These images are from the Associated Press's top news stories of 2025. They depict a vivid picture of the year that has ended. They were taken by Associated Press journalists, revealing a world of stark contrasts, moments of deep tragedy alongside resilience, beauty emerging from chaos, and the enduring human spirit across Earth. Here are those 52 Unforgettable Weeks.
We understand both the challenges facing journalism and why our mission and model, which includes a section devoted to local news, is particularly important right now.
There was a time when CBS News didn’t need to explain itself. Its values were evident in the reporting, the restraint, the seriousness of purpose. That inheritance has been squandered before in broadcast history, and it can be restored again — but only if leadership remembers that journalism is not performance or positioning. It is responsibility. And responsibility cannot be delegated.
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In the story below, we explore that major shift and other shakeups reshaping the landscape of the American news media.
A report published Tuesday by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) identified geographical and generational differences in how much attention is paid to news creators compared to traditional media outlets and journalists on social and video platforms. In countries including the United States, Mexico, Thailand, the Philippines, Nigeria, and Kenya, survey respondents reported paying more attention to news creators than to mainstream media. The opposite is true in countries including Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia.
This just in: My grandkids in California are going trick-or-treating with movie themes. Meanwhile, here In New York City, some people treat their front stoops like a stage around Halloween, with neighbors turning their front doors into seasonal art.
The truth is that joy never disappears, it waits for us to slow down enough to feel it.
While disinformation, misinformation, rumors, and scams are surging across the world, #CityImages continues highlighting vetted truths. "If you tell the truth, you never have to remember anything." ~Mark Twain
This means washing, drying, and often folding and putting away dirty clothes, linens, and other textiles to make them clean and ready to wear again. This common household chore involves gathering dirty items, loading them into a washing machine, transferring them to a dryer or hanging them to dry, and then folding and storing them in their proper places.
Gathering and Sorting: Collecting dirty clothes and separating them into piles based on color and fabric type.
Washing: Loading the sorted clothes into a washing machine with detergent and water, then running the washing cycle.
Drying: Transferring the washed items to a dryer or hanging them on a clothesline to dry.
Folding and Putting Away: Folding the dry clothes and placing them in drawers or closets completes the job.
It has been said that all news is local and too many people no longer care about what’s going on around them. How does democracy survive without reliable sources of news and information content?