates
- Thousands of Portuguese gather outside Parliament as housing protests swell
- T-wolves' Anthony Edwards needs procedure on right knee, will miss several weeks, AP source says
- Jordan and Syria form a joint probe after Jordanian strikes targeting IS kill civilians in Syria
- Court orders closure of one of Egypt's last independent media outlets
- More than 100 people killed in Sudanese army drone attack on market says Sudanese rights group
- Jay-Z picks himself to headline the Super Bowl halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Southern California 📰 Jay-Z confirmed as Super Bowl LXI halftime performer
- Broadcom and other AI stocks lift Wall Street closer to its record
- Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family land in Miami after fleeing Brazil 📰 Flavio Bolsonaro arrives in Miami after fleeing Brazil
- UK Treasury offers support with energy bills in the face of Iran war price shock
- Junior Caminero injures foot during Rays' rally but says he'll play in World Series Game 5
- Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu rivals weigh joining forces with Arab parties 📰 Israeli election shows no clear winner as vote count continues
- Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffer minor injuries in car crash
- What to know about Israel's election results as votes are counted with no clear winner
- The SS United States is scheduled for sinking to become the world's largest artificial reef
- Trump says he's ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling 📰 Trump announces rollback of Biden-era methane rules
- Who should be believed? Trump's social media post on golf course leads lawyers back to court
- Talarico vows to 'take back Texas' as Trump makes last-minute push to keep the state in GOP hands 📰 Trump holds rallies in Texas ahead of midterms
- Trump's cure for Republicans' midterm woes is more Trump. Will it work?
- Special master could evaluate Justice Department's claims of noncitizens on California voter rolls 📰 Judge questions doj's claims of noncitizens on California voter rolls
- China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his 'Chinese dictator' comments 📰 Soccer star apologizes for Mao comment after Chinese sponsors drop him
- A ceasefire in a Ukrainian city is holding, officials say, as Moscow and Kyiv await US-led talks 📰 Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire begins in Oleshky
- US stocks hold steady as the countdown ticks to a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates 📰 Federal Reserve holds interest rates unchanged
- Hunter Biden laptop issue resurfaces as judge scolds prosecutors over case against ex-FBI officials 📰 Judge dismisses new charges against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden laptop case
- US woman convicted of getting Islamic State training after becoming teen bride to a fighter 📰 U.S. woman convicted of receiving Islamic State military training
- Wendy's, struggling with beef prices and growing competition, gets a buyout offer 📰 Activist investor offers $1.4 billion to buy Wendy's
- Brewers' bullpen cracks in Game 4 loss after Aaron Ashby breaks postseason scoreless relief mark
- Houthis say Saudi-led airstrikes killed 14 at a market in northern Yemen, and other Mideast news
- Cyclone batters India's eastern coast, killing 3 and damaging homes and farmland 📰 Cyclone Arnab hits India's eastern coast, killing 3
- Drone attack hits container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast; all crew members rescued
- 'Dixie' map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction
- How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 10/27/2026
- Top Vatican official says pope's cancer diagnosis a 'game-changer' for the papacy
- Brewers fans at the Trop have to wait to celebrate the franchise's first World Series title 📰 Rays rally in 12th inning to force World Series Game 5
- Dollar General is sued by the FTC and 20 states for what's being described as deceptive pricing 📰 FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General over alleged overcharging
- Federal Reserve likely to skip rate hike despite elevated inflation
- Spanish soccer federation postpones 24 Copa del Rey games after train crash, clubs show solidarity
- Arsenal embarrassed in penalty-shootout loss to 4th-tier Fleetwood in English League Cup stunner
- Republicans emphasize transgender ads, putting cultural issues over voters' economic anxiety
- Trump floats Venezuela as 51st state while rallying to keep Texas Republican 📰 Trump announces arrival of first 1 million barrels of Venezuelan oil
Headlines it rewrote
Wendy’s, struggling with beef prices and growing competition, gets a buyout offer
Houthis say Saudi-led airstrikes killed 13 at a market in northern Yemen, and other Mideast news
Houthis say Saudi-led airstrikes killed 14 at a market in northern Yemen, and other Mideast news
Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil through Argentina and is expected to land in Miami
Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family land in Miami after fleeing Brazil
A ceasefire in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city holds for its first 30 hours, officials say
A ceasefire in a Ukrainian city is holding, officials say, as Moscow and Kyiv await US-led talks
Israelis await final election results after a vote that marked a sharp turn against Netanyahu
Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu rivals weigh joining forces with Arab parties
At least 30 dead in crash between 2 trains in central Spain, media say
At least 30 dead and 80 injured in high-speed train crash in central Spain
At least 30 dead in crash between 2 trains in central Spain, media say
Brewers fans flock to the Trop, eager to celebrate the franchise’s first World Series title
Brewers fans at the Trop have to wait to celebrate the franchise’s first World Series title
Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro and family will get US visas after election loss, State Department says - AP News
Brewers' Aaron Ashby breaks postseason scoreless relief record as World Series Game 4 goes to extras
Brewers' bullpen cracks in Game 4 loss after Aaron Ashby breaks postseason scoreless relief mark
Israeli election has no clear winner, exit polls suggest. Here's what to know and what's likely next
What’s ahead as votes are counted in an Israeli election with no clear winner
Arsenal loses to 4th-tier Fleetwood on penalties in English League Cup stunner
Arsenal embarrassed in penalty-shootout loss to 4th-tier Fleetwood in English League Cup stunner