It's not just Harris and Trump who have a lot at stake in next week's debate. ABC News does, too

NEW YORK (AP) — Hours after ABC News released the rules for next Tuesday's presidential debate, resolving a final dispute in Donald Trump's favor, the former president was on the attack — against ABC News. “I think a lot of people will be watching to see how nasty they are, how...

Young Palestinian journalist who reported on Gaza's destruction now continues education in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon. Twenty-two-year-old Plestia Alaqad was just over a year out of university with a journalism...

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing's tightening grip

HONG KONG (AP) — Hannah Wong cried when the Hong Kong government effectively forced Apple Daily and Stand News out of business three years ago. Among the last news outlets in the city willing to criticize the government openly, many saw their end as a sign that the old Hong Kong was gone for...

A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. The trial of Stand News former...

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of journalists in sedition case

HONG KONG (AP) — The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts. ...

A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet's editor says

BANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday. The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the...

Apple Podcasts – Top New Shows

Top New Shows (US): 1. Shattered Silence Podcast, Shattered Silence Podcast 2. Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, Crooked Media 3. Weird Little Guys, Cool Zone Media 4. The Wirecutter Show, The New York Times 5. Missing...

California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech companies to help pay for journalism and AI research under a new deal announced Wednesday. Under the first-in-the-nation agreement, the state and tech...

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon has died at age 88, French media report

A journalist tells Mexico's president his supporters attacked her; he reacts with scorn, disinterest

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A reporter told Mexico’s president Tuesday that his supporters had harassed her when she was trying to cover an event in June, and complained that his polarization of Mexican society has put journalists at risk. When she asked him what he would do about it,...