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Slovaks mark anniversary of slayings of journalist, fiancee

February 21, 2020

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Bratislava and across Slovakia on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the slayings of an investigative reporter and his fiancee.Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova were shot dead in their...

Bloomberg News wrestles with coverage of candidate Bloomberg

By DAVID BAUDER | February 20, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Three months after Bloomberg News tried to thread the needle with a plan for covering a presidential campaign with company founder Mike Bloomberg as a candidate, its journalists are learning how hard that can be.Bloomberg's rise in the...

China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters’ credentials

February 19, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — China revoked the press credentials of three reporters for The Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opinion column the government said Wednesday was racist.The expulsions come after the Trump administration on Tuesday designated...

McCabe, an ex-FBI official targeted by Trump, not charged

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO | February 14, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether the longtime target of President Donald Trump's ire lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news...

Turkey court acquits exiled novelist of terror charges

By MEHMET GUZEL | February 14, 2020

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday acquitted journalist and award-winning novelist Asli Erdogan of terrorism-related charges for writing for a pro-Kurdish newspaper that has since been shut-down.Lawyer Erdal Dogan told reporters that the court...

Fall in new cases raises hope in virus outbreak in China

By KEN MORITSUGU | February 12, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The number of new cases of the coronavirus in China dropped for a second straight day, health officials said Wednesday in a possible glimmer of hope amid the outbreak that has infected over 45,000 people worldwide and killed more than...

That time I transferred schools to change my major

By Jack Baudoin, Lifestyle writer | February 12, 2020

Many people change their major while in college, but fewer people move to a new school for that change. This is exactly what I did.After spending four years at Illinois State University, I realized late in the game I wanted to study journalism instead...

Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative

By JOHN LEICESTER and DAKE KANG | February 11, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — After nearly a week of roaming China's epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country's dissent-quelling police started to tell.Chen...

AP news hub head Amanda Barrett named deputy managing editor

February 7, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Barrett, a longtime newsroom manager at The Associated Press with years of experience leading innovative journalism and driving the coverage of big stories, has been promoted to deputy managing editor, AP Executive Editor Sally...

Best picture ‘1917’ is big winner at British Academy Awards

By JILL LAWLESS | February 2, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Gut-wrenching World War I epic “1917” was the big winner at Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards, winning seven prizes including best picture and best director.Sam Mendes’ drama about one of the most devastating conflicts in British...

BBC to cut an estimated 450 jobs in modernization plan

January 29, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The BBC said Wednesday that plans to “modernize” the British broadcaster's newsroom will lead to the loss of an estimated 450 jobs.The cuts represent a substantial blow to the national public service broadcaster, which enjoys a worldwide...

Russia arrests 5 ex-police in reporter’s planted drugs case

January 29, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Investigative Committee on Wednesday detained five former police officers involved in a controversial drug arrest of a prominent investigative journalist last year and said they will be charged with fabricating evidence.Ivan Golunov,...