AP uncovered how police failed to prevent DeAngelo Martin, a Detroit serial killer, from murdering four women and raping two others.Read more
in-depth reporting on the scandals that have rocked New Mexico State University since last year led him to an exclusive all-formats interview with the two basketball players who filed a lawsuit against the school.Read more.
for three exclusives on Missouri gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens, including a story showing his campaign had access to the donor list of a charity founded by Greitens and that there is significant donor overlap between the campaign and the charity, signaling a potential violation of federal law. http://apne.ws/2eciYE4
for his exclusive report that New Jersey had spent $1.5 million in taxpayer money to settle a lawsuit by a former prosecutor who said he was fired for alleging the state dismissed an indictment because it involved supporters of Gov. Chris Christie. http://apne.ws/2dQjLv5
Donald Trump's public comments about women have been a familiar theme in the tumultuous presidential campaign. But what had he said behind the scenes on "The Apprentice," the TV show that made him a household name?
That's the question AP’s Garance Burke set out to answer. Combining shoe-leather reporting with an adept use of social media, the San Francisco-based national investigative reporter tracked down more than 20 people willing to talk about the Republican nominee's language on the set. They recalled Trump making demeaning, crude and sexist comments toward and about female cast and crew members, and that he discussed which contestants he would like to have sex with.
for their newsbreak that the Russian ambassador to the UN had intervened with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Donald Trump's behalf after the UN’s human rights chief criticized the GOP nominee. http://bit.ly/2dzAVHE
for being first to obtain key factual details of the Paris robbery targeting Kim Kardashian West, amid wild rumors circulating online. http://hrld.us/2dWx9dJ
As Chicago’s homicide rate has surged throughout the year, the police department’s tally of the previous month’s body count has taken on an air of the routine. Even as the city’s murder rate has passed new milestones, the figures have provided little more than a headline. And little insight into the causes and victims of the city’s violence.
Chicago reporter Don Babwin set out to shed light on that violence in the wake of the announcement that August was the deadliest month in the city in two decades.
for an in-depth interview with Gianni Infantino, the new president of FIFA. http://tiny.cc/7jlxey
for working sources to provide the most detailed coverage of the Syria ceasefire deal struck by the U.S. and Russia. http://abcn.ws/2cdUVSd
for an exclusive, multi-format profile about a family that fled Syria and arrived in San Diego ...
http://apne.ws/2cnuzhe
or reporting that the head of the Indiana Department of Education's office circumvented the rules ...
http://bit.ly/2cEXVFF
The scene, presented in the most vivid close-up, shows a paramedic frantically pushing an IV full of an opioid blocker into the vein of a woman turning blue and barely breathing. Then the radio squawks: Two more overdoses just reported. Where will Claire Galofaro’s riveting narrative go from here?
“The woman’s eyes blinked open” she writes next. Then: “Red lights on the phone at the 911 dispatch center flashed faster and faster until all 16 lines were screaming. They called from the dining room of a rickety house, the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, the bathroom of a gas station. `People are dying everywhere,’ one caller said.”
for the first interview with the Minnesota police chief after one of his officers shot and killed a black motorist during a traffic stop. http://apne.ws/2bgNOVN
for being first to report that the NBA was awarding its All-Star game to New Orleans ... http://nyti.ms/2biotPI
For 80 years, AP has organized the longest-running college football poll of its kind. Every week through each season, AP’s marquee listing tells who’s up, who’s down and most significantly, who’s No. 1. The 2016 preseason poll will start the buzz again when it comes out this Sunday.
But in this anniversary year, AP Sports wanted to do something extra: Produce a composite poll showing which 100 teams ranked highest over the full eight decades and 1,103 polls. The result – anchored by Ralph Russo, Paul Montella and Howie Rumberg – was an exclusive package that dramatically moved the needle on digital, social media and in print, while further boosting the profile of the AP Top 25 poll. It earns the Beat of the Week.
Ben Finley, Mid-Atlantic/Norfolk correspondent, Joe Mandak, reporter, Pittsburgh, and Ben Nuckols, Mid-Atlantic/Washington reporter, for their reporting after John Hinckley ...
Paul Weber, reporter, Austin, Texas, for accountability reporting that showed state Attorney General Ken Paxton had accepted a $100,000 ...
When investigating politicians, the adage goes, “follow the money.” But it is equally important to follow the meetings.
Ahead of the Olympics, an AP team in Rio wanted a close look at the city's slums, which have long been plagued with violence, to learn whether high-profile community policing programs are working in areas deemed `pacified.' Braving gunfire in what is considered a no-go area for reporters, AP produced up-close, all-formats coverage showing deadly violence continues to flare.
